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$280,000 McDonald's AVP Chicago Open presented by Nautica
August 2 - 4, 2007

(8) Nick Lucena/Mark Williams

Nick Lucena

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Florida State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

288

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,382,652.50

Mark Williams

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Australia

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Boulder 2008)

Career Winnings:

$298,005.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	$51,200.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Sean Rosenthal - 9th
2003	Phil Dalhausser - 13th	Pepe Delahoz - 17th
2004	Phil Dalhausser - 9th	Canyon Ceman - 17th
2005	Phil Dalhausser - 9th	Scott Wong - 9th
2006	Sean Rooney - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	10	5th	312	$8,500.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

Jeff Carlucci / Chris Seiffert (25, Q5)

Won 21-11, 18-21, 15-6

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	18	10	2	0.444	0	18	0	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	5	0	2
	2	7	2	2	0.000	0	6	0	0
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	7	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	38	20	4	0.421	6	4	0	1
	1	13	7	0	0.538	3	1	0	0
	2	20	11	4	0.350	2	2	0	0
	3	5	2	0	0.400	1	1	0	1

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 2

Ty Loomis / Hans Stolfus (9)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	26	12	3	0.346	0	14	1	1
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	7	0	1
	2	14	7	1	0.429	0	7	1	0
Mark Williams	Total	17	11	1	0.588	4	2	0	1
	1	8	5	0	0.625	2	1	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	2	1	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 3

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	21	7	6	0.048	1	10	1	3
	1	8	3	1	0.250	1	4	1	2
	2	13	4	5	-0.077	0	6	0	1
Mark Williams	Total	22	13	4	0.409	3	2	1	1
	1	14	9	1	0.571	0	2	0	1
	2	8	4	3	0.125	3	0	1	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 4

Canyon Ceman / Bill Strickland (11)

Won 21-18, 20-22, 16-14

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	48	20	10	0.208	0	12	1	1
	1	20	10	4	0.300	0	5	0	0
	2	16	6	4	0.125	0	4	1	1
	3	12	4	2	0.167	0	3	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	27	16	3	0.481	6	4	1	0
	1	5	3	1	0.400	4	0	0	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	2	2	1	0
	3	8	6	0	0.750	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2007

Contender 5

Adam Jewell / Jose Loiola (17)

Won 21-14, 22-20

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	32	17	4	0.406	1	16	1	0
	1	16	6	3	0.188	1	10	1	0
	2	16	11	1	0.625	0	6	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	15	10	3	0.467	2	1	0	0
	1	8	5	2	0.375	2	1	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2007

Contender 6

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (6)

Won 19-21, 21-19, 16-14

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	50	29	9	0.400	0	20	0	6
	1	15	9	4	0.333	0	4	0	2
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	9	0	3
	3	18	10	3	0.389	0	7	0	1
Mark Williams	Total	33	20	1	0.576	2	5	0	0
	1	10	6	0	0.600	1	1	0	0
	2	17	10	1	0.529	1	2	0	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2007

Semi-Finals

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	Total	28	18	7	0.393	0	6	0	3
	1	17	10	5	0.294	0	6	0	0
	2	11	8	2	0.545	0	0	0	3
Mark Williams	Total	21	14	3	0.524	0	0	1	2
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	0	1	1
	2	12	10	1	0.750	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nick Lucena	223	113	41	0.323	2	96	4	16
Mark Williams	173	104	19	0.491	23	18	3	5

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	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	$36,700.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
Total	7	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	$45,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nick Lucena												Mark Williams
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$43,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$87,500.00	World Tour Finals
59	3	5	3	2	13	8	14	5	0	$406,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$41,400.00
159	13	19	19	4	43	38	8	9	0	$528,627.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	76	1	1	8	0	18	29	14	4	0	$162,857.50
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
15	3	2	3	0	2	4	0	1	0	$110,200.00	Manhattan Beach	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	$22,250.00
9	2	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$55,400.00	Tour Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$3,960.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	Gold Series
4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$8,500.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
261	24	29	28	7	68	53	24	15	0	$1,260,527.50	Total	100	1	2	8	1	24	35	19	7	0	$235,467.50

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
2006	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,250.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,800.00	10	4	71.4 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$26,050.00	13	6	68.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nick Lucena													Mark Williams
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2001	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$3,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	BVA
											2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$6,245.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	$780.00	2003	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$930.00
											2003	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	2	$20,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$10,310.00	2004	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,137.50
											2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	0	$30,650.00
13	1	1	2	0	6	2	1	0	0	$49,537.50	2005	AVP	13	0	0	2	0	4	5	2	0	0	$27,787.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,250.00	2005	FIVB
16	0	0	0	0	9	5	1	1	0	$31,525.00	2006	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$6,175.00
12	0	0	1	0	4	6	1	0	0	$25,612.50	2007	AVP	12	0	0	3	0	5	4	0	0	0	$36,625.00
60	1	1	4	0	20	21	4	6	3	$121,015.00	Total	Total	67	0	0	6	1	17	23	13	5	2	$133,600.00

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	15	71.4%	5	23.8%	1	4.8%	20-1	95.2%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	10	58.8%	2-15	11.8%	15-10	60.0%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	22-16	57.9%
2006-2007	15	71.4%	5	23.8%	1	4.8%	20-1	95.2%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	10	58.8%	2-15	11.8%	15-10	60.0%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	22-16	57.9%
Against the Field	10	66.7%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	7	58.3%	1-11	8.3%	20-14	58.8%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	15-12	55.6%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	12
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	14

Head to Head Results
Lucena/Williams lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-4
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-17, 21-18	0:44
7/22/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 6	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lucena/Williams	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:07
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 1-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Lucena/Williams	10	Medel/Souza	8	21-9, 21-19	0:35
Series tied with # 6 Holdren/Scott 1-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Lucena/Williams	8	Holdren/Scott	6	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:05
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Scott	7	Lucena/Williams	10	21-17, 21-14	0:47
Lead the series against # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Williams	8	Loomis/Stolfus	9	21-16, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Ceman/Strickland 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Lucena/Williams	8	Ceman/Strickland	11	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:08
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Lucena/Williams	10	Ceman/Strickland	12	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 3	Lucena/Williams	10	Mayer/Prosser	15	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Jewell/Loiola 1-0
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Lucena/Williams	8	Jewell/Loiola	17	21-14, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 24 Robbins/Roberts 1-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Lucena/Williams	10	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-12, 21-23, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 Carlucci/Seiffert 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Williams	8	Carlucci/Seiffert	25, Q5	21-11, 18-21, 15-6	1:09