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$280,000 AVP Bob's Stores Boston Open at Marina Bay
August 16 - 18, 2007

(5) Anthony Medel/Fred Souza

Anthony Medel

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Golden West College
Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$162,225.00

Frederico "Fred" Dória de Souza

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

6'7"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$290,592.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	38	0	2	5	0	9	9	9	3	1	0	$222,650.00

Previous Boston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	6	3rd	390	$13,300.00
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	4	5th	312	$8,500.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	8	7th	260	$6,500.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	10	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	7	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	7	13th	108	$1,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	7	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	8	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	7	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	6	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	8	7th	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	7	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	8/17-19/2006	Brooklyn Open	11	7th	260	$5,500.00

Boston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/17/2007

Winner 2

Jeff Nygaard / Jason Ring (12)

Won 22-20, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	20	15	1	0.700	0	7	1	4
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	3	0	4
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	4	1	0
Fred Souza	Total	21	15	0	0.714	1	1	0	8
	1	11	7	0	0.636	1	0	0	4
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	1	0	4

Fri, 8/17/2007

Winner 3

Canyon Ceman / Bill Strickland (13)

Won 21-11, 21-19

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	17	15	2	0.765	0	7	1	1
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	3	1	0
	2	11	10	1	0.818	0	4	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	18	12	2	0.556	5	0	3	6
	1	7	4	0	0.571	4	0	3	3
	2	11	8	2	0.545	1	0	0	3

Sat, 8/18/2007

Winner 4

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 20-22, 19-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	34	17	7	0.294	0	2	1	2
	1	16	9	4	0.313	0	1	0	1
	2	18	8	3	0.278	0	1	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	5	4	0	0.800	2	1	2	9
	1	1	1	0	1.000	1	0	1	5
	2	4	3	0	0.750	1	1	1	4

Sat, 8/18/2007

Contender 5

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (11)

Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-13

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	32	10	10	0.000	0	12	1	4
	1	12	4	3	0.083	0	2	0	1
	2	9	2	4	-0.222	0	4	0	2
	3	11	4	3	0.091	0	6	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	30	14	6	0.267	3	5	5	9
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	1	1	5
	2	13	5	3	0.154	1	2	4	2
	3	10	6	1	0.500	1	2	0	2

Sat, 8/18/2007

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (2)

Lost 21-18, 7-21, 9-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	32	14	11	0.094	0	5	2	5
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	3	1	2
	2	13	6	5	0.077	0	2	0	2
	3	8	3	4	-0.125	0	0	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	18	8	5	0.167	3	4	2	4
	1	11	7	1	0.545	2	3	1	2
	2	4	0	2	-0.500	0	1	0	2
	3	3	1	2	-0.333	1	0	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	135	71	31	0.296	0	33	6	16
Fred Souza	92	53	13	0.435	14	11	12	36

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 25-25 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 2-3
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	5	22-20, 21-19	0:43
8/12/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Medel/Souza	6	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-23, 21-19, 15-7	1:08
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	4	24-22, 21-14	0:52
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 1-6
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	5	18-21, 21-7, 15-9	0:51
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	6	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:11
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	10	21-19, 21-15	0:53
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-10, 21-17	0:41
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	7	22-20, 21-15	0:52
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	7	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	15	21-16, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-6
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Medel/Souza	6	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-17, 21-19	0:48
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Medel/Souza	10	21-18, 21-19	0:44
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Medel/Souza	8	21-17, 21-17	0:49
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Medel/Souza	6	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	1:04
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Medel/Souza	21	21-18, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Keenan 1-3
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Medel/Souza	10	Hyden/Keenan	7	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:08
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	20-22, 21-18, 17-15	1:02
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	1:00
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	10	Medel/Souza	7	21-19, 21-18	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Lucena/Williams 0-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Lucena/Williams	10	Medel/Souza	8	21-9, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Holdren/Scott 0-5
8/12/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Scott	8	Medel/Souza	6	21-18, 28-30, 15-13	1:30
8/13/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	13	21-14, 21-18	0:44
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-7	1:08
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	15	21-16, 21-18	0:41
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	21	21-16, 21-18	0:55
Lead the series against # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 2-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Loomis/Stolfus	9	Medel/Souza	4	21-15, 22-20	0:52
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Loomis/Stolfus	12	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	1:17
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Loomis/Stolfus	15	21-17, 11-21, 24-22	1:14
Lead the series against # 10 Doble/Olson 2-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	6	Doble/Olson	11	21-19, 21-10	0:44
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	8	Doble/Olson	11	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Wachtfogel/Wong 3-0
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	5	Wachtfogel/Wong	11	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	12	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Wachtfogel/Wong	15	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 12 Nygaard/Ring 2-0
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Nygaard/Ring	12	22-20, 21-16	0:42
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	8	Nygaard/Ring	9	24-22, 21-17
Lead the series against # 13 Ceman/Strickland 1-0
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	5	Ceman/Strickland	13	21-11, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	10	Mariano/Ratledge	20	21-17, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 15 Jewell/Loiola 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Jewell/Loiola	17	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Lee/Rester 1-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Lee/Rester	18	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	10	Morrison/Tramblie	23	21-19, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Allen/Mihalic 2-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	7	Allen/Mihalic	26, Q3	21-13, 21-19	0:34
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	11	Allen/Mihalic	27, Q7	23-21, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # Q4 Robbins/Roberts 2-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:36
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-12, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # Q8 Dykstra/VanZwieten 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	4	Dykstra/VanZwieten	29, Q4	25-23, 21-15	0:49
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	10	Dykstra/VanZwieten	24, Q12	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # Q11 Corso/Rambis 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	10	Corso/Rambis	23, Q15	21-14, 21-10	0:35