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AVP Tour
$20,000 Tour Series Virginia Beach Open
June 9 - 11, 2023

(9) Raffe Paulis/Jeff Samuels

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chicago, IL

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Northeastern Illinois

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (NORCECA Managua 2022)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$24,075.00

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$35,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	$8,350.00

Previous Virginia Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Christopher Vaughan - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	16, Q9	13th	1463	$1,400.00
AVP	6/10-12/2022	Muskegon Open	7	13th	1254	$0.00

Tour Series Virginia Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/10/2023	Pool D	Jordan Hoppe / Charlie Siragusa (16)	Won 22-20, 21-13
Sat, 6/10/2023	Pool D	Mark Bucknam / Ryan Ierna (21, Q9)	Won 21-18, 21-18
Sat, 6/10/2023	Winner 1	Ian Satterfield / Jake Urrutia (7)	Lost 17-21, 18-21

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$550.00
Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,500.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,800.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	$8,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Raffe Paulis												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
34	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	0	1	$11,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$1,000.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$1,650.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,350.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	$2,700.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	$1,400.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	15	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00
75	0	0	0	0	3	20	32	4	4	$23,500.00	Total	49	0	1	1	0	2	19	15	4	3	$16,550.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2018	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$3,050.00	7	5	58.3 %
2022	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,400.00	1	4	20.0 %
2023	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	$8,350.00	17	14	54.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Raffe Paulis													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	AVP
											2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2011	NVL
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	AVP
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$475.00	2012	Pro Beach
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$0.00	2013	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00	2013	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2014	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2014	NVL	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$1,650.00	2015	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2015	NVL	8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,675.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	$1,400.00	2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
											2016	NVL	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	$3,500.00	2017	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,175.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	$4,775.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$2,525.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	$2,225.00	2019	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$5,350.00	2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	$1,775.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	NORCECA
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$700.00	2023	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$700.00
70	0	0	0	1	2	19	25	8	15	$20,675.00	Total	Total	60	0	1	5	0	12	18	12	5	7	$30,250.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	10	62.5%	5	31.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	10-10	50.0%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	17-14	54.8%
2022-2023	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	0-7	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	6-7	46.2%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-0		0	0	2-1	66.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Tour Championships	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14

Head to Head Results
Paulis/Samuels lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Satterfield/Urrutia 0-1
6/10/23	AVP	Tour Series Virginia Beach Open	Winner 1	Satterfield/Urrutia	7	Paulis/Samuels	9	21-17, 21-18
Lead the series against # 16 Hoppe/Siragusa 1-0
6/10/23	AVP	Tour Series Virginia Beach Open	Pool D	Paulis/Samuels	9	Hoppe/Siragusa	16	22-20, 21-13
Lead the series against # 21, Q9 Bucknam/Ierna 1-0
6/10/23	AVP	Tour Series Virginia Beach Open	Pool D	Paulis/Samuels	9	Bucknam/Ierna	21, Q9	21-18, 21-18