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AVP Tour
$125,000 Pro Series Miami Open
March 16 - 19, 2023

(Q8) Jeff Samuels/Christopher Vaughan

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

Christopher Vaughan

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Medford, NJ

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Stevens Institute of Technology

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$9,987.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	$2,150.00

Previous Miami Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/26-28/2022	Virginia Beach Open	9	13th	1254	$0.00
AVP	8/18-21/2022	Manhattan Beach Open	22	25th	1132	$650.00
AVP	7/7-9/2022	Waupaca Open	8	5th	1540	$1,500.00
AVP	7/1-3/2022	Denver Open	12	13th	1254	$0.00

Pro Series Miami Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/16/2023	Qualifier 2	Alex Diaz / Brandon Joyner (14, Q9)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:26

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$)
Gold Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$650.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	$2,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jeff Samuels												Christopher Vaughan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$1,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$562.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$650.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
15	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	9	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	$1,800.00
49	0	1	1	0	2	19	15	4	3	$16,550.00	Total	29	0	0	1	0	1	6	7	4	1	$5,862.50

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
2022	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,150.00	6	8	42.9 %
2023	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	$2,150.00	6	9	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jeff Samuels													Christopher Vaughan
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	2010	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	Wide Open
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	NVL
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00	2013	NVL
											2014	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00	2014	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,675.00	2015	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$125.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2015	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00	2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2016	NVL	6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$3,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,175.00	2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$2,525.00	2018	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$0.00	2019	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$2,850.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$562.50
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	$1,775.00	2022	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$1,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
58	0	1	5	0	12	16	12	5	7	$29,550.00	Total	Total	35	0	0	1	0	3	9	10	2	10	$8,862.50

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	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	3-5	37.5%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	6-9	40.0%
2022-2023	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	3-5	37.5%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	6-9	40.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%

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
Gold Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9

Head to Head Results
Samuels/Vaughan trail the series against the field 2-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Brewster/Friend 0-1
7/2/22	AVP	Denver Open	Contender 2	Brewster/Friend	14	Samuels/Vaughan	12	21-19, 22-24, 15-7	1:07
Trail the series against # 6 Palm/Rodriguez 0-1
7/8/22	AVP	Waupaca Open	Winner 3	Palm/Rodriguez	1	Samuels/Vaughan	8	21-11, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 14, Q9 Diaz/Joyner 0-1
3/16/23	AVP	Pro Series Miami Open	Qualifier 2	Diaz/Joyner	14, Q9	Samuels/Vaughan	Q8	21-16, 21-15	0:26
Trail the series against # Q1 Mewhirter/Plummer 0-1
8/27/22	AVP	Virginia Beach Open	Winner 2	Mewhirter/Plummer	8	Samuels/Vaughan	9	18-21, 21-19, 15-7	1:10
Lead the series against # Q4 Miller/Paulis 1-0
7/9/22	AVP	Waupaca Open	Contender 4	Samuels/Vaughan	8	Miller/Paulis	12	19-21, 21-13, 15-8	1:05
Series tied with # Q6 Jimenez/Penberthy 1-1
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Jimenez/Penberthy	27	Samuels/Vaughan	22	16-21, 21-15, 18-16	1:00
7/8/22	AVP	Waupaca Open	Winner 2	Samuels/Vaughan	8	Jimenez/Penberthy	24, Q27	21-18, 21-16	0:49