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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 3 - 6, 2007

(Q28) Esteban Escobar/Jeff Smith

Esteban Escobar Granier

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Golfito, Costa Rica

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Hawaii
San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (NORCECA Varadero 2011)

Career AVP Best:

25th (Manhattan Beach 2004)

Career Winnings:

$900.00

Jeff Smith

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dallas, TX

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Stephen F. Austin

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (BVA Clearwater 2001)

Career AVP Best:

29th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	37	41	57	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$0.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Jim VanZwieten - 41st
2001	Did not play	Brian Duff - 45th
2002	Did not play	Mike Szymanski - 57th
2003	Steve Hubbard - 43rd	Bivin Sadler - 35th
2004	Leonardo Moraes - 57th	Sonny Knight - 41st
2005	Guilherme Leite - 57th	Todd Bennett - 41st
2006	Jeff Murrell - 57th	Brent Crouch - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	Q24	29th	18	$0.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	Q31	37th	12	$0.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/3/2007	Qualifier 2	Cody Cowell / Mark Kirunchyk (Q37)	Won 21-19, 11-21, 15-13	1:02
Thu, 5/3/2007	Qualifier 3	John Moran / Brad Torsone (Q5)	Lost 11-21, 13-21	0:47

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Esteban Escobar												Jeff Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00	Total	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

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
2006	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2007	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Esteban Escobar													Jeff Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2003	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$50.00	2004	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2005	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2006	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	$50.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	45	$0.00

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	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	5-5	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
2006-2007	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	5-3	62.5%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6

Head to Head Results
Escobar/Smith 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 # 25, Q1 Koski/Minc 0-1
5/5/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Qualifier 2	Koski/Minc	21, Q2	Escobar/Smith	Q31	24-22, 21-15	0:48
Trail the series against # Q5 Moran/Torsone 0-1
5/3/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Moran/Torsone	Q5	Escobar/Smith	Q28	21-11, 21-13	0:47
Trail the series against # Q9 Mesko/Zimet 0-1
4/19/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Qualifier 3	Mesko/Zimet	23, Q8	Escobar/Smith	Q24	21-16, 21-17	0:49
Lead the series against # Q15 Harger/Webster 1-0
4/19/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Qualifier 2	Escobar/Smith	Q24	Harger/Webster	Q9	21-11, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # Q37 Cowell/Kirunchyk 1-0
5/3/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Escobar/Smith	Q28	Cowell/Kirunchyk	Q37	21-19, 11-21, 15-13	1:02