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$252,000 AVP Crocs Slam Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
July 16 - 19, 2009

(35) Sam Haghighi/Dane Pearson

Sam Haghighi

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Height:

6'3"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (Pro Beach Manhattan Beach 2011)

Career AVP Best:

25th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

$1,955.00

Dane Pearson

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1967 (56 yrs old)

Height:

6'4"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (NVL Santa Monica 2012)

Career AVP Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$3,150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	$1,310.00
Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
Overall	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$2,060.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Richard Boldt - 33rd
2000	Karl Owens - 25th	Mike Scales - 25th
2001	Brett Scharf - 61st	Mike Scales - 37th
2002	Jeff Murrell - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Tom Barber - 65th	Ran Kumgisky - 33rd
2004	Brian Duff - 41st	Did not play
2005	Dane Pearson - 57th	Sam Haghighi - 57th
2006	Shawn Essert - 57th	Did not play
2007	Dane Pearson - 41st	Sam Haghighi - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	30, Q19	25th	120	$480.00
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Q39	25th	52	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/17/2009

Winner 1

Reid Priddy / Bill Strickland (30)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sam Haghighi	Total	29	18	0	0.621	1	12	4	2
	1	15	9	0	0.600	1	6	2	1
	2	14	9	0	0.643	0	6	2	1
Dane Pearson	Total	21	5	6	-0.048	0	4	0	2
	1	11	3	3	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	10	2	3	-0.100	0	2	0	1

Fri, 7/17/2009

Contender 1

Tim Ryan / Andrew Vazquez (62, Q56)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sam Haghighi	Total	31	12	1	0.355	1	14	1	0
	1	14	4	0	0.286	0	4	0	0
	2	17	8	1	0.412	1	10	1	0
Dane Pearson	Total	34	20	4	0.471	2	15	1	3
	1	16	11	2	0.563	2	8	1	1
	2	18	9	2	0.389	0	7	0	2

Fri, 7/17/2009

Contender 2

Dane Jensen / Scott Lane (32)

Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-11

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sam Haghighi	Total	33	16	3	0.394	2	6	2	4
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	3	0	1
	2	15	8	1	0.467	1	2	1	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	1	1	1	2
Dane Pearson	Total	28	14	6	0.286	3	6	1	2
	1	9	5	3	0.222	1	0	1	1
	2	10	4	3	0.100	1	4	0	1
	3	9	5	0	0.556	1	2	0	0

Sat, 7/18/2009

Contender 3

Austin Rester / Eyal Zimet (14)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sam Haghighi	Total	21	6	5	0.048	0	5	1	1
	1	13	4	3	0.077	0	4	1	1
	2	8	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	0
Dane Pearson	Total	21	11	2	0.429	0	7	0	3
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	4	0	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sam Haghighi	114	52	9	0.377	4	37	8	7
Dane Pearson	104	50	18	0.308	5	32	2	10

Head to Head Results
Haghighi/Pearson trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Haghighi/Pearson	32, Q57	21-9, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Loomis/Patterson 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 1	Loomis/Patterson	19	Haghighi/Pearson	30, Q19	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Haghighi/Pearson	30, Q19	21-11, 21-14
Trail the series against # 14 Rester/Zimet 0-1
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Rester/Zimet	14	Haghighi/Pearson	35	21-17, 21-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 30 Priddy/Strickland 0-1
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Priddy/Strickland	30	Haghighi/Pearson	35	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 32 Jensen/Lane 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Haghighi/Pearson	35	Jensen/Lane	32	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 39 Heagy/Leeseberg 1-0
6/5/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Haghighi/Pearson	Q39	Heagy/Leeseberg	Q26	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 62, Q56 Ryan/Vazquez 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Haghighi/Pearson	35	Ryan/Vazquez	62, Q56	21-17, 21-18	0:50
Trail the series against # Q30 Barron/Szymanski 0-1
7/21/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Barron/Szymanski	32, Q14	Haghighi/Pearson	Q51	21-13, 18-21, 16-14	1:01