Cover photo: ISA/Rommel González

The competition series that will include one male and one female competitor in Tokyo 2020 are still below according to what DUKE calculated following the seeding criteria that all surfing tournaments in the world have.

As you can see below, the first one faces the last one, the second one faces the second to last one and so on.

DUKE previously announced that the open women's and men's series will be man-to-man and that the longboard and SUP surf series, as there are nine athletes, will be three-man series.

Thus, following the criteria for organizing ISA tournaments, the following are the series (read the call, they are not in order of entry into the water, they are ordered by pre-qualifiers, from 1 to 8).

Round 1 open men

1 with 16: Santiago Muñiz (ARG) vs Bryan Pérez (SAL) 
2 with the 15: Lucca Mesinas (PER) vs Lucas Madrid (URU)
3 with 14: Cody Young (CAN) vs Kevin Schulz (USA)
4 with 13: Guillermo Satt (CHI) vs Francisco Bellorin (VEN)
5 with 12: Anthony Fillingim (CRI) vs Ricardo Delgado (PUR)
6 with 11: Alonso Correa (PER) vs Noe Mar McGonagle (CRI)
7 with 10: Jhony Corzo (MEX) vs Leandro Usuna (ARG)
8 with 9: Israel Barona (ECU) vs Robson Santos (BRA)

Round 1 open ladies

1 with 16: Bethany Zelasko (CAN) vs Vanessa Cortés (SAL)
2 with 15: Samantha Alonso (PAN) vs Karol Ribeiro (BRA)
3 with 14: Brisa Hennessy (CRI) vs Suzana Barrenzueta (ECU)
4 with 13: Domini Barona (ECU) vs Leilani McGonagle (CRI)
5 with 12: Daniella Rosas (PER) vs Shelby Detmers (MEX)
6 with 11: Chelsea Tuach (BAR) vs Tia Blanco (PUR)
7 with 10: Rossany Alvarez (VEN) vs Ornella Pellizzari (ARG)
8 with 9: Jessica Anderson (CHI) vs Melanie Giunta (PER)

*The order of the series will not be this one, but it is presumed that the matchups will be. The first and second best seeds will presumably be in series 4 and  5 so that they do not cross paths in qualifying rounds. The same criteria but with fewer series is followed for the following batteries.

Round 1 Men's Longboard

1 vs 5 vs 9 – Piccolo Clemente vs Julián Schweizer (URU) vs Isidro Villao (ECU)
2 vs 6 vs 7 – Cole Robbins (USA) vs Anthony Flores (CRI) vs Robert Ferrer (PUR)
3 vs 4 vs 8 – Surfiel Gil (ARG) vs Wenderson Biludo (BRA) vs Rafael Cortez (CHI)

*It was previously reported that René Gough had qualified based on what the ISA had previously reported. At this time the status of the Dominican longboarder is unclear. We will update shortly.

Round 1 Longboard ladies

1 vs 5 vs 9 – Chloe Calmon (BRA) vs Ana Cecilia González (MEX) vs Constanza Fernández (CHI)
2 vs 6 vs 7 – Brisa Hennessy (CRI) vs Mathea Demple (CAN) vs Tiare Thompson (USA)
3 vs 4 vs 8 – María Fernanda Reyes (PER) vs María Teresa Gil (ARG) vs Michelle Soriano

Round 1 SUP Surf Men

1 vs 5 vs 9 – Luis Diniz (BRA) vs Daniel Hughes (USA) vs Alexander de la Cruz (DOM)
2 vs 6 vs 7 – Giorgio Gomez (COL) vs Mariano de Cabo (ARG) vs Armando Colucci (VEN)
3 vs 4 vs 8 – Finn Spencer (CAN) vs Tamil Martino (PER) vs Dave de Armas (PUR)

Round 1 SUP Surf Ladies

1 vs 5 vs 9 – Candice Appleby (USA) vs Josselyn Alabi (ESA) vs Catherin Temple (CAN)
2 vs 6 vs 7 – Isabella Gomez (COL) vs Lucia Cosoletto (ARG) vs Nimsay Garcia (PUR)
3 vs 4 vs 8- Vania Torres (PER) vs Nicole Pacelli (BRA) vs Michelle Soriano (ECU)