Keiichiro Hirai [#41] at WSC 2003

October 21-24, 2003

Daily Coverage
Overview

Go to: Players Teams Standings Live Coverage Merchandise

Back to WSC 2003 Live Coverage: Players

Keiichiro Hirai [#41] at WSC 2003

Congratulations to the new World Champion, Panupol Sujjayakorn. Panupol beat Pakorn Nemitrmansuk in an exciting best-of-five series, 418-380, 384-495, 470-514, 446-433 and 444-387.

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): Keiichiro Surname(s): Hirai Home: Yamato-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan Age: 29 Awards: 1999 2000 2001 Japan NSC Hobbies: listening to Japanese pop Occupation: translator WSC 1999 Rank: 72 WSC 2001 Rank: 38 WSC 2003 Team: Japan

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 489 Average for: 378 Average against: 411
		In round Round 1, Hirai played #66 Rich Baker (Westhampton Beach, NY) and won 428 to 320 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +108.
		In round Round 2, Hirai played #03 Aaron Chong (Malaysia) and won 428 to 336 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +200.
		In round Round 3, Hirai played #67 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Nigeria) and won 415 to 369 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-0, +246.
		In round Round 4, Hirai played #20 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and won 426 to 414 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-0, +258.
		In round Round 5, Hirai played #65 Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) and lost 287 to 518 (a spread of -231). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-1, +27.
		In round Round 6, Hirai played #27 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and won 489 to 287 (a spread of 202). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-1, +229.
		In round Round 7, Hirai played #74 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 476 to 434 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-1, +271.
Larger photo available		In round Round 8, Hirai played #34 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and won 424 to 378 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-1, +317.
		In round Round 9, Hirai played #64 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) and lost 297 to 537 (a spread of -240). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-2, +77.
		In round Round 10, Hirai played #39 Joel Wapnick (Montréal QC) and lost 357 to 501 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 7-3, -67.
		In round Round 11, Hirai played #22 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 430 to 394 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-3, -31.
		In round Round 12, Hirai played #84 Tim Adamson (Saint Paul, MN) and lost 330 to 347 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-4, -48.
		In round Round 13, Hirai played #06 Andrew Golding (Montreal QC) and won 403 to 328 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-4, +27.
		In round Round 14, Hirai played #30 Helen Gipson (England) and lost 281 to 475 (a spread of -194). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 9-5, -167.
		In round Round 15, Hirai played #54 Moshood Olasunkanmi Sanni (Nigeria) and lost 393 to 485 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-6, -259.
		In round Round 16, Hirai played #63 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 354 to 351 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-6, -256.
		In round Round 17, Hirai played #60 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and lost 368 to 438 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-7, -326.
		In round Round 18, Hirai played #06 Andrew Golding (Montreal QC) and won 464 to 398 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 11-7, -260.
		In round Round 19, Hirai played #28 Gareth Williams (Wales) and lost 297 to 512 (a spread of -215). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-8, -475.
Larger photo available		In round Round 20, Hirai played #31 Howard Warner (New Zealand) and lost 284 to 451 (a spread of -167). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 11-9, -642.
Larger photo available		In round Round 21, Hirai played #87 Tony Sim (Singapore) and lost 292 to 414 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-10, -764.
		In round Round 22, Hirai played #06 Andrew Golding (Montreal QC) and lost 321 to 367 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 11-11, -810.
		In round Round 23, Hirai played #12 Ben Withers (Lake Jackson, TX) and lost 386 to 395 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 11-12, -819.
		In round Round 24, Hirai played #19 David Lloyd (Australia) and won 433 to 408 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 12-12, -794.

HASBRO is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE^® trademark in the United States and Canada. © 2003 HASBRO. All rights reserved. "SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game" is the proper way to refer to this unique group of word games and related properties marketed by HASBRO. "SCRABBLE^®" is not a generic term. To use it as such is not only misleading but also does injustice to the company responsible for the trademark's longtime popularity. All we ask is that when you mean SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game, you say so.

The SCRABBLE^® trademark is owned by J.W. Spear and Sons, PLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. outside of the United States and Canada.

For more information about SCRABBLE^® or the NSA, or to comment on or correct the contents of this page, please e-mail: info@scrabble-assoc.com
To report technical difficulties in reading this page, please contact webmaster John Chew at: jjchew@math.utoronto.ca