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August 27 - 29, 2009

(15) John Moran/Mike Placek

John Moran

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

22

Tournaments:

126

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Hermosa Beach 2016)

Career AVP Best:

7th (Chicago 2009)

Career Winnings:

$46,645.00

Mike Placek

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompton Plains, NJ

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

12

Tournaments:

82

Career Wins:

3

Career AVP Best:

3rd (San Diego 2008)

Career Winnings:

$76,402.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	1	$22,390.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jerry Graham - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Anthony Medel - 25th	Did not play
2004	Brian Soldano - 17th	Did not play
2005	Ran Kumgisky - 33rd	Jon Stalls - 41st
2006	Chris Seiffert - 41st	Matt Heagy - 41st
2007	Jon Mesko - 13th	Jon Stalls - 33rd
2008	Eyal Zimet - 17th	Russ Marchewka - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	15	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	15	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	8/6-9/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	16	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	15	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	7/2-5/2009	Coney Island Open	13	9th	300	$3,960.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 1

Albert Hannemann / Jon Mesko (18)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	28	15	3	0.429	0	3	0	2
	1	13	10	2	0.615	0	0	0	0
	2	15	5	1	0.267	0	3	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	18	9	1	0.444	0	12	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	5	0	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	7	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 1

Ranse Jones / Gaston Macau (31, Q14)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	15	11	0	0.733	4	1	0	0
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	0	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	3	1	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	24	13	7	0.250	1	13	0	1
	1	12	5	5	0.000	1	10	0	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 2

Jeff Carlucci / Larry Witt (16)

Won 21-19, 27-25

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	25	18	0	0.720	4	8	1	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	5	0	1
	2	16	12	0	0.750	3	3	1	0
Mike Placek	Total	31	18	3	0.484	0	8	0	0
	1	18	9	1	0.444	0	5	0	0
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 3

Bill Strickland / Aaron Wachtfogel (9)

Won 16-21, 23-21, 15-13

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	39	24	6	0.462	3	3	0	3
	1	13	6	4	0.154	1	2	0	1
	2	17	11	2	0.529	1	1	0	1
	3	9	7	0	0.778	1	0	0	1
Mike Placek	Total	26	15	2	0.500	0	10	0	2
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	1	0	1
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	7	0	0
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	0	1

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 4

Russ Marchewka / Ty Tramblie (19)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	28	16	3	0.464	2	5	1	1
	1	10	5	1	0.400	1	3	0	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	1	2	1	1
Mike Placek	Total	12	6	3	0.250	0	9	0	1
	1	4	3	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	6	0	1

Sat, 8/29/2009

Contender 5

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (10)

Lost 21-15, 16-21, 6-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	31	18	6	0.387	2	0	1	1
	1	14	10	2	0.571	1	0	1	0
	2	8	4	1	0.375	1	0	0	1
	3	9	4	3	0.111	0	0	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	22	13	4	0.409	0	15	0	0
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	8	0	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	0	0
	3	3	1	1	0.000	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	166	102	18	0.506	15	20	3	8
Mike Placek	133	74	20	0.406	1	67	0	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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	$18,090.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	1	0	$22,390.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

John Moran												Mike Placek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
91	0	0	0	0	1	16	24	27	0	$29,957.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	0	0	1	0	1	21	12	3	0	$38,690.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	$4,175.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,925.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,550.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Gold Series
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$0.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
114	0	0	0	0	1	19	27	31	7	$36,682.50	Total	62	0	0	1	0	1	26	14	3	0	$46,365.00

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
2009	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	$17,340.00	16	12	57.1 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	$17,340.00	16	12	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

John Moran													Mike Placek
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	0	0	6	$0.00	2000	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	$900.00	2001	AVP
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$300.00	2002	AVP
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	$450.00	2003	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$1,475.00	2004	AVP
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	$1,100.00	2005	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	$875.00	2006	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$500.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	$1,800.00	2007	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$1,650.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1	0	$8,112.50	2008	AVP	15	0	0	1	0	0	8	6	0	0	$16,550.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	0	0	$14,370.00	2009	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,690.00
89	0	0	0	0	1	14	21	25	28	$29,382.50	Total	Total	49	0	0	1	0	1	17	13	1	16	$34,390.00

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	13	81.3%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	5	21.7%	4	17.4%	14	60.9%	5-18	21.7%	13-14	48.1%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	19-20	48.7%
2008-2009	11	91.7%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	5	27.8%	1	5.6%	12	66.7%	5-13	27.8%	11-12	47.8%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	16-14	53.3%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	11	73.3%	3-12	20.0%	12-22	35.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	9-14	39.1%

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	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	16
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	20

Head to Head Results
Moran/Placek trail the series against the field 8-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Moran/Placek	16	21-7, 21-12	0:38
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-15, 21-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 0-2
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-18, 21-13	0:43
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 7 Loomis/Patterson 0-3
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 3	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	15	21-19, 21-17	0:47
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 2	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	15	21-16, 21-18	0:56
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	13	21-18, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 9 Strickland/Wachtfogel 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Moran/Placek	15	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	16-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 10 Brazao/Prosser 0-2
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Brazao/Prosser	10	Moran/Placek	15	15-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:59
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Brazao/Prosser	10	Moran/Placek	15	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Medel/Stolfus 0-1
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Medel/Stolfus	4	Moran/Placek	13	21-16, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Carlucci/Witt 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Moran/Placek	15	Carlucci/Witt	16	21-19, 27-25	0:56
Lead the series against # 17 Acosta/Dykstra 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 2	Moran/Placek	15	Acosta/Dykstra	16	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 18 Hannemann/Mesko 0-1
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Hannemann/Mesko	18	Moran/Placek	15	21-19, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 19 Marchewka/Tramblie 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Moran/Placek	15	Marchewka/Tramblie	19	21-19, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 DiPierro/Roberts 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Moran/Placek	15	DiPierro/Roberts	18	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Rambis/Williams 2-0
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 1	Moran/Placek	15	Rambis/Williams	18	26-24, 21-13	0:40
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Moran/Placek	16	Rambis/Williams	17	15-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:19
Lead the series against # 31, Q14 Jones/Macau 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Moran/Placek	15	Jones/Macau	31, Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:42