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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 (43 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 (48 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

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