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$375,000 Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's
September 1 - 3, 2005

(4) Karch Kiraly/Mike Lambert

Karch Kiraly

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1960 (64 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 (50 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1990	Brent Frohoff - 3rd	Did not play
1991	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1992	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1993	Kent Steffes - 3rd	Did not play
1994	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1995	Scott Ayakatubby - 1st	Did not play
1996	Kent Steffes - 5th	Did not play
1997	Adam Johnson - 17th	Did not play
1998	Adam Johnson - 5th	Did not play
1999	Adam Johnson - 1st	Did not play
2000	Adam Johnson - 3rd	Did not play
FIVB 2000	Adam Johnson - 9th	Did not play
2002	Brent Doble - 7th	Lee LeGrande - 3rd
2003	Brent Doble - 3rd	Did not play
2004	Did not play	John Hyden - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	6	3rd	270	$8,450.00
AVP	8/18-21/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	7	5th	312	$7,000.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 1

Steve Grotowski / Adam Roberts (29, Q7)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	38	17	2	0.395	0	17	0	0
	1	21	10	1	0.429	0	9	0	0
	2	17	7	1	0.353	0	8	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	23	12	5	0.304	10	10	0	1
	1	10	5	2	0.300	5	6	0	0
	2	13	7	3	0.308	5	4	0	1

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 2

Scott Ayakatubby / Aaron Wachtfogel (20)

Won 21-17, 21-11

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	33	18	2	0.485	0	18	0	0
	1	21	11	2	0.429	0	9	0	0
	2	12	7	0	0.583	0	9	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	19	13	4	0.474	4	2	0	0
	1	10	8	2	0.600	3	1	0	0
	2	9	5	2	0.333	1	1	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 3

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (5)

Lost 28-26, 18-21, 13-15

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	71	31	10	0.296	0	18	0	0
	1	32	13	4	0.281	0	9	0	0
	2	20	10	2	0.400	0	4	0	0
	3	19	8	4	0.211	0	5	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	24	16	4	0.500	7	10	1	0
	1	14	11	1	0.714	1	5	1	0
	2	7	3	3	0.000	3	3	0	0
	3	3	2	0	0.667	3	2	0	0

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 4

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (7)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	41	17	7	0.244	0	18	0	0
	1	17	7	2	0.294	0	7	0	0
	2	24	10	5	0.208	0	11	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	14	11	2	0.643	4	2	3	1
	1	8	5	2	0.375	2	1	3	1
	2	6	6	0	1.000	2	1	0	0

Sat, 9/3/2005

Contender 5

Paul Baxter / Fred Souza (11)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	23	14	2	0.522	0	12	0	0
	1	17	9	2	0.412	0	9	0	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	17	10	5	0.294	5	4	2	1
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	2	0	1
	2	8	4	3	0.125	5	2	2	0

Sat, 9/3/2005

Contender 6

John Hyden / Adam Jewell (10)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	30	20	1	0.633	0	15	0	0
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	9	0	0
	2	16	12	0	0.750	0	6	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	15	12	0	0.800	4	2	0	1
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	1	0	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	3	1	0	1

Sat, 9/3/2005

Semi-Finals

Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger (1)

Won 28-26, 17-21, 17-15

1:23

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	52	33	2	0.596	0	16	0	0
	1	27	17	1	0.593	0	6	0	0
	2	13	9	0	0.692	0	5	0	0
	3	12	7	1	0.500	0	5	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	37	19	8	0.297	2	6	2	0
	1	13	7	2	0.385	1	4	1	0
	2	14	5	4	0.071	1	2	1	0
	3	10	7	2	0.500	0	0	0	0

Sat, 9/3/2005

Finals

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (5)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	37	13	6	0.189	0	13	0	1
	1	21	6	3	0.143	0	9	0	1
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	4	0	0
Mike Lambert	Total	15	8	4	0.267	4	1	0	0
	1	7	4	2	0.286	3	0	0	0
	2	8	4	2	0.250	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	325	163	32	0.403	0	127	0	1
Mike Lambert	164	101	32	0.421	40	37	8	4
Total	489	264	64	0.409	40	164	8	5
Opponents	482	246	68	0.369	37	128	2	23

Head to Head Results
Kiraly/Lambert lead the series against the field 25-16 (Lead 11 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 3-2
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Kiraly/Lambert	4	Gibb/Metzger	1	28-26, 17-21, 17-15	1:23
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Metzger	1	Kiraly/Lambert	6	21-17, 21-14	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 3 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 # 5 Rogers/Scott 1-5
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Rogers/Scott	5	Kiraly/Lambert	4	21-16, 21-16	1:05
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Rogers/Scott	5	Kiraly/Lambert	4	26-28, 21-18, 15-13	1:17
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 4	Rogers/Scott	7	Kiraly/Lambert	6	21-12, 21-15	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-2
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Lambert	4	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	21-16, 21-18	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 Hyden/Jewell 2-0
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Kiraly/Lambert	4	Hyden/Jewell	10	21-14, 21-13	0:38
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 # 11 Baxter/Souza 2-0
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Kiraly/Lambert	4	Baxter/Souza	11	21-17, 21-14	0:39
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 5	Kiraly/Lambert	6	Baxter/Souza	13	22-20, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 16 Lewis/Rooney 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Kiraly/Lambert	6	Lewis/Rooney	19	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Ayakatubby/Wachtfogel 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Lambert	4	Ayakatubby/Wachtfogel	20	21-17, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 24 Mihalic/Mowrey 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Lambert	6	Mihalic/Mowrey	22, Q1	21-15, 21-10	0:27
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Grotowski/Roberts 2-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Lambert	4	Grotowski/Roberts	29, Q7	21-17, 24-22	0:41
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:35