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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 17 - 20, 2023

(21) Adam Roberts/Jeff Samuels

Adam Roberts

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

High Point, NC

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Kansas State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

263

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$108,809.25

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$3,400.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Jim Walls - 33rd	Did not play
2002	Jim Walls - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Matt Heath - 25th	Did not play
2004	Matt Heath - 17th	Did not play
2005	Steve Grotowski - 25th	Did not play
2006	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Did not play
2007	Vincent Robbins - 33rd	Did not play
2008	Vincent Robbins - 33rd	Did not play
2009	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Did not play
Pro Beach 2011	Braidy Halverson - 9th	Did not play
Pro Beach 2012	Andrey Belov - 13th	Did not play
2013	Andrey Belov - 13th	Did not play
2014	Billy Kolinske - 17th	Did not play
2015	Bradley Lawson - 17th	Did not play
2016	Ed Ratledge - 13th	Did not play
2017	Mark Burik - 17th	Michael Brunsting - 13th
2018	Did not play	Raffe Paulis - 25th
2019	Andy Benesh - 13th	Did not play
2021	Travis Mewhirter - 25th	Kyle Radde - 29th
2022	Marty Lorenz - 9th	Christopher Vaughan - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/5-7/2023	Tour Series Waupaca Open	7	2nd	1540	$2,200.00
AVP	6/30-7/2/2023	Tour Series Denver Open	11	9th	1192	$0.00

Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/18/2023

Winner 1

Cody Caldwell / Seain Cook (12)

Lost 16-21, 21-19, 13-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adam Roberts	Total	47	20	7	0.277	0	18	1	0
	1	11	4	2	0.182	0	5	1	0
	2	20	9	2	0.350	0	6	0	0
	3	16	7	3	0.250	0	7	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	29	13	7	0.207	5	6	1	4
	1	12	5	3	0.167	1	2	1	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	2	2	0	2
	3	6	2	3	-0.167	2	2	0	2

Fri, 8/18/2023

Contender 1

Charlie Siragusa / Ben Vaught (28)

Won 21-15, 13-21, 15-10

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adam Roberts	Total	50	25	8	0.340	0	14	0	4
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	4	0	2
	2	23	8	5	0.130	0	5	0	0
	3	12	9	2	0.583	0	5	0	2
Jeff Samuels	Total	18	8	2	0.333	9	3	0	3
	1	10	6	0	0.600	5	3	0	1
	2	6	1	1	0.000	2	0	0	2
	3	2	1	1	0.000	2	0	0	0

Fri, 8/18/2023

Contender 2

Gage Basey / Diego Perez (22)

Lost 27-25, 17-21, 11-15

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adam Roberts	Total	58	31	6	0.431	0	14	0	1
	1	29	15	3	0.414	0	7	0	1
	2	19	9	1	0.421	0	4	0	0
	3	10	7	2	0.500	0	3	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	14	9	0	0.643	6	2	0	6
	1	6	5	0	0.833	3	1	0	3
	2	6	2	0	0.333	3	0	0	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adam Roberts	155	76	21	0.355	0	46	1	5
Jeff Samuels	61	30	9	0.344	20	11	1	13

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	1	0	0	$1,200.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Adam Roberts												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
150	0	0	0	0	3	37	54	32	1	$63,307.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
27	0	0	1	1	5	7	8	1	0	$2,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$700.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00	Satellite
16	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	$5,530.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$3,300.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$2,025.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00
14	0	1	0	0	1	7	4	1	0	$2,900.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	15	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00
232	0	1	1	1	10	61	77	40	3	$83,537.50	Total	49	0	1	1	0	2	19	15	4	3	$16,550.00

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
2023	AVP	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,400.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	AVP	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,400.00	6	6	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Adam Roberts													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	$995.00	1998	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	$1,325.00	2001	AVP
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2001	BVA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	$400.00	2002	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$2,650.00	2003	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	$4,280.00	2004	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	2	$1,487.50	2005	AVP
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	2	$5,800.00	2006	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	NORCECA
16	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	4	$3,100.00	2007	AVP
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	2	1	$4,625.00	2008	AVP
13	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	1	0	$9,975.00	2009	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$3,275.00	2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$5,812.50	2011	NVL
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,125.00	2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2011	Pro Beach
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2012	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$625.00	2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	Wide Open
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$3,250.00	2012	Pro Beach
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$6,950.00	2013	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2013	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	$4,000.00	2014	AVP
											2014	NVL	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$175.00	2014	NORCECA
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$1,400.00	2015	AVP
											2015	NVL	8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,675.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2015	FIVB
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$7,350.00	2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
											2016	NVL	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,475.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2016	NORCECA
7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	$6,950.00	2017	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,175.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$450.00	2017	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$0.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$2,525.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	$1,700.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	$3,725.00	2019	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00	2020	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00	2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	1	$450.00	2021	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$4,850.00	2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	$1,775.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	$250.00	2022	FIVB
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$1,700.00	2023	AVP	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$2,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$100.00	2023	FIVB
248	4	1	3	1	15	67	76	42	39	$107,250.00	Total	Total	63	0	2	5	0	12	19	13	5	7	$31,950.00

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	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	4-5	44.4%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-8	42.9%
2022-2023	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	4-5	44.4%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-8	42.9%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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	1	2
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Total	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8

Head to Head Results
Roberts/Samuels trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 12 Caldwell/Cook 0-2
8/18/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Caldwell/Cook	12	Roberts/Samuels	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	1:07
7/7/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Finals	Caldwell/Cook	1	Roberts/Samuels	7	21-13, 21-18
Trail the series against # 22 Basey/Perez 0-1
8/18/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Basey/Perez	22	Roberts/Samuels	21	25-27, 21-17, 15-11	1:09
Lead the series against # 25 Ferrari/Vaughan 1-0
7/7/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Semi-Finals	Roberts/Samuels	7	Ferrari/Vaughan	9	24-22, 21-10
Lead the series against # 28 Siragusa/Vaught 1-0
8/18/23	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Roberts/Samuels	21	Siragusa/Vaught	28	21-15, 13-21, 15-10	0:58
Series tied with # Q7 Coyle/Leathers 1-1
7/7/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Winner 2	Roberts/Samuels	7	Coyle/Leathers	19, Q5	21-15, 21-19
7/6/23	AVP	Tour Series Waupaca Open	Pool F	Coyle/Leathers	19, Q5	Roberts/Samuels	7	21-14, 21-16