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AVP Tour
$150,000 Salt Lake City Open
August 7 - 10, 2014

(Q1) Paul Baxter/Nils Nielsen

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (53 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

Nils Nielsen

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 23, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$6,040.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,500.00

Previous Salt Lake City Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Pedro Brazao - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/3-6/2014	Milwaukee Open	13, Q3	9th	300	$2,500.00

Salt Lake City Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/7/2014	Qualifier 2	Kyle Smith / Jake Spencer (Q32)	Won 21-15, 16-21, 15-7	0:53
Thu, 8/7/2014	Qualifier 3	Cody Kessel / Skylar del Sol (Q16)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:45
Thu, 8/7/2014	Qualifier 4	Jason Lochhead / Russ Marchewka (16, Q9)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:39

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Nils Nielsen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$3,250.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$5,400.00

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
2014	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	6	3	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Nils Nielsen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$1,641.25	1997	AVP
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	0	$3,537.00	1998	AVP
11	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	$8,287.50	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV
10	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	0	$8,375.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$5,975.00	2001	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00	2002	AVP
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50	2003	AVP
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$10,500.00	2003	FIVB
10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00	2004	AVP
12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00	2005	AVP
14	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	0	$12,725.00	2006	AVP
15	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	0	0	$11,125.00	2007	AVP
15	0	0	0	0	1	7	7	0	0	$14,600.00	2008	AVP
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	0	0	$14,015.00	2009	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$8,875.00	2010	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$115.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	NORCECA
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2012	Pro Beach	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	$525.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$4,250.00	2013	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$4,150.00
											2013	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,250.00	2014	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00
173	0	0	6	0	20	79	56	6	6	$171,288.25	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	7	$6,040.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	3-3	50.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%
2013-2014	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	3-3	50.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Total	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Nielsen trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Doherty/Lucena 0-1
7/5/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Contender 2	Doherty/Lucena	7	Baxter/Nielsen	13, Q3	21-13, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Brunner/Rogers 0-1
7/4/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Rogers	4	Baxter/Nielsen	13, Q3	21-18, 22-20	0:50
Trail the series against # 16, Q9 Lochhead/Marchewka 0-1
8/7/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Qualifier 4	Lochhead/Marchewka	16, Q9	Baxter/Nielsen	Q1	21-17, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q16 del Sol/Kessel 1-0
8/7/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Qualifier 3	Baxter/Nielsen	Q1	Kessel/del Sol	Q16	23-21, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # Q32 Smith/Spencer 1-0
8/7/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Qualifier 2	Baxter/Nielsen	Q1	Smith/Spencer	Q32	21-15, 16-21, 15-7	0:53