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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 8, 2008

(6) Matt Olson/Kevin Wong

Matt Olson

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 2, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cardiff, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$262,930.00

Kevin Wong

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$757,282.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	31	1	1	9	0	10	7	2	1	0	0	$272,375.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$2,000.00
Overall	32	1	1	9	0	10	7	2	1	0	1	US$274,375.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1995	Did not play	John Anselmo - 57th
1995	Did not play	John Anselmo - 25th
1996	Did not play	Greg Shankle - 17th
1997	Did not play	Raul Papaleo - 17th
1997	Did not play	Raul Papaleo - 13th
2001	Sean Burke - 25th	Stein Metzger - 3rd
2002	Jeff Hall - 25th	Stein Metzger - 2nd
2003	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Jim Nichols - 17th	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st
2005	Brent Doble - 7th	Dain Blanton - 9th
2006	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Scott Wong - 13th
2007	Jason Ring - 2nd	Karch Kiraly - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	8	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	6	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	9	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	12	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	12	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	10	13th	108	$1,700.00

AVP Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 1

Joey Dykstra / David Fischer (27, Q4)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	22	14	2	0.545	1	10	0	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	1	5	0	0
	2	16	11	1	0.625	0	5	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	26	11	5	0.231	3	2	2	1
	1	18	7	4	0.167	2	2	1	0
	2	8	4	1	0.375	1	0	1	1

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 2

Dax Holdren / Bill Strickland (11)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	30	14	4	0.333	0	7	1	0
	1	17	6	3	0.176	0	4	0	0
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	3	1	0
Kevin Wong	Total	14	9	1	0.571	10	0	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	6	0	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	4	0	0	1

Sat, 6/7/2008

Winner 3

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (14)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	36	14	3	0.306	0	12	0	4
	1	19	7	1	0.316	0	7	0	1
	2	17	7	2	0.294	0	5	0	3
Kevin Wong	Total	21	8	3	0.238	4	4	0	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	3	2	0	1
	2	10	3	2	0.100	1	2	0	0

Sat, 6/7/2008

Contender 4

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (10)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	28	16	1	0.536	0	7	1	0
	1	16	10	1	0.563	0	5	0	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	2	1	0
Kevin Wong	Total	18	11	3	0.444	3	1	1	2
	1	5	3	2	0.200	1	1	0	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	2	0	1	0

Sat, 6/7/2008

Contender 5

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (12)

Won 22-24, 21-15, 17-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	42	16	5	0.262	1	22	0	2
	1	19	6	2	0.211	0	8	0	1
	2	11	5	0	0.455	1	8	0	1
	3	12	5	3	0.167	0	6	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	40	21	3	0.450	4	10	0	1
	1	16	7	1	0.375	3	3	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	2	0	1
	3	13	7	2	0.385	1	5	0	0

Sun, 6/8/2008

Contender 6

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (4)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	27	19	1	0.667	0	10	0	0
	1	15	10	0	0.667	0	6	0	0
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	19	11	2	0.474	8	2	0	1
	1	12	6	1	0.417	3	2	0	1
	2	7	5	1	0.571	5	0	0	0

Sun, 6/8/2008

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (2)

Lost 16-21, 21-17, 11-15

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	54	25	10	0.278	0	15	0	0
	1	18	8	3	0.278	0	5	0	0
	2	15	11	2	0.600	0	4	0	0
	3	21	6	5	0.048	0	6	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	19	9	2	0.368	5	1	0	0
	1	9	6	2	0.444	1	0	0	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	2	0	0	0
	3	3	0	0	0.000	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	239	118	26	0.385	2	83	2	7
Kevin Wong	157	80	19	0.389	37	20	3	7

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	26	1	0	7	0	9	5	2	1	0	1	0	$178,225.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$69,500.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	29	1	1	9	0	9	5	2	1	0	1	0	$256,725.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matt Olson												Kevin Wong
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$21,450.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	1	1	0	3	5	6	1	0	$72,350.00
100	1	1	11	0	26	33	16	5	0	$183,217.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	188	6	5	20	2	58	50	30	11	0	$481,418.50
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
10	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	$41,825.00	Manhattan Beach	11	2	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	$59,362.50
4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,250.00	Tour Championships	10	0	0	1	0	3	4	1	1	0	$25,538.25
114	2	2	13	0	26	40	17	6	0	$231,292.50	Total	238	8	7	25	2	66	63	42	14	0	$669,869.25

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
2008	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$43,725.00	23	14	62.2 %
Total	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$43,725.00	23	14	62.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matt Olson													Kevin Wong
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$925.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$1,830.00
											1997	AVP	22	0	0	0	0	6	8	5	3	0	$42,581.25
											1998	AVP	11	0	1	0	0	1	6	2	1	0	$9,000.50
											1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	0	$24,950.00
											1999	USAV	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
											1999	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	5	2	3	1	0	$41,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	AVP
											2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
											2000	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	3	5	4	1	0	$29,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$400.00	2001	AVP	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$41,050.00
											2001	BVA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
											2001	FIVB	11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$100.00	2002	AVP	7	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$16,560.00
											2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$200.00	2003	AVP	7	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	$20,272.50
											2003	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$33,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	$5,930.00	2004	AVP	11	1	1	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	$35,312.50
											2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	$21,625.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	0	0	$10,625.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	$23,437.50
											2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00
14	0	0	0	0	3	6	4	1	0	$17,150.00	2006	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	1	0	$16,675.00
											2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	$10,125.00
16	0	1	2	0	3	10	0	0	0	$39,625.00	2007	AVP	16	0	1	2	0	5	7	1	0	0	$41,337.50
											2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$1,700.00
7	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	$21,862.50	2008	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	$21,862.50
71	0	1	5	0	9	33	12	5	6	$95,892.50	Total	Total	208	8	9	18	3	49	62	38	12	9	$568,944.25

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	73	79.3%	9	9.8%	10	10.9%	82-10	89.1%	16	25.8%	12	19.4%	34	54.8%	16-46	25.8%	73-34	68.2%	25-22	53.2%	1	1	99-57	63.5%
2007-2008	40	85.1%	3	6.4%	4	8.5%	43-4	91.5%	8	23.5%	6	17.6%	20	58.8%	8-26	23.5%	40-20	66.7%	11-10	52.4%	0	1	51-31	62.2%
Against the Field	38	76.0%	5	10.0%	7	14.0%	43-7	86.0%	9	20.0%	8	17.8%	28	62.2%	9-36	20.0%	76-52	59.4%	28-30	48.3%	1	1	53-42	55.8%

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	47	24	1	7	0	0	0	0	77	47
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	4
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	27	2	9	0	0	0	0	91	53

Head to Head Results
Olson/Wong lead the series against the field 19-12 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-3
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	8	24-22, 21-19	1:00
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	9	23-21, 21-16	0:53
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	9	21-14, 21-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	1:10
Series tied with # 3 Hyden/Keenan 1-1
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Keenan	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-16, 21-16	0:52
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	12	Hyden/Keenan	5	21-12, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-3
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Olson/Wong	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	21-19, 21-14	0:45
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Olson/Wong	8	21-18, 21-11	0:37
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Olson/Wong	12	26-24, 18-21, 15-11	1:15
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Olson/Wong	12	21-14, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Metzger/Williams 0-1
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 4	Metzger/Williams	6	Olson/Wong	12	21-16, 21-19	0:55
Series tied with # 8 Lucena/Scott 1-1
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	8	Lucena/Scott	5	21-17, 21-19	0:49
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Lucena/Scott	3	Olson/Wong	6	23-21, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Medel/Souza 2-0
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-19, 21-14	0:54
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	12	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Mariano/Ratledge 4-0
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Mariano/Ratledge	10	21-15, 21-17	0:46
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	8	Mariano/Ratledge	9	21-19, 21-17	0:49
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	6	Mariano/Ratledge	7	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:09
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	9	Mariano/Ratledge	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 11 Holdren/Strickland 3-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-14	0:50
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	8	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-15, 21-12	0:43
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 1	Olson/Wong	10	Holdren/Strickland	9	22-20, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 12 Brazao/Loiola 2-1
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Olson/Wong	6	Brazao/Loiola	12	22-24, 21-15, 17-15	1:08
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	9	Brazao/Loiola	10	21-14, 23-21	0:47
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 2	Brazao/Loiola	18	Olson/Wong	10	24-26, 21-19, 15-11	1:14
Trail the series against # 14 Mayer/Nygaard 0-1
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Olson/Wong	6	21-19, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	9	Morrison/Tramblie	18	21-16, 21-18	0:54
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 1	Olson/Wong	12	Morrison/Tramblie	21, Q1	21-16, 21-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Marchewka/Placek 1-0
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-16, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Carlucci/Hannemann 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	6	Carlucci/Hannemann	16	21-18, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Dykstra/Fischer 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Olson/Wong	6	Dykstra/Fischer	27, Q4	21-15, 21-17	0:37