ISAF World Match Race Rankings

Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) retained her place as World #1 in the Women’s Match Race Rankings whilst Francesco Bruni (ITA) moves to the top of the Open Match Race Rankings for the first time. Bruni held second place for the last three rankings releases but after his third place finish at the Argo Gold Cup, the seventh stage of the World Match Racing Tour, he leapfrogs Ian Williams (GBR).

Meanwhile Tunnicliffe, who is an ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year award nominee, established herself at the top of the rankings following her victory at the Santa Maria Cup in Annapolis, USA.

Women’s Rankings

ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year nominee Tunnicliffe overcame Julie Bossard (FRA) in the Final of the Santa Maria Cup to maintain her World #1 status. The American has had a fantastic year so far finishing on the podium at ten out of twelve regattas. But Claire Leroy (FRA) maintains the pressure on the American following her victory at the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final which sees her move from #4 to #2.

Sharon Ferris-Choat’s (CAN) eighth place at the ISAF Nations Cup moves her from #98 to #44 and China’s Ru Wang continues to impress and work her way up the rankings following her seventh place in Sheboygan. The Chinese Match Racer jumps from #39 to #32.

Finland’s Silja Lehtinen moved up one place to #8 in the world following her victory at the Women’s Finnish Match Racing Championships in Skifferholmen, Finland.

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The next release of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings will be 23 November 2011.

ISAF World Match Race Rankings - www.sailing.org/mrrankings

(From the ISAF website: www.sailing.org)