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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Atlanta
May 30 - June 1, 2008

(7) 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 Atlanta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Brad Torsone - 17th	Aaron Boss - 17th
2007	Fred Souza - 7th	Anthony Medel - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	4	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	5	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	5	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	3	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	9/14-16/2007	San Francisco Best of the Beach	5	5th	0	$8,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/1/2007	Cincinnati Open	5	9th	208	$2,875.00
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 Atlanta Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/30/2008

Winner 2

Jason Ring / Aaron Wachtfogel (10)

Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-10

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	23	16	4	0.522	0	5	0	4
	1	8	4	3	0.125	0	1	0	2
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	1
	3	4	4	0	1.000	0	2	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	20	13	4	0.450	3	0	6	5
	1	8	4	3	0.125	0	0	2	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	0	3	2
	3	6	5	1	0.667	2	0	1	1

Sat, 5/31/2008

Winner 3

Paul Baxter / Matt Prosser (18)

Won 22-20, 21-13

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	30	16	2	0.467	0	16	2	5
	1	17	6	1	0.294	0	10	2	2
	2	13	10	1	0.692	0	6	0	3
Fred Souza	Total	19	11	4	0.368	1	3	2	5
	1	12	6	3	0.250	0	2	2	4
	2	7	5	1	0.571	1	1	0	1

Sat, 5/31/2008

Winner 4

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (6)

Won 21-18, 13-21, 17-15

1:18

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	30	16	8	0.267	0	13	1	4
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	9	0	2
	2	7	3	3	0.000	0	1	0	1
	3	8	5	2	0.375	0	3	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	31	16	7	0.290	4	7	0	6
	1	9	3	3	0.000	1	2	0	2
	2	13	6	3	0.231	1	4	0	3
	3	9	7	1	0.667	2	1	0	1

Sun, 6/1/2008

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	20	13	2	0.550	1	6	2	4
	1	8	5	1	0.500	1	1	2	3
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	5	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	17	10	3	0.412	1	2	4	6
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	1	3	2
	2	11	7	2	0.455	1	1	1	4

Sun, 6/1/2008

Finals

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (6)

Lost 21-18, 15-21, 10-15

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	29	13	4	0.310	0	13	1	4
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	6	1	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	4	0	2
	3	5	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	35	16	8	0.229	2	5	1	5
	1	9	4	3	0.111	2	2	1	2
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	2	0	2
	3	10	5	2	0.300	0	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	132	74	20	0.409	1	53	6	21
Fred Souza	122	66	26	0.328	11	17	13	27

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	17	0	0	3	0	3	7	3	1	0	0	0	$104,975.00	49	34	59.0 %
2008	AVP	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,250.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	AVP	29	0	1	4	0	7	9	7	1	0	0	0	$176,975.00	83	57	59.3 %

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
18	0	0	3	0	10	5	0	0	0	$52,987.50	2007	AVP	18	0	0	3	0	11	4	0	0	0	$58,737.50
6	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$21,125.00	2008	AVP	6	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$21,125.00
78	0	1	4	0	16	15	18	13	11	$100,337.50	Total	Total	118	2	2	9	2	36	35	13	1	18	$237,205.00

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%
2007-2008	52	72.2%	10	13.9%	10	13.9%	62-10	86.1%	19	27.5%	13	18.8%	37	53.6%	19-50	27.5%	52-37	58.4%	29-23	55.8%	0	0	81-60	57.4%
Against the Field	13	52.0%	4	16.0%	8	32.0%	17-8	68.0%	7	16.7%	11	26.2%	24	57.1%	7-35	16.7%	26-48	35.1%	22-38	36.7%	0	0	24-43	35.8%

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 17-30 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 2-9
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Semi-Finals	Medel/Souza	7	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-14, 21-19	0:51
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	4	21-18, 21-18	0:46
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	4	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:11
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	5	17-21, 21-10, 17-15	1:08
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 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-3
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Medel/Souza	5	15-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:03
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Medel/Souza	3	21-13, 21-11	0:43
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-15, 21-19	0:54
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Medel/Souza	5	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:01
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Keenan 2-5
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	5	Hyden/Keenan	4	21-19, 21-8	0:36
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 # 5 Lucena/Scott 0-2
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	Lucena/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-10	0:40
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Semi-Finals	Lucena/Scott	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-11, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Gibb/Rosenthal 2-7
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Medel/Souza	7	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:15
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 4	Medel/Souza	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	21-18, 13-21, 17-15	1:18
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	22-24, 21-15, 21-19	1:21
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 # 8 Olson/Wong 0-2
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-19, 21-14	0:54
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	12	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Series tied with # 9 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 # 10 Ring/Wachtfogel 1-0
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	7	Ring/Wachtfogel	10	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # 11 Holdren/Strickland 1-0
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # 12 Brazao/Loiola 0-1
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 2	Brazao/Loiola	10	Medel/Souza	5	21-15, 22-24, 15-13	1:09
Lead the series against # 13 Mayer/Nygaard 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-15, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 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 # 18 Baxter/Prosser 2-0
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	7	Baxter/Prosser	18	22-20, 21-13	0:45
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Baxter/Prosser	20	21-16, 21-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 21 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