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AVP Tour
$375,000 Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's
September 1 - 3, 2005

(Q4) Mike DiPierro/Jim Nichols

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

Jim Nichols

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 4, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$168,511.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$350.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1993	Did not play	Michael Schlegel - 25th
1994	Did not play	Mark Kerins - 9th
1996	Did not play	Dan Vrebalovich - 13th
1997	Did not play	Ricci Luyties - 7th
2000	David DiPierro - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	David DiPierro - 49th	Did not play
2002	Did not play	Scott Lane - 25th
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Steve Grotowski - 17th	Matt Olson - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	26, Q2	25th	36	$100.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	24	25th	52	$250.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2005	Qualifier 2	Scott McGill / Pete Wuerstle (Q68)	Won 21-5, 21-10	0:29
Thu, 9/1/2005	Qualifier 3	Tyler Lesneski / Jim VanZwieten (Q29)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:40

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$350.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike DiPierro												Jim Nichols
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	154	0	0	0	3	7	42	60	25	0	$103,962.75
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00	Manhattan Beach	16	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	3	0	$8,986.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Tour Championships	20	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	3	0	$18,832.75
73	0	0	0	1	2	15	29	13	0	$35,667.50	Total	190	0	0	0	3	8	57	70	31	0	$131,781.50

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
2005	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$350.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$350.00	3	5	37.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike DiPierro													Jim Nichols
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1988	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00
											1989	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$656.00
											1991	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$2,500.00
											1993	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	5	0	$9,312.50
											1994	AVP	23	0	0	0	1	0	11	10	1	0	$22,185.25
											1995	AVP	20	0	0	0	0	1	9	7	2	1	$20,280.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											1996	AVP	20	0	0	0	1	3	7	5	3	1	$24,950.00
											1997	AVP	21	0	0	0	0	1	8	10	2	0	$27,793.25
											1998	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	$3,152.00
											1999	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$962.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	$5,625.00
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	7	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	$6,685.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$50.00	2002	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$825.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	$1,025.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$350.00	2004	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	$5,930.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$1,425.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	1	$2,450.00
24	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	11	$2,175.00	Total	Total	173	0	0	0	3	9	60	69	26	6	$136,531.50

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	3-4	42.9%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
2004-2005	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	3-4	42.9%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Total	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Williams/Wong 0-1
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Williams/Wong	9	DiPierro/Nichols	24	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 19 Loomis/Medel 0-1
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 1	Loomis/Medel	23, Q1	DiPierro/Nichols	26, Q2	22-20, 21-13	0:45
Trail the series against # Q29 Lesneski/VanZwieten 0-1
9/1/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 3	Lesneski/VanZwieten	Q29	DiPierro/Nichols	Q4	21-17, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # Q43 Denk/Jackson 1-0
7/8/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Qualifier 2	DiPierro/Nichols	26, Q2	Denk/Jackson	Q31	21-16, 21-12
Lead the series against # Q68 McGill/Wuerstle 1-0
9/1/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Qualifier 2	DiPierro/Nichols	Q4	McGill/Wuerstle	Q68	21-5, 21-10	0:29