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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Huntington Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 21 - 24, 2009

(4) John Mayer/Jeff Nygaard

John Mayer

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1982 (43 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 (53 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Scott Davenport - 7th
2002	Did not play	Albert Hannemann - 7th
2003	Did not play	Dain Blanton - 7th
2004	Dan Mintz - 25th	Dain Blanton - 3rd
2005	Pedro Leal - 25th	Dax Holdren - 5th
2006	Brad Keenan - 17th	John Hyden - 3rd
2007	Matt Prosser - 7th	Dax Holdren - 9th
2008	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Adam Jewell - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	3	5th	450	$6,240.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/22/2009

Winner 1

Justin Phipps / Bryan Stewart (29, Q6)

Won 21-15, 21-8

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	17	14	1	0.765	1	9	2	0
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	4	2	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	1	5	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	15	11	0	0.733	4	3	0	0
	1	10	7	0	0.700	3	2	0	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	1	1	0	0

Fri, 5/22/2009

Winner 2

Bill Strickland / Aaron Wachtfogel (13)

Won 21-12, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	21	9	5	0.190	0	11	1	3
	1	10	4	3	0.100	0	5	1	0
	2	11	5	2	0.273	0	6	0	3
Jeff Nygaard	Total	21	10	2	0.381	6	1	0	0
	1	7	4	0	0.571	1	1	0	0
	2	14	6	2	0.286	5	0	0	0

Sat, 5/23/2009

Winner 3

Ty Loomis / Casey Patterson (12)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	11	6	3	0.273	0	6	1	1
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	1	1	0
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	5	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	32	16	5	0.344	1	0	1	0
	1	13	5	3	0.154	1	0	0	0
	2	19	11	2	0.474	0	0	1	0

Sat, 5/23/2009

Contender 4

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (10)

Won 26-24, 21-13

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	21	12	3	0.429	0	11	2	2
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	7	1	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	1	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	22	12	4	0.364	5	2	1	1
	1	15	8	3	0.333	2	2	0	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	3	0	1	1

Sat, 5/23/2009

Contender 5

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (14)

Won 22-20, 24-22

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	22	11	6	0.227	0	16	0	1
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	5	0	1
	2	10	5	4	0.100	0	11	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	38	22	4	0.474	4	1	0	2
	1	14	9	2	0.500	2	0	0	1
	2	24	13	2	0.458	2	1	0	1

Sun, 5/24/2009

Contender 6

John Hyden / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	24	16	3	0.542	0	14	0	1
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	10	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	29	14	4	0.345	1	0	0	5
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	0	0	1
	2	16	8	3	0.313	1	0	0	4

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	116	68	21	0.405	1	67	6	8
Jeff Nygaard	157	85	19	0.420	21	7	2	8

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	24	1	0	5	0	9	1	3	2	3	0	0	$151,530.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$20,460.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	27	1	0	5	0	9	1	5	3	3	0	0	$174,490.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

John Mayer												Jeff Nygaard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	$36,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	$31,000.00
107	4	3	12	2	27	26	15	8	0	$220,040.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	100	7	6	16	0	33	27	8	1	0	$311,765.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$8,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
13	0	0	2	0	2	6	1	0	0	$28,830.00	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	$28,507.50
8	0	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	$36,325.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Gold Series
150	6	5	17	2	30	38	23	9	0	$334,545.00	Total	119	7	6	20	1	36	35	10	2	0	$381,522.50

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
2008	AVP	13	0	0	1	0	4	1	5	1	1	0	0	$68,250.00	30	24	55.6 %
2009	AVP	5	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$52,920.00	16	8	66.7 %
Total	AVP	18	1	0	2	0	7	1	5	1	1	0	0	$121,170.00	46	32	59.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

John Mayer													Jeff Nygaard
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	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	$6,700.00
											2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2002	AVP	7	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$15,660.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	AVP	8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00
											2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$50.00	2004	AVP	11	1	0	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	$29,412.50
											2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	$2,362.50	2005	AVP	14	1	5	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	$81,300.00
13	0	0	1	0	0	6	3	1	2	$12,250.00	2006	AVP	16	0	2	5	0	7	2	0	0	0	$76,675.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	10	3	2	0	$15,450.00	2007	AVP	13	0	0	2	0	1	9	1	0	0	$24,725.00
17	0	0	1	0	6	7	3	0	0	$38,687.50	2008	AVP	17	0	0	1	0	5	8	3	0	0	$36,625.00
5	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$26,460.00	2009	AVP	5	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$26,460.00
65	1	0	3	0	10	24	12	6	9	$95,260.00	Total	Total	116	8	8	17	1	35	35	8	2	2	$403,312.50

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	61	78.2%	7	9.0%	10	12.8%	68-10	87.2%	8	15.4%	12	23.1%	32	61.5%	8-44	15.4%	61-32	65.6%	15-22	40.5%	0	1	76-55	58.0%
2008-2009	58	79.5%	6	8.2%	9	12.3%	64-9	87.7%	8	17.0%	10	21.3%	29	61.7%	8-39	17.0%	58-29	66.7%	14-19	42.4%	0	1	72-49	59.5%
Against the Field	25	71.4%	2	5.7%	8	22.9%	27-8	77.1%	4	11.4%	5	14.3%	26	74.3%	4-31	11.4%	50-50	50.0%	12-26	31.6%	0	1	31-39	44.3%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	23	1	5	0	0	0	0	63	43
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	26	1	5	0	0	0	0	70	49

Head to Head Results
Mayer/Nygaard trail the series against the field 17-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Hyden/Scott 1-2
5/24/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Hyden/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	4	21-16, 21-19	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 5 Keenan/Lucena 1-0
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Mayer/Nygaard	7	Keenan/Lucena	5	13-21, 21-19, 15-5	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 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
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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Brazao/Prosser 1-0
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Brazao/Prosser	10	26-24, 21-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Ring/Roumain 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Ring/Roumain	9	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Loomis/Patterson 0-1
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Loomis/Patterson	12	Mayer/Nygaard	4	21-14, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Strickland/Wachtfogel 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-12, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Allen/Halverson 1-0
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Allen/Halverson	14	22-20, 24-22	0:50
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 24 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 # 29, Q6 Phipps/Stewart 1-0
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Phipps/Stewart	29, Q6	21-15, 21-8	0:35