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$200,000 The Manhattan Beach Open
August 23 - 25, 2013

(14) 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 AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

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 AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

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
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Did not play
2000	Sean Scott - 17th	Did not play
2001	Jason Ring - 17th	Did not play
2002	Alika Williams - 5th	Did not play
2003	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Scott Wong - 9th	Did not play
2005	Fred Souza - 13th	Did not play
2006	Aaron Boss - 25th	Did not play
2007	Dain Blanton - 17th	Did not play
2008	Joaquin Acosta - 17th	Jose Loiola - 17th
2009	Jonathan Acosta - 9th	Matt Prosser - 9th
Pro Beach 2011	Jon Mesko - 17th	Kevin McColloch - 13th
Pro Beach 2012	Pedro Brazao - 9th	Paul Baxter - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/15-18/2013	AVP Salt Lake City Open	11, Q4	9th	300	$2,750.00
Pro Beach	9/21-23/2012	Huntington Beach National Championships	Q5	21st	60	$0.00
AVP	9/7-9/2012	AVP Championships	11	10th	0	$2,500.00
AVP	8/30-9/2/2012	AVP Cincinnati Open	14	9th	270	$2,500.00
Pro Beach	8/24-26/2012	Manhattan Beach Open	22	9th	200	$1,500.00

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 1

Evan Engle / Stafford Slick (19)

Lost 19-21, 21-23

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	55	26	5	0.382	1	10	0	0
	1	23	10	2	0.348	1	4	0	0
	2	32	16	3	0.406	0	6	0	0
Pedro Brazao	Total	9	2	1	0.111	2	7	3	5
	1	5	1	1	0.000	1	5	3	4
	2	4	1	0	0.250	1	2	0	1

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 1

John Moran / Gregg Weaver (30, Q16)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	33	16	8	0.242	0	7	1	1
	1	11	6	3	0.273	0	3	1	1
	2	22	10	5	0.227	0	4	0	0
Pedro Brazao	Total	14	9	0	0.643	2	2	4	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	2	3	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	1	0	1	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 2

Steve Grotowski / Kevin McColloch (13)

Won 29-27, 19-21, 17-15

1:23

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	40	30	4	0.650	0	2	0	2
	1	19	13	2	0.579	0	1	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	1	0	1
	3	11	10	1	0.818	0	0	0	0
Pedro Brazao	Total	23	16	2	0.609	3	2	2	2
	1	14	9	1	0.571	1	2	1	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	1	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	1	0	0	1

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 3

Mike Placek / Bill Strickland (11)

Won 10-21, 30-28, 15-12

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	38	19	10	0.237	1	16	0	0
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	22	11	6	0.227	1	11	0	0
	3	13	7	3	0.308	0	4	0	0
Pedro Brazao	Total	42	20	11	0.214	2	4	0	6
	1	18	5	8	-0.167	0	2	0	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	1	2	0	5
	3	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	0	1

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 4

Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena (7)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	16	6	5	0.063	1	11	0	2
	1	7	3	3	0.000	1	7	0	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	0	4	0	2
Pedro Brazao	Total	45	18	6	0.267	0	10	1	4
	1	23	9	2	0.304	0	4	1	3
	2	22	9	4	0.227	0	6	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	182	97	32	0.357	3	46	1	5
Pedro Brazao	133	65	20	0.338	9	25	10	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	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	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
2012	Pro Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00	6	5	54.5 %
2013	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,750.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$10,750.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	Pro Beach	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	11	7	61.1 %

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	$2,500.00	2012	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2012	Pro Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,875.00	2013	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,875.00
168	0	0	6	0	20	76	54	6	6	$167,663.25	Total	Total	66	1	0	4	0	11	38	6	1	5	$110,790.00

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	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	5	45.5%	2-9	18.2%	5-5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	9-11	45.0%
2012-2013	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	5	45.5%	2-9	18.2%	5-5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	9-11	45.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-8	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

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 4-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Bourne/Hyden 0-1
8/16/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Bourne/Hyden	6	Baxter/Brazao	11, Q4	21-14, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Lucena 0-2
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Lucena	7	Baxter/Brazao	14	21-16, 21-19	0:45
8/17/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Lucena	9	Baxter/Brazao	11, Q4	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Placek/Strickland 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Brazao	14	Placek/Strickland	11	10-21, 30-28, 15-12	1:14
Lead the series against # 13 Grotowski/McColloch 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Brazao	14	Grotowski/McColloch	13	29-27, 19-21, 17-15	1:23
Trail the series against # 19 Engle/Slick 0-1
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Engle/Slick	19	Baxter/Brazao	14	21-19, 23-21	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 Carlson/Dykstra 1-0
8/16/13	AVP	AVP Salt Lake City Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Brazao	11, Q4	Carlson/Dykstra	14, Q7	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Moran/Weaver 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Brazao	14	Moran/Weaver	30, Q16	21-18, 21-17	0:46