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$200,000 Pringles Smart Flavors Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife
August 30 - September 1, 2007

(17) 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Jim Nichols - 25th	Did not play
2006	Steve Grotowski - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	18	13th	156	$2,200.00
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	19	17th	104	$1,100.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	21	17th	104	$900.00
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	22	9th	208	$3,600.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 1

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (16)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	31	15	7	0.258	0	9	0	1
	1	14	5	5	0.000	0	5	0	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	4	0	1
Eyal Zimet	Total	28	14	6	0.286	1	11	1	4
	1	18	9	3	0.333	1	6	0	2
	2	10	5	3	0.200	0	5	1	2

Fri, 8/31/2007

Contender 1

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (15)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	36	15	6	0.250	0	9	1	0
	1	15	6	3	0.200	0	5	0	0
	2	21	9	3	0.286	0	4	1	0
Eyal Zimet	Total	20	9	2	0.350	0	8	2	2
	1	13	6	0	0.462	0	4	1	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	4	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	67	30	13	0.254	0	18	1	1
Eyal Zimet	48	23	8	0.313	1	19	3	6

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$8,600.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$8,600.00	6	10	37.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	$7,150.00	2007	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	4	$5,925.00
45	0	0	0	0	0	7	15	12	11	$13,750.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	5	6	$6,250.00

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	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	2-12	14.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	3-10	23.1%

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 trail the series against the field 3-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	DiPierro/Zimet	18	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Keenan 0-1
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 1	Hyden/Keenan	4	DiPierro/Zimet	19	29-31, 21-19, 20-18	1:14
Trail the series against # 11 Doble/Olson 0-3
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 3	Doble/Olson	10	DiPierro/Zimet	18	21-17, 16-21, 15-8	1:03
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	11	DiPierro/Zimet	21	21-14, 21-19	0:41
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 # 12 Ceman/Strickland 0-2
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Strickland	12	DiPierro/Zimet	21	21-19, 21-13	0:40
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Strickland	11	DiPierro/Zimet	22	21-16, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Mariano/Ratledge 0-2
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	Mariano/Ratledge	15	DiPierro/Zimet	17	21-17, 21-17	0:46
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	14	DiPierro/Zimet	19	21-10, 18-21, 15-12	1:09
Trail the series against # 16 Fonoimoana/Wong 0-1
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Fonoimoana/Wong	16	DiPierro/Zimet	17	21-17, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Lee/Rester 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 2	DiPierro/Zimet	18	Lee/Rester	17	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 24, Q11 Halverson/Jensen 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Zimet	21	Halverson/Jensen	28, Q11	23-21, 12-21, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # Q4 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