Wide Open Beach Volleyball
$100,000 Corona Light Wide Open Chicago
July 30 - 31, 2011
(7) Russ Marchewka/Eyal Zimet
 
Russ Marchewka
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Oct 5, 1982 (42 yrs old)
Home Town: San Diego, CA
Height: 6'6"
College(s): California-Irvine
Seasons: 13
Tournaments: 111
Career Best: 2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)
Career Wide Open Best: 9th (2 times)
Career Winnings: $83,340.00
Eyal Zimet
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Sep 1, 1976 (48 yrs old)
Home Town: Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel
Height: 6'2"
College(s): Hawaii
Seasons: 6
Tournaments: 63
Career Best: 2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)
Career Wide Open Best: 9th (2 times)
Career Winnings: $52,530.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172537Money
AVP600000000231 $2,450.00
NORCECA100001000000 US$400.00
NVL301100001000 $11,500.00
Pro Beach100000100000 $4,580.00
Wide Open400000022000 $0.00
Overall1501101123231 US$18,930.00
Previous Chicago Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
AVP 2007 Clint Coe - 25th Mike DiPierro - 9th
AVP 2008 Mike Placek - 13th John Moran - 17th
AVP 2009 Ty Tramblie - 9th Mike Morrison - 17th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
NVL 7/23-24/2011 NVL Malibu 3 13th 480 $500.00
Wide Open 6/25-26/2011 Corona Light Wide Open Seaside Heights 6 9th 0 $0.00
Wide Open 6/11-12/2011 Corona Light Wide Open Siesta Key 9th 0 $0.00
NVL 5/20-21/2011 NVL Baltimore 6 3rd 1080 $3,500.00
NORCECA 5/13-15/2011 Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Chiapas 5th 0 US$400.00
Corona Light Wide Open Chicago Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Sat, 7/30/2011 Winner 1 Jeff Jones / Kyle Radde (58) Won 21-17, 21-15  
Sat, 7/30/2011 Winner 2 Mike Claman / Andreas Olesen (26) Won 21-16, 21-12  
Sat, 7/30/2011 Winner 3 Bill Strickland / Aaron Wachtfogel (10) Lost 20-22, 19-21  
Sun, 7/31/2011 Contender 4 Mike Dauernheim / Wayne Scott (41) Won 21-13, 21-17  
Sun, 7/31/2011 Contender 5 Avery Drost / Will Montgomery (33) Lost 21-18, 13-21, 15-17  
Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Zimet lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Hyden/Scott 0-1
5/21/11NVLNVL Baltimore Semi-Finals Hyden/Scott 1 Marchewka/Zimet 6 21-18, 26-24 1:04
Lead the series against # 3 McColloch/Olson 1-0
5/21/11NVLNVL Baltimore Contender 4 Marchewka/Zimet 6 McColloch/Olson 5 21-11, 21-19 0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Loomis/Williams 0-1
7/23/11NVLNVL Malibu Contender 3 Loomis/Williams 11 Marchewka/Zimet 3 21-10, 21-14 0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Strickland/Wachtfogel 0-1
7/30/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Chicago Winner 3 Strickland/Wachtfogel 10 Marchewka/Zimet 7 22-20, 21-19  
Lead the series against # 26 Claman/Olesen 1-0
7/30/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Chicago Winner 2 Marchewka/Zimet 7 Claman/Olesen 26 21-16, 21-12  
Lead the series against # 27 Barros/Brazao 1-0
7/23/11NVLNVL Malibu Contender 2 Marchewka/Zimet 3 Barros/Brazao 20 18-21, 21-12, 15-13 0:59
Trail the series against # 33 Drost/Montgomery 0-1
7/31/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Chicago Contender 5 Drost/Montgomery 33 Marchewka/Zimet 7 18-21, 21-13, 17-15  
Lead the series against # 41 Dauernheim/Scott 1-0
7/31/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Chicago Contender 4 Marchewka/Zimet 7 Dauernheim/Scott 41 21-13, 21-17  
Lead the series against # 58 Jones/Radde 1-0
7/30/11Wide OpenCorona Light Wide Open Chicago Winner 1 Marchewka/Zimet 7 Jones/Radde 58 21-17, 21-15