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$60,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Waupaca Open
July 8 - 10, 2026

(18, Q2) Taylor Hughes/Adam Roberts

Taylor Hughes

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (AVP Manhattan Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$3,875.00

Adam Roberts

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1976 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

High Point, NC

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Kansas State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

274

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$110,069.39

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00

Previous Waupaca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Jeff Samuels - 2nd
2024	Did not play	Nathaniel Miller - 17th
2025	Did not play	Andrew Dentler - 9th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Waupaca Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/8/2026	Qualifier 2	Chris Karnezis / Maxwell Tome (Q31)	Won 21-13, 21-11
Wed, 7/8/2026	Qualifier 3	Mikhail Butler / Clint Smith (Q15)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-12
Thu, 7/9/2026	Pool F	Alex Harthaller / Diego Perez (7)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 10-15
Thu, 7/9/2026	Pool F	Kevin Coyle / Daniel Leathers (19, Q3)	Lost 16-21, 17-21

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$)
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taylor Hughes												Adam Roberts
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	152	0	0	0	0	3	37	54	33	25	$64,057.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	29	0	0	1	1	6	8	8	1	4	$2,875.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$700.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$675.00	Manhattan Beach	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	4	$5,530.00
											Tour Championships	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	$3,300.00
											Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,200.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$2,025.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	19	0	1	0	0	2	8	7	1	0	$3,150.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	1	$3,875.00	Total	243	0	1	1	1	12	63	80	41	44	$84,762.50

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
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taylor Hughes													Adam Roberts
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	$995.00
											1999	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$750.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
											2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	$1,325.00
											2001	BVA	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	$400.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$2,650.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	$4,280.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	2	$1,487.50
											2006	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	2	$5,800.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00
											2006	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	4	$3,100.00
											2008	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	2	1	$4,625.00
											2009	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	1	0	$9,975.00
											2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$3,275.00
											2011	NVL	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$5,812.50
											2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,125.00
											2011	Pro Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,750.00
											2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$625.00
											2012	Wide Open	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	Pro Beach	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$3,250.00
											2013	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$6,950.00
											2013	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
											2014	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	$4,000.00
											2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00
											2014	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00	2015	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$1,400.00
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$7,350.00
											2016	NORCECA	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											2017	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	$6,950.00
											2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$275.00	2018	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	$1,700.00
											2019	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	$3,725.00
											2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00
											2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	1	$450.00
											2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$4,850.00
											2022	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	$250.00
											2023	AVP	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$1,700.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00
											2024	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$525.00
											2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
											2025	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$600.00
											2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00	2026	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$250.00
											2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$825.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	$675.00	Total	Total	273	4	1	3	1	18	74	84	45	43	$109,800.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2025-2026	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Harthaller/Perez 0-1
7/9/26	AVP	Waupaca Open	Pool F	Harthaller/Perez	7	Hughes/Roberts	18, Q2	19-21, 22-20, 15-10
Trail the series against # 19, Q3 Coyle/Leathers 0-1
7/9/26	AVP	Waupaca Open	Pool F	Coyle/Leathers	19, Q3	Hughes/Roberts	18, Q2	21-16, 21-17
Lead the series against # Q15 Butler/Smith 1-0
7/8/26	AVP	Waupaca Open	Qualifier 3	Hughes/Roberts	18, Q2	Butler/Smith	Q15	18-21, 21-16, 15-12
Lead the series against # Q31 Karnezis/Tome 1-0
7/8/26	AVP	Waupaca Open	Qualifier 2	Hughes/Roberts	18, Q2	Karnezis/Tome	Q31	21-13, 21-11