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August 27 - 29, 2009

(20) Mike DiPierro/Adam Roberts

Mike DiPierro

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompano Beach, FL

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Lindenwood University
St. Louis Junior

Seasons:

16

Tournaments:

93

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career AVP Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$56,817.50

Adam Roberts

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

High Point, NC

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Kansas State

Seasons:

28

Tournaments:

263

Career Wins:

4

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$108,809.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	$18,060.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Dana Camacho - 25th
2000	David DiPierro - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	David DiPierro - 49th	Did not play
2002	Did not play	Jim Walls - 25th
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Matt Heath - 17th
2004	Steve Grotowski - 17th	Chad Turner - 13th
2005	Jim Nichols - 41st	Steve Grotowski - 25th
2006	Steve Grotowski - 25th	Jeff Carlucci - 13th
2007	Eyal Zimet - 9th	Vincent Robbins - 25th
2008	Mark VanZwieten - 17th	Vincent Robbins - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	18	17th	190	$960.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	21	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	8/6-9/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	20	17th	190	$960.00
AVP	7/2-5/2009	Coney Island Open	17	17th	190	$960.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	17	17th	190	$960.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	21	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	22	17th	190	$1,200.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	25, Q2	17th	190	$960.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 1

Paul Baxter / Braidy Halverson (13)

Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-11

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	33	17	4	0.394	1	9	0	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	1	4	0	1
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	2	0	0
	3	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	0	0
Adam Roberts	Total	43	24	1	0.535	0	20	2	1
	1	20	11	0	0.550	0	3	0	0
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	8	1	0
	3	15	7	1	0.400	0	9	1	1

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 2

Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena (4)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	8	4	2	0.250	1	4	1	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	4	0	1
	2	3	2	1	0.333	1	0	1	0
Adam Roberts	Total	37	21	8	0.351	0	4	0	0
	1	20	11	4	0.350	0	3	0	0
	2	17	10	4	0.353	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 2

Mike Morrison / Eyal Zimet (14)

Won 15-21, 21-18, 22-20

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	15	7	2	0.333	1	7	0	1
	1	6	2	1	0.167	1	4	0	0
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	0	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	1	0	1
Adam Roberts	Total	60	30	14	0.267	1	12	4	0
	1	16	5	7	-0.125	0	2	1	0
	2	22	10	4	0.273	1	5	2	0
	3	22	15	3	0.545	0	5	1	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 3

Theo Brunner / Aaron Mansfield (27, Q5)

Won 21-9, 27-25

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	26	18	1	0.654	4	9	0	0
	1	10	8	0	0.800	3	5	0	0
	2	16	10	1	0.563	1	4	0	0
Adam Roberts	Total	30	16	2	0.467	2	8	0	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	2	0	0
	2	21	10	2	0.381	2	6	0	1

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 4

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (10)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	25	9	4	0.200	2	5	0	0
	1	13	6	2	0.308	1	1	0	0
	2	12	3	2	0.083	1	4	0	0
Adam Roberts	Total	24	11	5	0.250	0	13	0	0
	1	12	4	3	0.083	0	7	0	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	107	55	13	0.393	9	34	1	3
Adam Roberts	194	102	30	0.371	3	57	6	2

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	0	0	$15,560.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	0	$18,060.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike DiPierro												Adam Roberts
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
63	0	0	0	0	2	14	27	12	0	$32,317.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	150	0	0	0	0	3	37	54	32	1	$63,307.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	27	0	0	1	1	5	7	8	1	0	$2,650.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$700.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00	Manhattan Beach	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	$5,530.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Tour Championships	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$3,300.00
											Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$2,025.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	14	0	1	0	0	1	7	4	1	0	$2,900.00
73	0	0	0	1	2	15	29	13	0	$35,667.50	Total	232	0	1	1	1	10	61	77	40	3	$83,537.50

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	3	2	60.0 %
2009	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$14,810.00	14	18	43.8 %
Total	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	0	0	$15,560.00	17	20	45.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike DiPierro													Adam Roberts
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	$995.00
											1999	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	AVP
											2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$750.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$300.00	2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	$1,325.00
											2001	BVA	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$50.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	$400.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$2,650.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$350.00	2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	$4,280.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$1,425.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	2	$1,487.50
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$4,425.00	2006	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	2	$5,800.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00
											2006	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	$7,150.00	2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	4	$3,100.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$3,087.50	2008	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	2	1	$4,625.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2008	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	$8,005.00	2009	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	0	$8,725.00
63	0	0	0	1	0	11	27	13	11	$26,042.50	Total	Total	121	1	0	1	0	1	20	47	30	21	$41,212.50

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	8	53.3%	4	26.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	5	20.8%	3	12.5%	16	66.7%	5-19	20.8%	8-16	33.3%	9-6	60.0%	0	0	17-22	43.6%
2008-2009	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	14	66.7%	4-17	19.0%	6-14	30.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	14-20	41.2%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	11	73.3%	1-14	6.7%	6-22	21.4%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	7-14	33.3%

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	20
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	22

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Roberts trail the series against the field 7-12 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	DiPierro/Roberts	17	21-10, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 0-1
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	1	DiPierro/Roberts	17	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	DiPierro/Roberts	21	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 4 Keenan/Lucena 0-2
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Keenan/Lucena	4	DiPierro/Roberts	20	21-18, 21-18	0:37
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Keenan/Lucena	5	DiPierro/Roberts	21	21-14, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 Mayer/Nygaard 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	8	DiPierro/Roberts	25, Q2	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Loomis/Patterson 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Roberts	22	Loomis/Patterson	11	21-18, 18-21, 26-24	1:13
Trail the series against # 10 Brazao/Prosser 0-1
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Brazao/Prosser	10	DiPierro/Roberts	20	21-16, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 Mariano/Ratledge 0-3
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	12	DiPierro/Roberts	21	21-14, 21-13	0:41
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	13	DiPierro/Roberts	20	21-18, 16-21, 15-8	1:05
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	DiPierro/Roberts	25, Q2	21-13, 21-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Halverson 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Roberts	20	Baxter/Halverson	13	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 14 Morrison/Zimet 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	DiPierro/Roberts	20	Morrison/Zimet	14	15-21, 21-18, 22-20	1:09
Trail the series against # 15 Moran/Placek 0-1
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Moran/Placek	15	DiPierro/Roberts	18	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Carlucci/Witt 0-1
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 2	Carlucci/Witt	17	DiPierro/Roberts	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 21 Jewell/Rester 1-0
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Roberts	21	Jewell/Rester	22	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Holmes/Toppel 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Roberts	20	Holmes/Toppel	29, Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Brunner/Mansfield 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	DiPierro/Roberts	20	Brunner/Mansfield	27, Q5	21-9, 27-25	0:37
Lead the series against # Q35 Shamrokh/VanOort 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Roberts	18	Shamrokh/VanOort	31, Q24	21-13, 21-7	0:32