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Wide Open Beach Volleyball
$100,000 Corona Light Wide Open Chicago
July 30 - 31, 2011

(10) Bill Strickland/Aaron Wachtfogel

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2006)

Career Wide Open Best:

3rd (Hermosa Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$139,600.00

Aaron Wachtfogel

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 8, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Pacific

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (AVP Brooklyn 2007)

Career Wide Open Best:

3rd (Hermosa Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$168,102.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	33	49	Money
AVP	24	0	0	4	0	3	0	3	5	6	0	0	1	2	$102,280.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$300.00
P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$3,525.00
Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Overall	32	0	0	5	0	6	1	4	6	6	1	0	1	2	US$121,105.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2004	Did not play	Jeff Minc - 25th
AVP 2005	Did not play	Scott Ayakatubby - 9th
AVP 2006	Chris Magill - 17th	Hans Stolfus - 17th
AVP 2007	Canyon Ceman - 9th	Scott Wong - 9th
AVP 2008	Dax Holdren - 13th	Scott Wong - 17th
AVP 2009	Aaron Wachtfogel - 13th	Bill Strickland - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Wide Open	6/25-26/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Seaside Heights	2	5th	0	$2,000.00
Wide Open	6/11-12/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Siesta Key		5th	0	$2,000.00
NORCECA	4/22-24/2011	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Dominican Republic	4	6th	0	US$300.00
P&R	9/2-5/2010	Cincinnati Players Championship	4	5th	0	$4,000.00

Corona Light Wide Open Chicago Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/30/2011	Winner 1	Steve Plochocki / Adam Stempel (55)	Won 21-12, 21-12
Sat, 7/30/2011	Winner 2	Benjamin Shamrokh / Drew Vaughn (42)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-11
Sat, 7/30/2011	Winner 3	Russ Marchewka / Eyal Zimet (7)	Won 22-20, 21-19
Sat, 7/30/2011	Winner 4	Adrian Carambula / Steve Grotowski (2)	Lost 17-21, 19-21
Sun, 7/31/2011	Contender 6	Rodrigo Monteiro / Fred Souza (13)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 13-15
Sun, 7/31/2011	Contender 6	Joey Dykstra / Mark VanZwieten (8)	Won 21-19, 21-14
Sun, 7/31/2011	Contender 7	Rodrigo Monteiro / Fred Souza (13)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 13-15

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	21	0	0	3	0	3	3	5	5	0	0	0	$91,780.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	24	0	0	4	0	3	3	5	6	0	0	0	$102,280.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bill Strickland												Aaron Wachtfogel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
69	0	0	4	0	12	30	8	3	0	$93,370.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	85	0	1	7	0	15	30	18	4	0	$131,952.50
11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$14,830.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	$13,725.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
83	0	0	5	0	13	33	11	4	0	$114,450.00	Total	97	0	1	8	0	18	33	18	5	0	$150,177.50

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
2009	AVP	12	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	0	$48,580.00	32	23	58.2 %
2010	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$50,200.00	27	13	67.5 %
2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2011	Wide Open	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	4	3	57.1 %
2011	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	AVP	19	0	0	4	0	3	3	5	4	0	0	0	$98,780.00	59	36	62.1 %
Total	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	Wide Open	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bill Strickland													Aaron Wachtfogel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$325.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$175.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	$6,512.50
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$1,275.00	2006	AVP	15	0	0	1	0	7	5	1	1	0	$30,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	NORCECA
16	0	0	0	0	4	9	3	0	0	$23,512.50	2007	AVP	16	0	1	0	0	3	6	6	0	0	$31,175.00
17	0	0	1	0	4	10	2	0	0	$36,700.00	2008	AVP	17	0	0	3	0	2	9	3	0	0	$34,037.50
14	0	0	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$26,750.00	2009	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	2	11	0	0	0	$26,090.00
7	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00	2010	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2011	Wide Open	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$225.00	2011	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
73	1	0	5	0	20	29	9	3	6	$120,987.50	Total	Total	99	0	1	8	0	23	34	17	5	11	$159,140.00

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	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-1	88.9%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	9-5	64.3%
2010-2011	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-1	88.9%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	9-5	64.3%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	12-2	85.7%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%

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	5	2	0	0	0	0	24	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	60	38
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	24	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	69	43

Head to Head Results
Strickland/Wachtfogel trail the series against the field 5-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hyden/Scott 0-2
6/27/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Scott	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	21-16, 21-10	0:50
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 2 Carambula/Grotowski 0-1
7/30/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Winner 4	Carambula/Grotowski	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-17, 21-19
Series tied with # 6 Mayer/Prosser 1-1
7/17/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Prosser	13	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	21-16, 21-16	0:44
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	3	Mayer/Prosser	8	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Marchewka/Zimet 1-0
7/30/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Winner 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Marchewka/Zimet	7	22-20, 21-19
Lead the series against # 8 Dykstra/VanZwieten 1-0
7/31/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Contender 6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Dykstra/VanZwieten	8	21-19, 21-14
Trail the series against # 13 Monteiro/Souza 0-2
7/31/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Contender 7	Monteiro/Souza	13	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	15-21, 21-16, 15-13
7/31/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Contender 6	Monteiro/Souza	13	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	15-21, 21-16, 15-13
Lead the series against # 42 Shamrokh/Vaughn 1-0
7/30/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Winner 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Shamrokh/Vaughn	42	21-16, 19-21, 15-11
Lead the series against # 55 Plochocki/Stempel 1-0
7/30/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Winner 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Plochocki/Stempel	55	21-12, 21-12