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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Houston Open presented by Warehouse Pool Supply
May 15 - 17, 2009

(3) John Mayer/Jeff Nygaard

John Mayer

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Culver City, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Pierce Junior College
Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$400,282.50

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	30	1	0	5	0	10	2	6	3	3	0	$189,640.00

Previous Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	7	1st	750	$24,000.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	8	3rd	540	$10,200.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	8	5th	450	$6,240.00
AVP	9/17-21/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	11	9th	208	$16,500.00
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	10	7th	180	$6,000.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	11	9th	144	$3,150.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	12	5th	312	$6,000.00
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	8	9th	208	$2,100.00
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	9	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	7	9th	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	9	9th	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	6	5th	312	$5,300.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	8	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	14	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	13	13th	108	$1,700.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	12	5th	216	$6,000.00

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Jesse Rambis / Mark Williams (14)

Won 21-16, 21-12

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	20	13	1	0.600	0	15	1	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	6	1	2
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	9	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	18	12	2	0.556	3	2	0	0
	1	10	6	2	0.400	3	0	0	0
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	2	0	0

Sat, 5/16/2009

Winner 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	16	12	2	0.625	0	17	1	2
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	9	0	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	8	1	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	32	18	2	0.500	3	0	0	1
	1	17	8	2	0.353	1	0	0	1
	2	15	10	0	0.667	2	0	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Winner 4

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (2)

Lost 12-21, 18-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	13	5	3	0.154	0	5	2	1
	1	5	2	3	-0.200	0	2	2	0
	2	8	3	0	0.375	0	3	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	29	8	9	-0.034	3	2	0	4
	1	13	2	5	-0.231	0	1	0	4
	2	16	6	4	0.125	3	1	0	0

Sun, 5/17/2009

Contender 5

Anthony Medel / Hans Stolfus (8)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	16	13	0	0.813	0	14	2	1
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	10	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	4	2	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	25	12	6	0.240	0	1	1	1
	1	12	6	3	0.250	0	0	0	0
	2	13	6	3	0.231	0	1	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	65	43	6	0.569	0	51	6	7
Jeff Nygaard	104	50	19	0.298	9	5	1	6

Head to Head Results
Mayer/Nygaard trail the series against the field 12-17 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 1-4
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-16, 21-19	0:50
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	8	21-19, 21-8	0:39
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-14, 21-14	0:51
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	9	18-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:55
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	14	21-16, 21-13	0:46
Series tied with # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 2-2
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Mayer/Nygaard	3	21-12, 21-18	0:55
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Mayer/Nygaard	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-18, 21-17	0:47
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-19, 21-17	0:45
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Mayer/Nygaard	8	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Series tied with # 4 Hyden/Scott 1-1
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Mayer/Nygaard	7	Hyden/Scott	4	21-18, 13-21, 15-13	1:10
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 4	Hyden/Scott	5	Mayer/Nygaard	8	21-16, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Olson/Wong 2-3
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Olson/Wong	6	Mayer/Nygaard	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
9/13/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	6	Mayer/Nygaard	10	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:57
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Olson/Wong	5	27-25, 21-11	0:56
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Olson/Wong	1	Mayer/Nygaard	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:10
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Olson/Wong	6	21-19, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-3
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-19, 21-17	0:53
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6, Q1	Mayer/Nygaard	11	28-26, 21-15	1:06
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Mayer/Nygaard	9	21-19, 21-17	0:50
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Mayer/Nygaard	14	21-16, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Mariano/Ratledge 1-3
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	10	Mariano/Ratledge	7	21-16, 21-19	0:41
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	8	Mayer/Nygaard	11	24-22, 24-26, 24-22	1:27
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Mayer/Nygaard	7	22-24, 21-16, 15-10
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Mayer/Nygaard	9	22-20, 21-17	0:48
Series tied with # 8 Medel/Stolfus 1-1
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 5	Medel/Stolfus	8	Mayer/Nygaard	3	21-17, 21-17	0:51
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 6	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Medel/Stolfus	14	21-12, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Rambis/Williams 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	3	Rambis/Williams	14	21-16, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Acosta/Baxter 1-0
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Mayer/Nygaard	11	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	21-11, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 DiPierro/Roberts 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	8	DiPierro/Roberts	25, Q2	21-19, 21-12	0:35