| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 18th |
| Dates | 28 July 2016 – 8 October 2017 |
| Results | |
| Winner |  Torvar Mirsky |
The 2017 World Match Racing Tour was a series of match racing sailing regattas staged during 2017 season. [1]
Torvar Mirsky won the finals and became 2017 World Champions. [2]
| Pos | Skipper | Country | ESMR | WCC | CCC | SRMC | GBC | PMC | MCA | FC | CC | MMC | CGC | GMC | CRO | MCS | SPMC | MCR | CMC | SMC | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Robertson |  New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 40 | – | 40 | 36 | 36 | 192 |
| 2 | Ian Williams |  Great Britain | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 40 | – | – | – | – | 33 | – | 33 | 40 | 20 | 166 |
| 3 | Taylor Canfield |  U.S. Virgin Islands | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | 33 | – | – | – | – | 36 | – | – | 33 | 22 | 148 |
| 4 | Yann Guichard |  France | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | 22 | 26 | 33 | 125 |
| 5 | Chris Steele | New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | – | 24 | 30 | 122 |
| 6 | Sam Gilmour | Australia | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 26 | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 36 | 30 | 10 | 114 |
| 7 | David Gilmour | Australia | – | 8 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | – | – | 20 | 24 | 110 |
| 8 | Torvar Mirsky | Australia | 9 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | – | 33 | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 15 | – | – | – | 40 | 106 |
| 9 | Matt Jerwood | Australia | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 30 | 15 | 7 | 104 |
| 10 | Pieter-Jan Postma |  Netherlands | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 30 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 91 |
| 11 | Nicklas Dackhammar |  Sweden | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | 15 | 22 | 15 | 88 |
| 12 | Harry Price | Australia | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 13 | – | – | 8 | 26 | 72 |
| 13 | Jonas Warrer |  Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | – | – | 20 | 14 | 12 | 67 |
| 14 | Måns Holmberg | Sweden | – | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 5 | *9 | – | 24 | – | 9 | 66 |
| 15 | Steven Thomas | Australia | – | – | – | 8 | – | 10 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 8 | 64 |
| 16 | Johnie Berntsson | Sweden | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 14 | 61 |
| 17 | Joachim Aschenbrenner | Denmark | 6 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | – | 7 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 56 |
| 18 | Evan Walker | Australia | – | – | – | – | 0 | 9 | 14 | – | – | 0 | 10 | – | – | *8 | – | – | 16 | – | 49 |
| 19 | Markus Edegran |  United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 10 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 47 |
| 20 | Nevin Snow | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 9 | 9 | – | – | 14 | – | – | 9 | – | 41 |
| 21 | Sally Barkow | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 11 | 11 | – | 39 |
| 22 | Scott Dickson | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 |
| 23 | Eric Monnin |  Switzerland | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | 30 |
| 24 | Kim Kling | Sweden | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | 7 | 13 | – | – | 30 |
| 25 | Nicolai Sehested | Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 |
| 26 | Quentin Delapierre | France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | 13 | – | 23 |
| 27 | David Storrs | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 |
| 28 | Lukasz Wosinski |  Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 8 | 9 | – | – | 20 |
| 29 | Victor Serezkhin |  Russia | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | – | 19 |
| 30 | George Anyon | New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 31 | Patrik Sturesson | Sweden | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 |
| 32 | Anthony Kotoun | U.S. Virgin Islands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| 32 | Evgeny Neugodnikov | Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 8 | – | – | 14 |
| 34 | Hans Wallén | Sweden | – | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 |
| 35 | Will Boulden | Australia | – | – | – | 5 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| 36 | Andrew Campbell | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 12 |
| 36 | Evgeny Elfimov | Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | – | – | 12 |
| 36 | Jeremy Wilmot | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| 39 | Rasmus Rosengren | Sweden | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| 40 | Nico Dellenbaugh Karth |  Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | 10 |
| 40 | Pete Burling | New Zealand | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 42 | Allan Nørregaard | Denmark | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| 43 | Daniel Björnholt | Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 44 | Philip Bendon |  Ireland | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 44 | Šime Fantela |  Croatia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 46 | Brett Burvill | Australia | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 46 | Vladimir Lipavsky | Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 48 | Lachy Gilmour | Australia | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 49 | Chris Rast | Switzerland | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 49 | Peter Holz | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 51 | Chris Poole | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 51 | Dave Hood | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 51 | Ekaterina Kochkina | Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 51 | Jeremy Koo |  Malaysia | – | – | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 51 | Olivia Mackay | New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 56 | Gemma Jones | New Zealand | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 57 | Anna Östling | Sweden | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 57 | Jo Aleh | New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 57 | Matthew Chew | Australia | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 57 | Robbie Gibbs | Australia | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 57 | Sydney Gathrid | United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 62 | Logan Beck | New Zealand | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 62 | Will Dargaville | Australia | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
Source: wmrt
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