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AVP Tour
$175,000 Fort Lauderdale Open
April 1 - 3, 2005

(30, Q24) Jim Walls/Eric Wurts

Jim Walls

Photo: Andy Lyons / AllSport

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 26, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riverton, NJ

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Fordham

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (BVA Oceanside 2001)

Career AVP Best:

17th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$4,625.00

Eric Wurts

Photo: Dan Eidsmoe

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1960 (65 yrs old)

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

268

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Enoshima 1990)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$426,460.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$100.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1991	Did not play	Roger Clark - 9th
2003	Gaston Macau - 25th	Did not play
2004	Did not play	Andre Melo - 41st

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/1/2005

Qualifier 2

Ossie Barreras / Tony Epie (Q41)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:47

Fri, 4/1/2005

Qualifier 3

Chris Magill / Mike Morrison (Q9)

Won 21-11, 21-18

0:46

Fri, 4/1/2005

Qualifier 4

Jon Thompson / Derek Zimmerman (Q8)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-9

1:10

Sat, 4/2/2005

Winner 1

Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (3)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Walls	Total	29	12	5	0.241	1	8	0	0
	1	16	6	4	0.125	1	2	0	0
	2	13	6	1	0.385	0	6	0	0
Eric Wurts	Total	21	7	7	0.000	1	7	1	3
	1	5	2	2	0.000	1	2	1	1
	2	16	5	5	0.000	0	5	0	2

Sat, 4/2/2005

Contender 1

Matt Heath / Ryan Mariano (19)

Lost 13-21, 14-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Walls	Total	5	1	2	-0.200	0	6	0	2
	1	5	1	2	-0.200	0	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	0
Eric Wurts	Total	40	22	5	0.425	0	9	0	1
	1	16	11	1	0.625	0	3	0	1
	2	24	11	4	0.292	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Walls	34	13	7	0.176	1	14	0	2
Eric Wurts	61	29	12	0.279	1	16	1	4
Total	95	42	19	0.242	2	30	1	6
Opponents	87	46	9	0.425	12	31	2	4

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jim Walls												Eric Wurts
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	0	$1,925.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	220	1	4	3	4	55	103	39	6	0	$260,412.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$8,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00	Tour Championships	25	0	0	0	0	7	10	7	1	0	$36,253.38
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	0	$1,975.00	Total	254	1	4	3	4	66	114	50	7	0	$304,990.88

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
2005	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$100.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jim Walls													Eric Wurts
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1985	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											1986	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	6	6	2	0	0	$3,112.50
											1987	AVP	23	0	0	0	1	13	9	0	0	0	$9,262.50
											1988	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	$14,242.50
											1989	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	$16,150.00
											1990	AVP	17	0	0	0	0	5	11	1	0	0	$20,962.50
											1990	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
											1991	AVP	20	0	0	1	0	7	11	1	0	0	$31,721.88
											1992	AVP	23	0	2	0	0	11	7	3	0	0	$41,281.25
											1993	AVP	24	0	0	0	2	6	12	4	0	0	$41,387.50
											1994	AVP	22	0	0	1	0	3	7	11	0	0	$28,994.00
											1995	AVP	23	0	0	1	0	4	9	7	1	1	$31,500.00
											1995	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$7,500.00
											1996	AVP	20	0	0	0	1	1	9	7	2	0	$22,565.00
											1997	AVP	22	0	1	0	0	1	11	8	1	0	$38,763.75
											1998	AVP	16	0	0	1	0	1	7	7	0	0	$10,162.50
											2000	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	$725.00	2001	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2001	BVA	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,375.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	$400.00	2002	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$300.00	2003	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$275.00	2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00	2005	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00
23	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	10	5	$4,250.00	Total	Total	265	1	4	4	4	73	118	52	6	3	$326,530.88

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	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2004-2005	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Head to Head Results
Walls/Wurts lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Blanton/Wong 0-1
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	21-14, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 19 Heath/Mariano 0-1
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	Heath/Mariano	19	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	21-13, 21-14	0:47
Lead the series against # Q8 Thompson/Zimmerman 1-0
4/1/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 4	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	Thompson/Zimmerman	Q8	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:10
Lead the series against # Q9 Magill/Morrison 1-0
4/1/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 3	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	Magill/Morrison	Q9	21-11, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q41 Barreras/Epie 1-0
4/1/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 2	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	Barreras/Epie	Q41	21-19, 21-15	0:47