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

(20) Ben Koski/Jeff Minc

Ben Koski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Santa Barbara City College
California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$12,727.50

Jeff Minc

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$14,127.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	43	49	57	Money
AVP	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	10	1	1	1	1	2	$25,225.00
Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$230.00
Overall	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	11	1	1	1	1	2	$25,455.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jeff Minc - 25th	Ben Koski - 25th
2004	Did not play	Aaron Wachtfogel - 25th
2005	Jeff Minc - 17th	Ben Koski - 17th
2006	Jeff Minc - 25th	Ben Koski - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	21	17th	104	$900.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	21	17th	72	$700.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	19	17th	72	$800.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	19	17th	72	$700.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	20, Q3	13th	108	$1,700.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	25, Q1	13th	108	$1,500.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	Q5	25th	36	$0.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	Q3	25th	52	$0.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	22	17th	104	$800.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

John Mayer / Matt Prosser (13)

Won 16-21, 21-19, 18-16

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	44	26	7	0.432	2	2	2	2
	1	19	8	4	0.211	0	2	1	1
	2	15	11	2	0.600	1	0	0	1
	3	10	7	1	0.600	1	0	1	0
Jeff Minc	Total	28	16	4	0.429	0	17	0	1
	1	13	6	0	0.462	0	7	0	1
	2	8	4	3	0.125	0	7	0	0
	3	7	6	1	0.714	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 2

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (4)

Lost 18-21, 7-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	13	5	3	0.154	0	0	1	5
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	0	1	3
	2	4	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	2
Jeff Minc	Total	23	5	10	-0.217	0	4	0	2
	1	11	4	3	0.091	0	4	0	0
	2	12	1	7	-0.500	0	0	0	2

Fri, 8/3/2007

Contender 2

Jon Mesko / John Moran (30, Q8)

Lost 22-24, 29-31

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	Total	31	17	1	0.516	2	5	0	4
	1	10	7	0	0.700	1	2	0	4
	2	21	10	1	0.429	1	3	0	0
Jeff Minc	Total	27	18	1	0.630	0	9	1	0
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	0
	2	15	10	0	0.667	0	5	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Koski	88	48	11	0.420	4	7	3	11
Jeff Minc	78	39	15	0.308	0	30	1	3

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	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	16	9	0	$23,925.00
Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,300.00
Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	10	0	$25,225.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ben Koski												Jeff Minc
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
40	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	9	0	$11,962.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	12	0	$13,312.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$650.00	Manhattan Beach	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$700.00
43	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	10	0	$12,612.50	Total	51	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	14	0	$14,012.50

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
2003	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$100.00	1	4	20.0 %
2004	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$600.00	8	6	57.1 %
2005	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$3,700.00	17	12	58.6 %
2006	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	2	0	$12,775.00	18	23	43.9 %
2007	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	$7,200.00	16	15	51.6 %
Total	AVP	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17	8	5	$24,375.00	60	60	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ben Koski													Jeff Minc
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$300.00	2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$725.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	$1,850.00	2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	$2,825.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0	$6,387.50	2006	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0	$6,387.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	$3,600.00	2007	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	$3,600.00
40	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	8	10	$12,187.50	Total	Total	48	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	12	10	$13,587.50

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	37	68.5%	8	14.8%	9	16.7%	45-9	83.3%	18	25.0%	10	13.9%	44	61.1%	18-54	25.0%	37-44	45.7%	26-19	57.8%	0	1	63-64	49.6%
2006-2007	18	64.3%	4	14.3%	6	21.4%	22-6	78.6%	12	26.1%	6	13.0%	28	60.9%	12-34	26.1%	18-28	39.1%	16-12	57.1%	0	0	34-40	45.9%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	13	72.2%	4-14	22.2%	4-26	13.3%	10-2	83.3%	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	37	5	0	0	0	0	6	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	59
Manhattan Beach	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Total	0	0	38	6	0	0	0	0	6	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	64

Head to Head Results
Koski/Minc trail the series against the field 7-13 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	Koski/Minc	15	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-3
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Koski/Minc	20	21-19, 21-12	0:42
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	1:00
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Koski/Minc	21	21-10, 21-9	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 0-2
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Koski/Minc	20	21-18, 21-7	0:40
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Holdren/Scott 0-1
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Scott	3	Koski/Minc	21	21-16, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 0-1
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Loomis/Stolfus	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-16, 21-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Doble/Olson 0-2
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	11	Koski/Minc	21	21-18, 21-12	0:39
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Doble/Olson	12	Koski/Minc	22	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Ceman/Strickland 0-1
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Strickland	12	Koski/Minc	21	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Mayer/Prosser 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Koski/Minc	20	Mayer/Prosser	13	16-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:03
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	26, Q2	Mayer/Prosser	23, Q1	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Fischer/Hill 2-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	Fischer/Hill	26, Q2	16-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:54
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	21	Fischer/Hill	28, Q2	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Fischer/Hill	25, Q6	Koski/Minc	24, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Dykstra/VanZwieten 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	21	Dykstra/VanZwieten	28, Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Mesko/Moran 0-1
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Mesko/Moran	30, Q8	Koski/Minc	20	24-22, 31-29	1:05
Lead the series against # Q14 Burnham/Pray 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Koski/Minc	19	Burnham/Pray	30, Q13	21-18, 23-25, 15-9	1:12
Lead the series against # Q19 Minch/Parker 1-0
8/31/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	Q3	Minch/Parker	Q30	21-14, 21-18	0:36