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AVP Tour
$150,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 7 - 9, 2003

(Q22) Cherry Simkins/Ashanti Taylor

Cherry Simkins

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1959 (66 yrs old)

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

Citrus

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (WPVA Manhattan Beach 1994)

Career AVP Best:

17th (Manhattan Beach 2001)

Career Winnings:

$1,491.00

Ashanti Taylor

Photo: John Bartelt

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 30, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

35th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	35	37	41	49	57	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	2	$0.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1992	Hannah LaSalle - 25th	Did not play
WPVA 1993	Taryn Collins - 25th	Did not play
WPVA 1994	Darina Staneva - 9th	Did not play
2001	Sonia Alonso - 17th	Did not play
2002	Josie Sidhu - 49th	Maggie Philgence - 49th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	Q19	35th	12	$0.00
AVP	6/13-15/2003	San Diego Open	Q23	35th	12	$0.00
AVP	6/6-8/2003	Hermosa Beach Open	Q25	35th	14	$0.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	Q24	37th	12	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/7/2003	Qualifier 1	Loren Barry / Stephanie Barry (Q43)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:43
Thu, 8/7/2003	Qualifier 2	Catie Mintz / Kelly Rowe (Q11)	Lost 14-21, 7-21	0:36

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Cherry Simkins												Ashanti Taylor
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$300.00	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

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
2003	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Cherry Simkins													Ashanti Taylor
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	1	0	$0.00	1991	WPVA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1992	WPVA
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$0.00	1993	WPVA
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	$675.00	1994	WPVA
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	1995	WPVA
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$0.00	1997	WPVA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1999	USAV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$516.00	2000	BVA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$300.00	2001	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	BVA
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
45	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	16	16	$1,491.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00

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	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	4-7	36.4%
2002-2003	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-0		0	0	1-3	25.0%

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	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Manhattan Beach	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7

Head to Head Results
Simkins/Taylor trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Birnbaum/Smith 0-2
6/13/03	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 2	Birnbaum/Smith	23, Q10	Simkins/Taylor	Q23	21-13, 21-14	0:34
4/25/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Qualifier 2	Birnbaum/Smith	24, Q9	Simkins/Taylor	Q24	21-18, 21-14	0:44
Trail the series against # Q11 Mintz/Rowe 0-1
8/7/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Mintz/Rowe	Q11	Simkins/Taylor	Q22	21-14, 21-7	0:36
Lead the series against # Q43 Barry/Barry 1-0
8/7/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 1	Simkins/Taylor	Q22	Barry/Barry	Q43	21-13, 21-18	0:43