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$200,000 Pringles Smart Flavors Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife
August 30 - September 1, 2007

(5) Anthony Medel/Fred Souza

Anthony Medel

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1978 (47 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 (53 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 17th
2006	Fred Souza - 7th	Anthony Medel - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	4	7th	260	$6,500.00
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	5	3rd	390	$13,300.00
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 2

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (21)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	22	16	2	0.636	0	3	0	3
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	2	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	1	0	2
Fred Souza	Total	12	9	1	0.667	1	1	5	4
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	1	3	2
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	0	2	2

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 3

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (4)

Lost 12-21, 19-21

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	21	10	5	0.238	0	3	0	3
	1	12	2	5	-0.250	0	2	0	1
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	0	2
Fred Souza	Total	19	12	4	0.421	1	4	1	4
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	1	2
	2	10	5	4	0.100	1	2	0	2

Fri, 8/31/2007

Contender 3

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (15)

Lost 18-21, 12-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	37	21	7	0.378	0	5	0	1
	1	19	11	2	0.474	0	3	0	0
	2	18	10	5	0.278	0	2	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	7	3	2	0.143	0	2	1	4
	1	2	1	0	0.500	0	0	1	1
	2	5	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	80	47	14	0.413	0	11	0	7
Fred Souza	38	24	7	0.447	2	7	7	12

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	33	0	2	4	0	7	9	8	2	1	0	0	$188,975.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,800.00
Total	35	0	2	5	0	8	9	8	2	1	0	0	$209,775.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anthony Medel												Fred Souza
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,600.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,450.00
92	0	2	5	0	21	21	21	14	0	$133,812.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	0	2	7	2	32	40	15	1	0	$200,285.00
											Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,375.00	Manhattan Beach	7	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	$34,595.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,250.00	Tour Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00
103	0	2	6	0	23	23	23	15	0	$152,437.50	Total	131	2	3	10	2	36	44	15	1	0	$265,030.00

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
2006	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$29,750.00	20	12	62.5 %
2007	AVP	16	0	0	3	0	2	7	3	1	0	0	0	$96,975.00	48	32	60.0 %
Total	AVP	22	0	0	3	0	4	9	5	1	0	0	0	$126,725.00	68	44	60.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anthony Medel													Fred Souza
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$8,000.00
											1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	3	$17,750.00
											1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	$9,100.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$200.00	1999	AVP
											1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2000	AVP	10	0	0	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	$23,500.00
											2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	$900.00	2001	AVP
											2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$500.00	2002	AVP	7	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$20,247.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	$450.00	2003	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$5,245.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	$1,950.00	2004	AVP
											2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	3	$21,400.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	$4,725.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	$14,675.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	4	3	5	2	0	$17,500.00	2006	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	0	0	$22,175.00
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
16	0	0	3	0	9	4	0	0	0	$48,487.50	2007	AVP	16	0	0	3	0	9	4	0	0	0	$48,487.50
70	0	0	3	0	13	12	18	13	11	$74,712.50	Total	Total	110	2	1	8	2	32	33	13	1	18	$205,830.00

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	65	72.2%	13	14.4%	12	13.3%	78-12	86.7%	23	27.7%	15	18.1%	45	54.2%	23-60	27.7%	65-45	59.1%	36-27	57.1%	0	0	101-72	58.4%
2006-2007	48	76.2%	6	9.5%	9	14.3%	54-9	85.7%	15	28.8%	7	13.5%	30	57.7%	15-37	28.8%	48-30	61.5%	21-16	56.8%	0	0	69-46	60.0%
Against the Field	22	62.9%	5	14.3%	8	22.9%	27-8	77.1%	11	25.0%	10	22.7%	23	52.3%	11-33	25.0%	44-46	48.9%	32-36	47.1%	0	0	38-41	48.1%

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	47	30	2	4	0	0	0	0	90	62
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	4
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	32	2	5	0	0	0	0	99	66

Head to Head Results
Medel/Souza trail the series against the field 28-29 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 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 1-5
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	4	Medel/Souza	5	21-12, 21-19
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	5	Medel/Souza	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	1:06
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 Holdren/Scott 0-6
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 5	Holdren/Scott	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-17, 21-14	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 Doble/Olson 3-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	4	Doble/Olson	10	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:56
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 # 12 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 # 13 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 # 14 Jewell/Loiola 2-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Jewell/Loiola	13	20-22, 21-18, 15-7	1:03
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Jewell/Loiola	17	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Series tied with # 15 Mariano/Ratledge 1-1
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	15	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-12	0:41
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 # 19 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	8	Mayer/Prosser	20	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 21 Lee/Rester 2-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Lee/Rester	21	21-14, 21-17	0:45
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Lee/Rester	18	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 22, Q5 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 # 23, Q9 Marchewka/Placek 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	6	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	23-21, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 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 # Q6 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 # Q13 Fischer/Ogin 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	4	Fischer/Ogin	29, Q8	21-12, 21-16	0:41