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$150,000 AVP Heritage Laguna Beach Open
September 18 - 20, 2026

(Q38) Raffe Paulis/Curt Toppel

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (40 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

Curt Toppel

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 19, 1980 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA North Bay 2015)

Career AVP Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$30,630.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$900.00

Previous Laguna Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Devon Burki - 17th	Did not play
2025	Riley Owen - 21st	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Laguna Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/18/2026	Qualifier 1	Etienne Belzile / Andrew Johnson (Q27)	Won 23-21, 21-14	0:38
Fri, 9/18/2026	Qualifier 2	Marcus Carvalhaes / Charlie Siragusa (Q6)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:44

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	0	0	1	0	0	$900.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Raffe Paulis												Curt Toppel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
34	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	0	8	$11,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	0	0	4	7	4	2	11	$18,365.00
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	5	$1,000.00	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	5	$5,300.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$1,650.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,775.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$5,350.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	5	$2,700.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	$1,400.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
78	0	0	0	0	3	20	32	4	19	$23,500.00	Total	46	0	0	0	0	5	9	7	3	22	$25,440.00

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
2019	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$900.00	0	2	0.0 %
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$900.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Raffe Paulis													Curt Toppel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$1,765.00
											2010	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$925.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2011	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2011	Wide Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00
											2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$115.00
											2011	FIVB	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$475.00	2012	Pro Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
											2012	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$0.00	2013	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00	2013	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$700.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2014	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2014	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$1,650.00	2015	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2015	NVL
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2015	NORCECA	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	$1,400.00	2016	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$8,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	$3,500.00	2017	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$7,275.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	$4,775.00	2018	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	$2,225.00	2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2021	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$5,350.00	2022	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	NORCECA
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$3,100.00	2023	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$1,000.00	2024	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2025	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
87	0	0	0	1	3	22	33	8	20	$24,075.00	Total	Total	65	0	1	2	2	8	13	11	5	23	$30,630.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0		0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	1-1	50.0%

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	0	2
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q6 Carvalhaes/Siragusa 0-1
9/18/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Carvalhaes/Siragusa	Q6	Paulis/Toppel	Q38	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q27 Belzile/Johnson 1-0
9/18/26	AVP	Laguna Beach Open	Qualifier 1	Paulis/Toppel	Q38	Belzile/Johnson	Q27	23-21, 21-14	0:38