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$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 21, 2005

(7) Karch Kiraly/Mike Lambert

Karch Kiraly

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1960 (65 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

354

Career Wins:

148

Career AVP Wins:

122

Career Winnings:

$3,211,989.25

Mike Lambert

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kaneohe, HI

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$507,437.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	17	4	3	3	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$188,775.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 1980	Sinjin Smith - 1st	Did not play
P&R 1980	Sinjin Smith - 1st	Did not play
P&R 1981	Sinjin Smith - 1st	Did not play
1988	Ricci Luyties - 1st	Did not play
1989	Brent Frohoff - 3rd	Did not play
1990	Brent Frohoff - 1st	Did not play
1991	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1992	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1993	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1995	Kent Steffes - 4th	Did not play
1996	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1999	Adam Johnson - 3rd	Did not play
2001	Scott Ayakatubby - 9th	Eduardo Bacil - 5th
2002	Brent Doble - 3rd	Lee LeGrande - 7th
2003	Brent Doble - 5th	Did not play
2004	Mike Lambert - 1st	Karch Kiraly - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	7	1st	520	$28,000.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	3	7th	180	$3,500.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	1	7th	180	$3,500.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	9th	144	$2,200.00
AVP	9/9-11/2004	Las Vegas Shootout	1	1st	432	$30,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Steve Grotowski / Adam Roberts (26, Q5)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	44	24	2	0.500	0	15	0	0
	1	22	10	0	0.455	0	9	0	0
	2	22	14	2	0.545	0	6	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	9	4	0	0.444	2	5	0	2
	1	4	2	0	0.500	1	2	0	2
	2	5	2	0	0.400	1	3	0	0

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 2

Scott Davenport / Scott Lane (23)

Won 21-15, 21-10

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	20	9	1	0.400	0	13	0	1
	1	12	4	0	0.333	0	10	0	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	17	12	1	0.647	5	3	2	3
	1	12	7	1	0.500	3	3	1	2
	2	5	5	0	1.000	2	0	1	1

Sat, 8/20/2005

Winner 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (2)

Won 21-14, 25-23

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	38	19	1	0.474	0	16	1	0
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	6	0	0
	2	26	12	1	0.423	0	10	1	0
Mike Lambert	Total	17	12	1	0.647	5	2	0	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	3	1	0	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	2	1	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2005

Winner 4

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (3)

Lost 21-17, 16-21, 13-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	51	22	8	0.275	0	15	0	1
	1	16	7	0	0.438	0	6	0	1
	2	20	9	8	0.050	0	4	0	0
	3	15	6	0	0.400	0	5	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	20	12	4	0.400	4	3	1	0
	1	8	4	2	0.250	3	0	1	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	1	0	0
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	0

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 6

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (4)

Lost 17-21, 21-14, 13-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	51	22	5	0.333	0	14	1	0
	1	21	9	3	0.286	0	5	0	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	0	5	0	0
	3	16	6	1	0.313	0	4	1	0
Mike Lambert	Total	14	10	0	0.714	7	3	0	3
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	1	0	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	3	2	0	1
	3	2	1	0	0.500	2	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	204	96	17	0.387	0	73	2	2
Mike Lambert	77	50	6	0.571	23	16	3	9
Total	281	146	23	0.438	23	89	5	11
Opponents	318	157	61	0.302	11	101	3	18

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	13	2	3	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	$132,275.00
Manhattan Beach	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,500.00
Total	15	3	3	3	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	$153,775.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Karch Kiraly												Mike Lambert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,750.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$34,900.00
246	88	44	36	11	40	21	4	0	0	$1,562,068.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	61	12	9	15	1	10	8	4	1	0	$330,392.50
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	Goodwill Games
15	7	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$88,543.00	Manhattan Beach	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$27,850.00
28	13	5	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	$352,402.25	Tour Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,920.00
295	109	50	41	13	52	24	4	0	0	$2,032,763.25	Total	76	13	10	17	1	16	10	7	1	0	$401,562.50

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
2004	AVP	9	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$101,125.00	40	11	78.4 %
2005	AVP	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	$44,200.00	15	8	65.2 %
Total	AVP	14	4	2	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	$145,325.00	55	19	74.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Karch Kiraly													Mike Lambert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1978	P&R
6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1979	P&R
12	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,175.00	1980	P&R
7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,100.00	1981	P&R
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	1982	P&R
4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00	1984	AVP
5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,950.00	1985	AVP
9	0	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$9,975.00	1986	AVP
10	1	2	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	$11,550.00	1987	AVP
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	1987	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	1988	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	1988	FIVB
16	4	4	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	$96,376.50	1989	AVP
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00	1989	FIVB
23	7	9	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	$124,625.00	1990	AVP
12	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$177,901.25	1991	AVP
20	17	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$288,470.00	1992	AVP
25	19	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$411,062.50	1993	AVP
22	17	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$380,586.00	1994	AVP
24	12	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	$264,735.00	1995	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1995	FIVB
22	12	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	$317,080.00	1996	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1996	FIVB
16	4	1	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	$136,347.50	1997	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	1997	FIVB
19	6	5	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	$104,644.50	1998	AVP
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,500.00	1998	FIVB
9	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$55,750.00	1999	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	1999	USAV
7	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$26,000.00	1999	FIVB
7	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2000	USAV
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	$6,500.00	2000	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2001	AVP	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$4,775.00
7	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	$24,490.00	2002	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	$15,537.50
9	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	$27,827.50	2003	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2003	FIVB
9	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$50,562.50	2004	AVP	12	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$71,162.50
10	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	$30,375.00	2005	AVP	10	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	$42,375.00
334	147	55	45	13	51	18	3	0	2	$2,669,908.25	Total	Total	35	6	3	6	1	9	6	2	1	1	$135,525.00

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	45	78.9%	6	10.5%	6	10.5%	51-6	89.5%	13	40.6%	5	15.6%	14	43.8%	13-19	40.6%	45-14	76.3%	19-11	63.3%	0	0	64-25	71.9%
2004-2005	45	78.9%	6	10.5%	6	10.5%	51-6	89.5%	13	40.6%	5	15.6%	14	43.8%	13-19	40.6%	45-14	76.3%	19-11	63.3%	0	0	64-25	71.9%
Against the Field	17	68.0%	2	8.0%	6	24.0%	19-6	76.0%	6	33.3%	1	5.6%	11	61.1%	6-12	33.3%	34-22	60.7%	16-14	53.3%	0	0	25-18	58.1%

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	27	10	5	3	0	0	0	0	52	21
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	11	6	3	0	0	0	0	61	23

Head to Head Results
Kiraly/Lambert lead the series against the field 17-12 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 2-1
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Gibb/Metzger	2	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:10
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Gibb/Metzger	2	17-21, 21-18, 19-17	1:04
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Metzger	6	Kiraly/Lambert	1	21-14, 21-18	0:43
Series tied with # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 2-2
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	21-14, 25-23	0:49
4/30/05	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Kiraly/Lambert	3	27-25, 21-19	0:50
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Kiraly/Lambert	1	21-18, 21-14	0:42
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	21-15, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Holdren/Nygaard 0-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	3	Kiraly/Lambert	7	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 4 Rosenthal/Witt 5-4
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Kiraly/Lambert	7	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:55
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Rosenthal/Witt	6	15-21, 26-24, 17-15	1:27
8/13/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Rosenthal/Witt	6	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Rosenthal/Witt	8	Kiraly/Lambert	1	23-21, 22-20	0:45
9/9/04	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Winner 1	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Rosenthal/Witt	8	23-21, 25-23	0:40
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Rosenthal/Witt	3	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:01
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	2	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-18, 14-21, 15-8	0:59
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	1	Kiraly/Lambert	2	22-20, 21-19	0:40
4/4/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	6	Kiraly/Lambert	2	18-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 0-2
5/1/05	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	Kiraly/Lambert	3	21-18, 21-18	0:40
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	16	Kiraly/Lambert	1	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Rogers/Scott 1-2
7/25/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Rogers/Scott	2	18-21, 23-21, 15-11	1:14
4/25/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Rogers/Scott	2	Kiraly/Lambert	6	15-21, 25-23, 18-16	1:19
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	7	Kiraly/Lambert	2	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Blanton/Wong 1-0
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Blanton/Wong	3	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 Williams/Wong 1-0
4/23/05	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Williams/Wong	17, Q1	21-6, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Hyden/Jewell 1-0
8/12/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Hyden/Jewell	10	21-15, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Clark/McCaw 1-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Kiraly/Lambert	6	Clark/McCaw	20	21-13, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 23 Davenport/Lane 2-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Davenport/Lane	23	21-15, 21-10	0:38
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Lambert	1	Davenport/Lane	17	21-13, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Grotowski/Roberts 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:35