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AVP Tour
$20,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Austin Open
April 17 - 18, 2026

(8) Markus Koppke/Jeff Samuels

Markus Koppke

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Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$1,800.00

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:

$35,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	$2,400.00

Previous Austin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	David Smith - 21st
2018	Did not play	Michael Brunsting - 21st
2019	Did not play	Dylan Maarek - 21st
2022	Did not play	Raffe Paulis - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/14-17/2025	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	26, Q6	17th	1504	$1,200.00
AVP	7/9-11/2025	Waupaca Contender Series	17	9th	1254	$600.00

Austin Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 1	Nemanja Komar / William Rodriguez (25)	Won 21-15, 17-21, 16-14
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 2	Ian Bicko / Kevin Coyle (9)	Won 21-14, 22-24, 15-9
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 3	Andrew Holman / Daniel Leathers (16)	Lost 19-21, 23-25
Fri, 4/17/2026	Contender 4	Malachi Brewington / Blake Goodwin (22)	Won 21-15, 21-18
Sat, 4/18/2026	Contender 5	Stefan Boermans / Evan Cory (2)	Won 21-13, 16-21, 18-16
Sat, 4/18/2026	Contender 6	Gage Basey / Thomas Hurst (3)	Lost 10-21, 11-21

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$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,200.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	$2,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Koppke												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
											Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
											Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$600.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	$2,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	0	$1,200.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	16	0	1	1	0	3	10	1	0	0	$4,825.00
18	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	7	$1,800.00	Total	51	0	1	1	0	3	19	15	4	4	$16,850.00

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
2024	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2025	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,800.00	5	4	55.6 %
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$2,400.00	11	7	61.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Koppke													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											2013	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
											2014	NVL	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
											2015	NVL	8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,675.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											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
											2017	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,175.00
											2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$2,525.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$0.00
											2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	$1,775.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2023	AVP	7	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$2,400.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$0.00	2024	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$600.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$1,500.00	2025	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	$2,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
17	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	7	$1,800.00	Total	Total	75	0	2	6	0	14	23	17	5	8	$35,525.00

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	5	45.5%	5	45.5%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	5-7	41.7%	6-1	85.7%	0	0	11-8	57.9%
2025-2026	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	4-6	40.0%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	9-7	56.3%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	5-4	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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8

Head to Head Results
Koppke/Samuels lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Harrison/Siragusa 0-1
7/10/25	AVP	Waupaca Contender Series	Pool E	Harrison/Siragusa	5	Koppke/Samuels	17	21-23, 21-17, 15-8	1:08
Lead the series against # 2 Boermans/Cory 1-0
4/18/26	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 5	Koppke/Samuels	8	Boermans/Cory	2	21-13, 16-21, 18-16
Trail the series against # 3 Basey/Hurst 0-1
4/18/26	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 6	Basey/Hurst	3	Koppke/Samuels	8	21-10, 21-11
Lead the series against # 9 Bicko/Coyle 1-0
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Koppke/Samuels	8	Bicko/Coyle	9	21-14, 22-24, 15-9
Lead the series against # 12 Drost/Walmer 1-0
7/10/25	AVP	Waupaca Contender Series	Pool E	Koppke/Samuels	17	Drost/Walmer	8	21-17, 23-21	0:53
Trail the series against # 16 Holman/Leathers 0-1
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Holman/Leathers	16	Koppke/Samuels	8	21-19, 25-23
Lead the series against # 22 Brewington/Goodwin 1-0
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Koppke/Samuels	8	Brewington/Goodwin	22	21-15, 21-18
Lead the series against # 25 Komar/Rodriguez 1-0
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Koppke/Samuels	8	Komar/Rodriguez	25	21-15, 17-21, 16-14