Alexei Yakimenko (RUS) defeated Woo Young Won (KOR) 15-13 in the finals of the Warsaw Men’s Sabre Grand Prix. With the victory, Yakimenko passed Nicolas Limbach (GER) to claim the #1 World Ranking on the FIE points list. Limbach, injured in the Athens world cup, was back to top form, placing 3rd after losing to Won 15-6 in the semi-finals. Giampiero Pastore (ITA) shared 3rd place, losing to Yakimenko 15-13 in the semi-final match.
On the US side, Daryl Homer and James Williams made the top-16. Homer started the morning defeating Benedikt Wagner (GER) 15-12, then followed up with a nail-biting 15-14 win over Jaime Marti (ESP). Homer then ran into Limbach. Homer lead for part of the match, by as many as 4 touches but Limbach came back to win the match 15-11.
James Williams defeated Oleg Shturbabin (UKR) 15-12, then James Honeybone (GBR) 15-11 in the 64 and 32. In the top-16 Williams fell to Canada’s Joseph Polossifikas 15-11.
Tim Morehouse and Jeff Spear made the top-32, placing 27th and 29th. Morehouse won his opening round match against Van Holsbeke (BEL) 15-12 and then was tied with Aldo Montano (ITA) at 11-11 before losing 15-13. Spear defeated Buikevich (BLR) 15-1 and then ran into Rares Dumitrescu (ROU) 15-5.
Ben Igoe lost his opening round match to Bolande Apithy (FRA) 15-7 and Mihail Etropolski lost a heartbreaker 15-14 to Renzo Agresta (BRA).
The tournament was run on the MASK scoring system (http://www.mat-fencing.com/).
Results: Warsaw Grand Prix. Top 8 + US Finishes
| Place | Name | Nationality | Current WR |
| 1 | YAKIMENKO Alexey | RUS | 1 |
| 2 | WON Woo Young | KOR | 3 |
| 3 | PASTORE Giampiero | ITA | 20 |
| 3 | LIMBACH Nicolas | GER | 2 |
| 5 | MONTANO Aldo | ITA | 5 |
| 6 | DUMITRESCU Rares | ROU | 6 |
| 7 | APITHY Bolade | FRA | 9 |
| 8 | POLOSSIFAKIS Joseph | CAN | 30 |
| 13 | HOMER Daryl | USA | 18 |
| 15 | WILLIAMS James | USA | 55 |
| 27 | MOREHOUSE Timothy | USA | 28 |
| 29 | SPEAR Jeff | USA | 82 |
| 36 | ETROPOLSKI Mihail | USA | 45 |
| 53 | IGOE Benjamin | USA | 52 |
| 74 | ZUCK Avery | USA | 226 |
| 91 | CLEMENT Luther | USA | 222 |
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