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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$100,000 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 24 - 26, 2012

(22) Paul Baxter/Pedro Brazao

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 Pro Beach Best:

3rd (Hermosa Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Pedro Grael Brazão

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height:

6'5"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career Pro Beach Best:

3rd (Hermosa Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$128,590.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
Pro Beach	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$9,000.00
Overall	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1	0	$22,500.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Did not play
AVP 2000	Sean Scott - 17th	Did not play
AVP 2001	Jason Ring - 17th	Did not play
AVP 2002	Alika Williams - 5th	Did not play
AVP 2003	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Did not play
AVP 2004	Scott Wong - 9th	Did not play
AVP 2005	Fred Souza - 13th	Did not play
AVP 2006	Aaron Boss - 25th	Did not play
AVP 2007	Dain Blanton - 17th	Did not play
AVP 2008	Joaquin Acosta - 17th	Jose Loiola - 17th
AVP 2009	Jonathan Acosta - 9th	Matt Prosser - 9th
2011	Jon Mesko - 17th	Kevin McColloch - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Pro Beach	7/20-22/2012	Hermosa Beach Open	20	13th	150	$750.00
Pro Beach	9/23-25/2011	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	21	3rd	576	$6,750.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 1	Casey Jennings / Bill Strickland (11)	Lost 15-21, 15-21
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 1	Matt Motter / Derek Olson (27, Q3)	Won 16-21, 21-16, 15-7
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 2	Avery Drost / Andrew McGuire (12)	Won 21-15, 21-19
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 3	Mike Lambert / Jesse Rambis (19)	Won 21-16, 21-19
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 4	Adrian Carambula / Steve Grotowski (7)	Lost 21-18, 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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Pedro Brazao
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,875.00
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	0	0	2	0	10	30	2	1	0	$85,185.00
											Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$6,855.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$8,250.00
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	64	1	0	3	0	12	38	4	1	0	$115,515.00

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
2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	5	2	71.4 %
2012	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	Pro Beach	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,000.00	10	6	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Pedro Brazao
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
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00	2004	AVP
											2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	$8,875.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00
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	17	0	0	1	0	5	9	2	0	0	$32,575.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	0	0	$14,015.00	2009	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	3	10	0	0	0	$33,890.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$8,875.00	2010	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	$7,725.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2011	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	NORCECA
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2012	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,125.00
163	0	0	6	0	20	72	53	6	6	$162,288.25	Total	Total	61	1	0	4	0	11	34	5	1	5	$105,415.00

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	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	6	75.0%	2-6	25.0%	8-6	57.1%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	11-7	61.1%
2011-2012	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	6	75.0%	2-6	25.0%	8-6	57.1%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	11-7	61.1%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
7/21/12	Pro Beach	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	4	Baxter/Brazao	20	21-12, 21-14
Trail the series against # 7 Carambula/Grotowski 0-1
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Carambula/Grotowski	7	Baxter/Brazao	22	18-21, 21-16, 15-13
Trail the series against # 11 Jennings/Strickland 0-1
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Jennings/Strickland	11	Baxter/Brazao	22	21-15, 21-15
Lead the series against # 12 Drost/McGuire 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Brazao	22	Drost/McGuire	12	21-15, 21-19
Lead the series against # 19 Lambert/Rambis 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Brazao	22	Lambert/Rambis	19	21-16, 21-19
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Motter/Olson 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Brazao	22	Motter/Olson	27, Q3	16-21, 21-16, 15-7