2021 World Surf League Finals
Venue	Lower Trestles
Location	San Clemente, California, United States
Dates	14 September 2021
Competitors	10 from 5 nations
Champions
Men	Gabriel Medina
Women	Carissa Moore
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The 2021 Rip Curl WSL Finals was the eighth and final event of the 2021 World Surf League. It was the inaugural edition of the World Surf League Finals, and took place at Lower Trestles in California on 14 September 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

The men's event was won by Brazil's Gabriel Medina, while the women's event was won by Hawaii's Carissa Moore. ^[3]

Format

The event featured the top five surfers from both the men's and women's regular season standings, and consisted of four head-to-head matches, held on a single day. In the first match, the surfers ranked fourth and fifth went head-to-head, with the winner advancing to take on the third-ranked surfer in the second match. The winner of the second match then took on the second-ranked surfer in the third match, with the winner qualifying for the title match against the top-ranked surfer in the standings. ^{[4] [5]}

Results

Men

Draw

	Match 1					Match 2					Match 3					Title match
																1	Gabriel Medina	2
											2	Ítalo Ferreira	12.44			3	Filipe Toledo	0
						3	Filipe Toledo	16.57			3	Filipe Toledo	15.97
	4	Conner Coffin	15.00			4	Conner Coffin	14.33
	5	Morgan Cibilic	9.84

Title match

Gabriel Medina	Round	Filipe Toledo
16.30	1	15.70
17.53	2	16.36
–	3	–

Women

Draw

	Match 1					Match 2					Match 3					Title match
																1	Carissa Moore	2
											2	Tatiana Weston-Webb	13.17			2	Tatiana Weston-Webb	1
						3	Sally Fitzgibbons	11.33			3	Sally Fitzgibbons	11.73
	4	Stephanie Gilmore	6.70			5	Johanne Defay	6.66
	5	Johanne Defay	12.17

Title match

Carissa Moore	Round	Tatiana Weston-Webb
14.06	1	15.20
17.26	2	15.60
16.60	3	14.20

References

External links

• World Surf League