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$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Hermosa Beach Open presented by Virgin America
August 6 - 9, 2009

(15) Jonathan Acosta/Paul Baxter

Jonathan Acosta

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan, PR

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$14,720.00

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$6,960.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Cameron Green - 49th
1998	Did not play	Nathan Heidger - 17th
1999	Did not play	Mark Paaluhi - 13th
2000	Did not play	Mark Paaluhi - 9th
2001	Did not play	Scott Davenport - 17th
2002	Did not play	Alika Williams - 9th
2004	Did not play	Scott Wong - 13th
2005	Did not play	Jason Ring - 9th
2006	Did not play	Aaron Boss - 9th
2007	Matt McKinney - 57th	Canyon Ceman - 17th
2008	Joaquin Acosta - 25th	Matt Prosser - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	16	9th	300	$3,960.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 1

Duncan Budinger / Mark VanZwieten (18)

Won 22-20, 24-22

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jonathan Acosta	Total	36	17	2	0.417	2	8	2	4
	1	18	9	2	0.389	2	2	0	2
	2	18	8	0	0.444	0	6	2	2
Paul Baxter	Total	33	14	6	0.242	2	11	0	1
	1	18	7	2	0.278	2	8	0	1
	2	15	7	4	0.200	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 2

John Hyden / Sean Scott (2)

Lost 13-21, 11-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jonathan Acosta	Total	21	11	5	0.286	1	5	0	3
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	1	0	2
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	4	0	1
Paul Baxter	Total	17	4	6	-0.118	1	8	0	3
	1	10	2	5	-0.300	0	6	0	2
	2	7	2	1	0.143	1	2	0	1

Fri, 8/7/2009

Contender 2

Jesse Rambis / Mark Williams (17)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:50

Sat, 8/8/2009

Contender 3

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (9)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jonathan Acosta	Total	38	17	8	0.237	3	2	1	4
	1	21	11	3	0.381	1	2	1	2
	2	17	6	5	0.059	2	0	0	2
Paul Baxter	Total	10	5	1	0.400	0	6	1	5
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	4	0	2
	2	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jonathan Acosta	95	45	15	0.316	6	15	3	11
Paul Baxter	60	23	13	0.167	3	25	1	9

Head to Head Results
Acosta/Baxter lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 0-2
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	2	Acosta/Baxter	15	21-13, 21-11	0:45
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Scott	1	Acosta/Baxter	16	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	1:21
Trail the series against # 9 Allen/Halverson 0-2
8/8/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Allen/Halverson	9	Acosta/Baxter	15	21-17, 21-17	0:45
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Allen/Halverson	11	Acosta/Baxter	16	21-16, 21-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Medel/Stolfus 1-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Acosta/Baxter	16	Medel/Stolfus	9	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:19
Lead the series against # 17 Rambis/Williams 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Acosta/Baxter	15	Rambis/Williams	17	21-19, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 18 Budinger/VanZwieten 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	15	Budinger/VanZwieten	18	22-20, 24-22	1:09
Lead the series against # 22 Marchewka/Tramblie 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Acosta/Baxter	16	Marchewka/Tramblie	17	21-16, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Bruning/Camacho 1-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Acosta/Baxter	16	Bruning/Camacho	31	17-21, 21-16, 17-15	1:05
Lead the series against # Q21 Desjardins/MacDonald 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	16	Desjardins/MacDonald	49, Q3	21-12, 21-13	0:51