Gerek Meinhardt (left) upset former world champion #3 seed Peter Joppich 15-14 en route to a top-8 finish at the Challenge International de Paris. Meinhardt lost in the quarterfinal round to Alexey Khovansky (RUS) 15-14.
China’s Lei Sheng defeated Korea’s Young Ho Kwon 15-14 to take the men’s foil title. 3 of the top 8 finishes at the Paris Grand Prix event were from China, perhaps signalling a shift in balance of power in the top tier of men’s foil.
Several surprising upsets marked the round of 64 as world champion Andrea Baldini (ITA), Andrea Cassara (ITA), and Erwan Le Pechoux (FRA) all fell.
Alex Massialas fenced his way into the top 16 with victories over Perrick Saint Bonnet (FRA) and Valerio Aspromonte (ITA) before falling to Young Ho Kwon 13-8. Kurt Getz finished 17th, losing in the round of 32 to Italy’s Stefano Barrera 15-11 after winning his first bout vs. Vincent Simon (FRA) by the same score.
Final Placement: Men’s Foil CIP Grand Prix:
| 1 | LEI | Sheng | CHN |
| 2 | KWON | Young Ho | KOR |
| 3 | HUANG | Liangcai | CHN |
| 3 | KHOVANSKY | Alexey | RUS |
| 5 | OTA | Yuki | JPN |
| 6 | GLONEK | Radoslaw | POL |
| 7 | ZHU | Jun | CHN |
| 8 | MEINHARDT | Gerek | USA |
| 9 | JOPPICH | Peter | GER |
| 10 | KRUSE | Richard | GBR |
| 11 | GANEEV | Renal | RUS |
| 12 | CHEREMISINOV | Alexey | RUS |
| 13 | MASSIALAS | Alexander | USA |
| 14 | BARRERA | Stefano | ITA |
| 15 | AWAJI | Suguru | JPN |
| 16 | HATOEL | Maor | ISR |
| 17 | GETZ | Kurt | USA |
| 18 | SEDOV | Artem | RUS |
| 19 | WESSELS | Andre | GER |
| 20 | HALSTED | Laurence | GBR |
| 21 | CHIDA | Kenta | JPN |
| 22 | GRIDNEV | Igor | RUS |
| 23 | PITTA | Guillaume | FRA |
| 24 | CADOT | Jeremy | FRA |
| 25 | JOVANOVIC | Bojan | CRO |
| 26 | LEFORT | Enzo | FRA |
| 27 | PARK | Hee Kyung | KOR |
| 28 | GUSTINELLI | Johann | GER |
| 29 | AKHMATKHUZIN | Artur | RUS |
| 30 | ZHANG | Liangliang | CHN |
| 31 | LALONDE TURBIDE | Etienne | CAN |
| 32 | ASPROMONTE | Valerio | ITA |
| 33 | BALDINI | Andrea | ITA |
| 34 | CASSARA | Andrea | ITA |
| 35 | LE PECHOUX | Erwan | FRA |
| 36 | JOUBERT | Terence | FRA |
| 37 | SCHLECHTWEG | Christian | GER |
| 38 | NASSIBOULLINE | Rouslan | RUS |
| 39 | LARI | Tommaso | ITA |
| 40 | BREUTNER | Richard | GER |
| 41 | SAINT BONNET | Pierrick | FRA |
| 42 | MARCILLOUX | Marcel | FRA |
| 43 | BRAUN | Marius | GER |
| 44 | SON | Young Ki | KOR |
| 45 | FUKUDA | Yusuke | JPN |
| 46 | DJITLI | Roman | FRA |
| 47 | KENBER | Jamie | GBR |
| 48 | MERTINE | Julien | FRA |
| 49 | SIMONCELLI | Luca | ITA |
| 50 | NGAN | Kwoon Yat | HKG |
| 51 | ZAWADA | Marcin | POL |
| 52 | KOENIG | Gregory | FRA |
| 53 | ICHIKAWA | Kyoya | JPN |
| 54 | CHAMLEY-WATSON | Miles | USA |
| 55 | BEHR | Dominik | GER |
| 56 | BACHMANN | Sebastian | GER |
| 57 | HORANYI | Andras | USA |
| 58 | SIMON | Vincent | FRA |
| 59 | KAWIECKI | Pawel | POL |
| 60 | JEFFERIES | Edward | GBR |
| 61 | SZABADOS | Gabor | HUN |
| 62 | DARABAN | Radu | ROU |
| 63 | YUNES | Klod | UKR |
| 64 | MACHER | Thomas | AUT |
| 65 | BIONDO | Tobia | ITA |
| 66 | BERJOZKIN | Anton | HUN |
| 67 | COOK | Keith | GBR |
| 68 | BORST | Sebastiaan | NED |
| 69 | WITKOWSKI | Andrzej | POL |
| 70 | SAKANO | Hirokazu | JPN |
| 71 | KOLTYGO | Volodymyr | UKR |
| 72 | TEISSEIRE | Nicolas | CAN |
| 73 | MOCEK | Slawomir | POL |
| 74 | DIACONU | Alexandru Daniel | ROU |
| 75 | PRYMACK | Anthony | CAN |
| 76 | NOITE | Alvaro | POR |
| 77 | PIETRUSIEWICZ | Radoslaw | POL |
| 78 | OR | Tomer | ISR |
| 79 | CIEPLY | Tomasz | POL |
| 80 | SZEKI | Bence | HUN |
| 81 | POGREBNYAK | Andriy | UKR |
| 82 | TOLDO | Guilherme | BRA |
| 83 | DE LAMBALLERIE | Guy | FRA |
| 84 | DEBIC | Ozren | CRO |
| 85 | GATAI | Robert | HUN |
| 86 | BIRO | Peter | HUN |
| 87 | JUNG | Chang Yong | KOR |
| 88 | SINTES | Victor | FRA |
| 89 | VANNI | Simone | ITA |
| 90 | STIJLAART | Mats | NED |
| 91 | CHEUNG | Siu Lun | HKG |
| 92 | OR HTUEL | Yaaqov | ISR |
| 93 | HERTSYK | Rostislav | UKR |
| 94 | KONTOCHRISTOPOULOS | Nikolaos | GRE |
| 95 | STOUKALINE | Alexandre | RUS |
| 96 | CHU | Wing Hong | HKG |
| 97 | ENGELEN | Gerben | NED |
| 98 | WILLETTE | David | USA |
| 99 | GURINENKO | Bogdan | UKR |
| 100 | SZEREMI | Andras | HUN |
| 101 | LI | Hua | CHN |
| 102 | VAN OEVEREN | Edgar | NED |
| 103 | MEPSTEAD | Marcus | GBR |
| 104 | FITZGERALD | Jamie | GBR |
| 105 | MYRONYUK | Dmytro | UKR |
| 106 | BASSAL | Oren | ISR |
| 107 | SAITO | Yu | JPN |
| 108 | GAUDREAU-POLLENDER | Julien | CAN |
| 108 | ROSOWSKY | Ahmed | GBR |
| 110 | NIVARD | Daniel | NED |
| 111 | SCHLOSSER | Roland | AUT |
| 111 | SHI | Jialuo | CHN |
| 113 | LEUNG | Wing Fai Anthony | HKG |
| 113 | MOCHKO | Lucas | BRA |
| 115 | REMIJN | Martin | NED |
| 116 | MAZZA | Lorenzo | HUN |
| 117 | RAJSKI | Leszek | POL |
| 118 | MURAKAMI | Satoki | JPN |
| 119 | ANDERSEN | Emil Ulrik | DEN |
| 120 | JORGENSEN | Philippe | DEN |
| 121 | PAGHIEV | Boris | MDA |
| 122 | MULLER | Federico Guillermo | ARG |
| 123 | POSCHARNIG | Johannes | AUT |
| 124 | PIERRIER | Ghislain | FRA |
| 125 | SANTOS | Gael | POR |
| 126 | HINTERSEER | Moritz | AUT |
| 127 | VAN DORMAEL | Frederik | BEL |
| 128 | SALISCAN | Virgil | ROU |
| 129 | TEACA | Iulian | ROU |
| 130 | LECOCQ | Hans Joachim | BEL |
| 131 | CALDWELL | Turner | USA |
| 132 | MALAI | Ivan | MDA |
| 133 | ULUSAHIN | Utku | TUR |
| 134 | WANG | Dominik | AUT |
| 135 | PETRUSENCO | Serghei | MDA |
| 136 | SIGOUIN | Jean Francois | CAN |
| 137 | OLIVEIRA | Lucas | BRA |
| 138 | SAUCEDO | Felipe Guillermo | ARG |
| 138 | DOBIASCH | Martin | AUT |
| 140 | NAKIS | Theodoros | GRE |
| 141 | GALESLOOT | Chris | NED |
| 142 | DUDIAK | Scott | CAN |
| 143 | XAVIER | Marco | BRA |
| 144 | HORONY | Tamas | SVK |
| 145 | LAM | Chi Ming Andy | HKG |
| 146 | DAGDEVIRENTURK | Ali | TUR |
| 147 | ABELLO NAVAS | Ezequiel | ARG |
| 148 | WOHLGEMUTH | Dominik | AUT |
| 149 | ORTELLI | Nicolas | ARG |
| 149 | KAO | Alex | USA |
| 151 | KOSOVA | Sercin | TUR |
| 151 | LAM | Chi Hung Christopher | HKG |
| 153 | BAIBICH | Andre | BRA |
| 154 | PRANZ | Rene | AUT |
