World Scrabble Championship
5-8 November 1999
24 Games and Best-of-Five Final

Finals
Joel Wapnick 3  -  Mark Nyman 1

 24 Rounds

Rank

Player

From

Wins

Spread

1

Joel Wapnick

CA

18

1068

2

Mark Nyman

UK

17

808

3

David Boys

CA

17

693

4

Adam Logan

CA

16

886

5

Andrew Fisher

UK

16

797

6

Russell Byers

UK

16

647

7

Ron Tiekert

US

16

366

8

Nigel Richards

NZ

15

1616

9

Andrew Cook

UK

15

983

10

John Holgate

AU

15

782

11

Brian Cappelletto

US

15

711

12

Kendall Boyd

NZ

15

603

13

Naween Fernando

LK

15

217

14

Phil Appleby

UK

15

191

15

Joel Sherman

US

15

73

16

Suresh Chinnaiyah

LK

14

910

17

David Wiegand

US

14

820

18

Jakkrit Klaphajone

TH

14

635

19

Virgilio Quiballo

PH

14

566

20

John Luebkemann

US

14

309

21

Mohan Chunkath

IN

14

292

22

Femi Awowade

NI

14

203

23

Lisa Odom

US

14

151

24

Stanley Ndungu

KE

14

102

25

Paul Epstein

US

14

88

26

Bob Jackman

AU

13.5

166

27

David Webb

UK

13

602

28

Joe Edley

US

13

447

29

Ronald Credo

PH

13

439

30

Michael Gongolo

KE

13

255

31

Steven Gruzd

ZA

13

222

32

Joan Rosenthal

AU

13

214

33

Howard Warner

NZ

13

194

34

Gareth Williams

WA

13

178

35

Randy Hersom

US

13

106

36

Shafique Thobani

KE

13

14

37

Amnuay Ploysangngam

TH

13

-16

38

James Cherry

CA

13

-27

39

Michael Pray

OM

13

-369

40

Pakorn Nemitrmansuk

TH

13

-382

41

Jeff Grant

NZ

13

-588

42

Ishtiaq Chishty

SA

12.5

399

43

Odette Rio

PH

12

569

44

Brett Smitheram

UK

12

555

45

Robert Felt

US

12

360

46

Jim Geary

US

12

358

47

Roland Filio

BH

12

285

48

Lester Schonbrun

US

12

100

49

Helen Gipson

UK

12

37

50

Pui Cheng Wui

MY

12

6

51

Saheed Jimoh

NI

12

-22

52

Matayo Bwire

KE

12

-31

53

Albert Hahn

CA

12

-48

54

Owen Bondin

MT

12

-293

54

Asirvatham Ganesh

MY

12

-293

56

Wilma Warwick

SL

12

-514

57

Akshay Bhandarkar

BH

11.5

156

58

Paul Cleary

AU

11.5

59

59

Taewan Sutthasin

TH

11.5

-728

60

Tony Sim

SG

11

247

61

Dylan Early

ZA

11

115

62

Ricardo Gonzalez

SA

11

112

63

Bob Lipton

US

11

-8

64

Steve Polatnick

US

11

-130

65

Michael Tang

SG

11

-172

66

Peter Sinton

NZ

11

-197

67

Peter Elbourne

MT

11

-319

68

Arvind Abraham

AE

11

-359

69

Rashid Khan

PK

11

-427

70

Barbara Berlin

AU

11

-487

71

Cher Siong Gan

SG

11

-726

72

Keiichiro Hirai

JP

10.5

188

73

Trevor Hovelmeier

ZA

10

197

74

Brendan McDonnell

IE

10

75

75

Alec Webb

UK

10

-33

76

Selwyn Lobo

AE

10

-83

77

Kong Chock Heng

MY

10

-210

78

Rodney Judd

PK

10

-366

79

Dixon Assesa

KE

10

-398

80

Vivian Penaflor

BH

10

-476

81

Linda Pray

OM

10

-591

82

Kunihiko Kuroda

JP

10

-614

83

Gold Eburu

NI

10

-740

84

Wojciech Usakiewicz

PO

10

-876

85

Catherine Costello

IE

9.5

-237

86

Leslie Charles

TT

9.5

-603

87

Roger Blom

AU

9

215

88

Edward Metivier

TT

9

-164

89

Alistair Kane

AU

9

-353

90

Eugene Goh

SG

9

-498

91

Laurentiu Sandu

RO

9

-2008

92

Jim Nanavati

CA

8

6

93

Johnson Fasuba

SC

8

-491

94

Lakshan Wanniarachch

LK

8

-519

95

Antonin Michel

FR

8

-951

96

Dhanapala Silva

SC

8

-1187

97

Mario Saliba

MT

7

-868

98

Catalin-Eugen Caba

RO

3

-2991