Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$200,000 2011 Manhattan Beach Open
August 26 - 28, 2011
(3) John Mayer/Matt Prosser
 
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: 16
Tournaments: 179
Career Wins: 6
Career Pro Beach Best: 2nd (3 times)
Career Winnings: $400,282.50
Matt Prosser
Photo: Ed Chan
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 27, 1978 (47 yrs old)
Home Town: Ventura, CA
Height: 6'7"
College(s): Long Beach State
Seasons: 15
Tournaments: 106
Career Wins: 1 (AVP Huntington Beach 2011)
Career Pro Beach Best: 2nd (Milwaukee 2012)
Career Winnings: $141,502.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
AVP120100023222 $38,900.00
NVL10010000000 $3,500.00
P&R10000001000 $0.00
Pro Beach40120100000 $29,000.00
Wide Open40200011000 $18,875.00
Overall220430135222 $90,275.00
Previous Manhattan Beach Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
AVP 2003 Yariv Lerner - 33rd Jon Thompson - 33rd
AVP 2004 Dan Mintz - 57th Jon Thompson - 25th
AVP 2005 Matt Prosser - 17th John Mayer - 17th
AVP 2006 Brad Keenan - 13th Dain Blanton - 13th
AVP 2007 Kevin Wong - 13th Ran Kumgisky - 25th
AVP 2008 Jeff Nygaard - 9th Hans Stolfus - 9th
AVP 2009 Jeff Nygaard - 9th Pedro Brazao - 9th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
Wide Open 8/20-21/2011 Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach 4 7th 0 $1,875.00
Wide Open 7/30-31/2011 Corona Light Wide Open Chicago 6 2nd 0 $10,000.00
NVL 7/23-24/2011 NVL Malibu 1 3rd 1080 $3,500.00
Wide Open 6/25-26/2011 Corona Light Wide Open Seaside Heights 3 2nd 0 $5,000.00
P&R 9/2-5/2010 Cincinnati Players Championship Q1 9th 0 $0.00
Manhattan Beach Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 8/26/2011 Winner 2 Alexi Gabriel / Ken Lentin (35) Won 21-10, 21-8 0:33
Sat, 8/27/2011 Winner 3 Aaron Mansfield / John Moran (19) Won 21-9, 21-14 0:39
Sat, 8/27/2011 Winner 4 Braidy Halverson / Adam Roberts (6) Won 21-14, 21-10 0:41
Sat, 8/27/2011 Winner 5 Billy Allen / Brad Keenan (7) Lost 17-21, 21-19, 11-15 0:58
Sun, 8/28/2011 Contender 8 Jesse Rambis / Kevin Wong (2) Won 21-19, 20-22, 15-13 1:10
Sun, 8/28/2011 Semi-Finals John Hyden / Sean Scott (1) Lost 14-21, 18-21 0:47
Team Finishes By Tournament Type
Tournament TypePlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-6th7-8th9-12th13-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open1101000232120 $38,100.00
Manhattan Beach100000000100 $800.00
Total1201000232220 $38,900.00
Individual Finishes by Tournament Type
John Mayer Matt Prosser
PlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)Tournament TypePlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
1000000100 $3,500.00 World Championships          
17000012510 $36,150.00 Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam          
1074312227261580 $220,040.00 Challenge/Four Star/Open6901108291370 $79,535.00
3200000100 $8,000.00 Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star          
13002026100 $28,830.00 Manhattan Beach12000014230 $16,005.00
8023003000 $36,325.00 Tour Championships4100012000 $4,250.00
1000001000 $1,700.00 Gold Series          
1506517230382390 $334,545.00 Total851110103515100 $99,790.00
Team Finishes by Season
   ResultsMatches
SeasonAssocPlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-6th7-8th9-12th13-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)WonLostPct
2005AVP200000000110 $1,125.00 7463.6 %
2007AVP600000112110 $12,575.00 101245.5 %
2010AVP401000120000 $25,200.00 13861.9 %
2010P&R100000010000 $0.00 2166.7 %
2011NVL100100000000 $3,500.00 6275.0 %
2011Wide Open302000100000 $16,875.00 10283.3 %
2011Pro Beach100100000000 $9,000.00 4266.7 %
TotalAVP1201000232220 $38,900.00 302455.6 %
TotalP&R100000010000 $0.00 2166.7 %
TotalNVL100100000000 $3,500.00 6275.0 %
TotalWide Open302000100000 $16,875.00 10283.3 %
TotalPro Beach100100000000 $9,000.00 4266.7 %
Individual Finishes by Season
John Mayer  Matt Prosser
PlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)SeasonAssociationPlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
3000000003 $0.00 2003AVP6000000006 $0.00
4000000013 $50.00 2004AVP5000000023 $100.00
7000001321 $2,362.50 2005AVP8000000341 $1,512.50
13001006312 $12,250.00 2006AVP12000006510 $7,925.00
160000110320 $15,450.00 2007AVP8000013220 $6,887.50
17001067300 $38,687.50 2008AVP11000017300 $18,925.00
15104082000 $64,945.00 2009AVP140010310000 $33,890.00
           2009USAV IDQ1001000000 $0.00
1000000100 $1,400.00 2009FIVB          
7010013200 $14,050.00 2010AVP7010023100 $16,700.00
1000001000 $0.00 2010P&R1000001000 $0.00
           2010NORCECA1010000000 $500.00
1001000000 $1,750.00 2011NVL2011000000 $5,500.00
3020010000 $8,437.50 2011Wide Open3020010000 $8,437.50
1001000000 $4,500.00 2011Pro Beach1001000000 $4,500.00
89138017301569 $163,882.50 TotalTotal80054083014910 $104,877.50
Team Match Records
 Won 1st SetLost 1st Set2 Set Matches3 Set MatchesBy ForfeitAll Matches
SeasonWon 2-0Won 2-1Lost 2-1OverallWon 2-1Lost 2-1Lost 2-0OverallOverallOverallWonLostOverall
Overall8 80.0% 2 20.0% 0 0.0% 10-0 100.0% 1 14.3% 1 14.3% 5 71.4% 1-6 14.3% 8-5 61.5% 3-1 75.0% 00 11-6 64.7%
2010-20118 80.0% 2 20.0% 0 0.0% 10-0 100.0% 1 14.3% 1 14.3% 5 71.4% 1-6 14.3% 8-5 61.5% 3-1 75.0% 00 11-6 64.7%
Against the Field7 77.8% 2 22.2% 0 0.0% 9-0 100.0% 1 20.0% 1 20.0% 3 60.0% 1-4 20.0% 14-6 70.0% 6-2 75.0% 00 10-4 71.4%
Team Match Records by Round
 Country QuotaQualifierPool PlayLucky LoserElimination RoundsSemi-FinalsBronze MedalGold MedalOverall
Tournament TypeWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLost
Challenge/Four Star/Open0030000011111000002622
Manhattan Beach003000001100000042
Total0060000012121000003024
Head to Head Results
Mayer/Prosser lead the series against the field 14-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Hyden/Scott 1-3
8/28/11Pro BeachManhattan Beach Open Semi-Finals Hyden/Scott 1 Mayer/Prosser 3 21-14, 21-18 0:47
7/31/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Chicago Finals Hyden/Scott 1 Mayer/Prosser 6 21-15, 22-20  
7/18/10AVPAVP Hermosa Beach Open Contender 6 Mayer/Prosser 13 Hyden/Scott 2 17-21, 21-12, 15-13 1:17
6/26/10AVPAVP Belmar Open Winner 2 Hyden/Scott 2 Mayer/Prosser 15 25-23, 21-19 0:57
Lead the series against # 2 Rambis/Wong 1-0
8/28/11Pro BeachManhattan Beach Open Contender 8 Mayer/Prosser 3 Rambis/Wong 2 21-19, 20-22, 15-13 1:10
Lead the series against # 4 Loomis/Williams 2-0
7/31/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Chicago Semi-Finals Mayer/Prosser 6 Loomis/Williams 4 21-13, 16-21, 15-13  
7/23/11NVLNVL Malibu Contender 5 Mayer/Prosser 1 Loomis/Williams 11 21-15, 18-21, 15-7 0:55
Trail the series against # 5 Strickland/Wachtfogel 1-2
8/20/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach Contender 7 Strickland/Wachtfogel 8 Mayer/Prosser 4 21-10, 21-13  
7/17/10AVPAVP Hermosa Beach Open Winner 3 Mayer/Prosser 13 Strickland/Wachtfogel 5 21-16, 21-16 0:44
6/19/10AVPAVP Virginia Beach Open Contender 4 Strickland/Wachtfogel 3 Mayer/Prosser 8 21-17, 21-19 0:47
Series tied with # 6 Halverson/Roberts 1-1
8/27/11Pro BeachManhattan Beach Open Winner 4 Mayer/Prosser 3 Halverson/Roberts 6 21-14, 21-10 0:41
7/23/11NVLNVL Malibu Semi-Finals Halverson/Roberts 9 Mayer/Prosser 1 21-11, 21-18 0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Allen/Keenan 0-1
8/27/11Pro BeachManhattan Beach Open Winner 5 Allen/Keenan 7 Mayer/Prosser 3 21-17, 19-21, 15-11 0:58
Series tied with # 9 Mariano/Ratledge 1-1
8/20/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach Winner 4 Mayer/Prosser 4 Mariano/Ratledge 12 21-17, 21-14  
7/24/10AVPAVP Long Beach Open Contender 2 Mariano/Ratledge 11 Mayer/Prosser 8 17-21, 21-12, 15-12 1:00
Lead the series against # 11 Nygaard/Olson 3-1
8/20/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach Contender 6 Mayer/Prosser 4 Nygaard/Olson 13 21-17, 21-14  
7/24/10AVPAVP Long Beach Open Winner 1 Mayer/Prosser 8 Nygaard/Olson 9 21-17, 21-19 0:47
7/18/10AVPAVP Hermosa Beach Open Semi-Finals Mayer/Prosser 13 Nygaard/Olson 10 17-21, 21-18, 15-10 0:53
6/19/10AVPAVP Virginia Beach Open Winner 2 Nygaard/Olson 9 Mayer/Prosser 8 22-20, 21-23, 18-16 1:02
Lead the series against # 19 Mansfield/Moran 1-0
8/27/11Pro BeachManhattan Beach Open Winner 3 Mayer/Prosser 3 Mansfield/Moran 19 21-9, 21-14 0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Danley/Wight 1-0
6/19/10AVPAVP Virginia Beach Open Winner 1 Mayer/Prosser 8 Danley/Wight 25, Q4 21-13, 21-12 0:42
Lead the series against # 32 Beukema/Hamilton 1-0
8/20/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach Winner 2 Mayer/Prosser 4 Beukema/Hamilton 36 21-13, 21-16  
Lead the series against # 35 Gabriel/Lentin 1-0
8/26/11Pro BeachManhattan Beach Open Winner 2 Mayer/Prosser 3 Gabriel/Lentin 35 21-10, 21-8 0:33
Trail the series against # 40 Koski/Minc 0-2
8/3/07AVPChicago Open Winner 1 Koski/Minc 20 Mayer/Prosser 13 16-21, 21-19, 18-16 1:03
9/2/05AVPChicago Open Contender 1 Koski/Minc 26, Q2 Mayer/Prosser 23, Q1 19-21, 21-17, 15-12 1:00