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

(22) Mike DiPierro/Eyal Zimet

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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career AVP Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$56,817.50

Eyal Zimet

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$52,530.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	$9,400.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	David DiPierro - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	David DiPierro - 49th	Did not play
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Steve Grotowski - 17th	Did not play
2005	Jim Nichols - 41st	Did not play
2006	Steve Grotowski - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

Canyon Ceman / Bill Strickland (11)

Lost 16-21, 11-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	33	15	7	0.242	0	2	3	0
	1	17	9	1	0.471	0	2	2	0
	2	16	6	6	0.000	0	0	1	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	11	4	4	0.000	3	6	0	2
	1	7	2	3	-0.143	2	4	0	1
	2	4	2	1	0.250	1	2	0	1

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 1

David Fischer / Scott Hill (27, Q3)

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

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	27	17	2	0.556	4	8	1	7
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	1	1	2
	2	6	6	0	1.000	4	4	0	4
	3	11	6	2	0.364	0	3	0	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	26	12	4	0.308	2	8	0	3
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	1	0	2
	2	10	4	3	0.100	0	3	0	1
	3	10	5	1	0.400	2	4	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 2

Kevin Dake / Jason Wight (28, Q2)

Won 21-19, 21-10

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	34	19	8	0.324	0	11	0	1
	1	22	11	7	0.182	0	6	0	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	5	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	19	11	4	0.368	0	8	0	1
	1	10	7	2	0.500	0	5	0	1
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 3

Jon Mesko / John Moran (30, Q8)

Won 21-10, 21-16

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	11	7	1	0.545	1	3	0	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	3	0	0
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	0	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	24	19	0	0.792	1	7	0	0
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	0	0
	2	14	12	0	0.857	1	3	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 4

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (10)

Lost 21-18, 14-21, 14-16

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	33	17	3	0.424	2	17	1	2
	1	21	14	1	0.619	1	6	0	1
	2	4	0	2	-0.500	1	3	1	1
	3	8	3	0	0.375	0	8	0	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	40	22	7	0.375	3	9	1	6
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	4	1	1
	2	19	10	2	0.421	2	1	0	4
	3	15	9	3	0.400	1	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	138	75	21	0.391	7	41	5	10
Eyal Zimet	120	68	19	0.408	9	38	1	12

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$8,500.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$900.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$9,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike DiPierro												Eyal Zimet
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
63	0	0	0	0	2	14	27	12	0	$32,317.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	1	0	2	13	17	7	0	$37,610.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$2,805.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
73	0	0	0	1	2	15	29	13	0	$35,667.50	Total	53	0	0	2	0	2	14	20	7	0	$43,890.00

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
2007	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike DiPierro													Eyal Zimet
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$300.00	2001	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$50.00	2002	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$350.00	2004	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$1,425.00	2005	AVP
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$4,425.00	2006	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$325.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$4,650.00	2007	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	$3,425.00
41	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	12	11	$11,250.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	6	$3,750.00

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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	3-7	30.0%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
2006-2007	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	3-6	33.3%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	6-10	37.5%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	4-10	28.6%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Zimet lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 10 Doble/Olson 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Doble/Olson	10	DiPierro/Zimet	22	18-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Ceman/Strickland 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Strickland	11	DiPierro/Zimet	22	21-16, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Fischer/Hill 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Zimet	22	Fischer/Hill	27, Q3	19-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Dake/Wight 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	DiPierro/Zimet	22	Dake/Wight	28, Q2	21-19, 21-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Mesko/Moran 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	DiPierro/Zimet	22	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	21-10, 21-16	0:35