World Scrabble Championship
14-17 December 2001
24 Games and Best-of-Five Final

Finals
Brian Cappelletto 3  -  Joel Wapnick 1

24 Rounds

Rank

Name

Country

Win

Spread

1

Brian Cappelletto

United States

18

+921

2

Joel Wapnick

World Champion

17

+1006

3

James Kramer

United States

17

+597

4

Steve Polatnick

United States

16

+533

5

Andrew Fisher

England

16

+1043

6

Bob Lipton

United States

16

+735

7

Brett Smitheram

England

16

+656

8

Sammy Okosagah

Nigeria

16

 -64

9

David Wiegand

United States

15

+1085

10

Adam Logan

Canada

15

+801

11

Naween Tharanga Fernando

Sri Lanka

15

+772

12

Peter Sinton

New Zealand

15

+674

13

Michael Gongolo

Kenya

15

+528

14

Jim Geary

United States

15

+364

15

Joey Mallick

United States

15

+314

16

Pakorn Nemitrmansuk

Thailand

15

-271

17

Tony Sim

Singapore

14

+717

18

Femi Awowade

Nigeria

14

+628

19

Howard Warner

New Zealand

14

+379

20

Joe Edley

United States

14

+371

21

Allan Simmons

England

14

+272

22

Andrew Perry

England

14

+243

23

Edward Okulicz

Australia

14

+228

24

Ronald Credo

Philippines

14

-118

25

John Luebkemann

United States

13

+630

26

Robert Felt

United States

13

+1022

27

Andrew Davis

England

13

+631

28

Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah

Sri Lanka

13

+545

29

Jakkrit Klaphajone

Thailand

13

+355

30

Joshua Otieno Manase

Kenya

13

+344

31

Jere Mead

United States

13

+268

32

Christopher Sykes

Canada

13

+259

33

Jeff Grant

New Zealand

13

+113

34

Gareth Williams

Wales

13

+87

35

Michael Arthur Quao

Ghana

13

+62

36

Ganesh Asirvatham

Malaysia

13

-7

37

Peter Elbourne

Malta

13

-557

38

Keiichiro Hirai

Japan

12

+676

39

David William Boys

Canada

12

+465

40

John Holgate

Australia

12

+414

41

Evan Simpson

England

12

+231

42

Robin Pollock Daniel

Canada

12

+194

43

Randy Hersom

United States

12

+167

44

Zev Kaufman

Canada

12

+135

45

Ron Hoekstra

Canada

12

+122

46

Matt Graham

United States

12

+3

47

Steven Gruzd

South Africa

12

-54

48

Maor Eichler

Israel

12

-201

49

Karl Khoshnaw

Kurdistan-Iraq

12

-279

50

Rodney Talbot

Australia

12

-297

51

Joel Sherman

United States

12

-349

52

Trevor Mark Hovelmeier

South Africa

12

-654

53

Kendall Boyd

New Zealand

11

+244

54

Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o

Tanzania

11

+216

55

Roland Filio

Philippines

11

+177

56

Harshan Lamabadusuriya

Sri Lanka

11

+136

57

James A. Cherry

Canada

11

+62

58

Michael Tang

Malaysia

11

-16

59

Mohan Verghese Chunkath

India

11

-158

60

David Acton

England

11

-196

61

Siu Hean Cheah

Singapore

11

-380

62

Kwame Poku

Ghana

11

-435

63

Margarida Ana de Souza

Trinidad and Tobago

11

-600

64

Dixon Assesa

Kenya

10

-70

65

Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya

Bahrain

10

-753

66

Aaron Clottey

Ghana

10

-776

67

Patrick Litunya

Kenya

10

+131

68

David Webb

England

10

+125

69

Paul Stephen Cleary

Australia

10

-81

70

Peter (Pepito) Arreola

Saudi Arabia

10

-262

71

Rashid Khan

Pakistan

10

-378

72

Samuel Fomum Tanee

Cameroon

10

-757

73

Paul Yandisha Kalumba

Zambia

9.5

-496

74

David Delicata

Malta

9.5

-974

75

John Grayson

Wales

9.0

+134

76

Taewan Sutthasin

Thailand

9.0

-296

77

Chris Abordo

Bahrain

9.0

-377

78

Alan Sinclair

Scotland

9.0

-412

79

Sanath Hemachandra

Oman

9.0

-809

80

Chris Cree

United States

9.0

-1118

81

Ranganathan Chakravarthy

India

8.5

 -82

82

Lewis Singh

Guyana

8.0

-834

83

Cecil Fernandes Prabhu

Gulf Champion

8.0

-1124

84

Dan Laurentiu Sandu

Romania

8.0

-1759

85

Mario Miranda

Philippines

7.5

-872

86

Catherine Costello

Ireland

7.0

-691

87

Danny Cotejo

Qatar

5.0

-1287

88

James Charles Wright

Gibraltar

4.0

-1971