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

(11) Paul Baxter/Fred Souza

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (52 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

Frederico "Fred" Dória de Souza

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

6'7"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$290,592.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	$22,350.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Cameron Green - 33rd	Did not play
1998	Nathan Heidger - 13th	Did not play
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Did not play
2000	Sean Scott - 13th	Eduardo Bacil - 9th
2002	Alika Williams - 13th	Eduardo Bacil - 2nd
2003	Carl Henkel - 9th	Eli Fairfield - 9th
2004	Scott Wong - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	13	5th	216	$5,000.00
AVP	8/18-21/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	13	13th	156	$2,000.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 1

Chip McCaw / Ed Ratledge (22)

Won 21-18, 26-24

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	36	23	5	0.500	0	7	0	1
	1	16	12	0	0.750	0	4	0	0
	2	20	11	5	0.300	0	3	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	20	7	3	0.200	5	3	2	6
	1	8	2	3	-0.125	2	2	0	3
	2	12	5	0	0.417	3	1	2	3

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 2

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (6)

Lost 21-15, 20-22, 15-17

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	50	28	10	0.360	0	13	0	1
	1	18	10	2	0.444	0	5	0	0
	2	19	9	7	0.105	0	4	0	0
	3	13	9	1	0.615	0	4	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	16	10	3	0.438	5	2	4	5
	1	3	3	0	1.000	4	1	0	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	0	2	2
	3	7	3	2	0.143	0	1	2	1

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 2

Scott Davenport / Scott Lane (21)

Won 21-23, 21-19, 19-17

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	46	19	9	0.217	0	18	0	1
	1	19	7	4	0.158	0	8	0	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	3	0	1
	3	17	7	4	0.176	0	7	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	26	14	6	0.308	4	6	7	3
	1	5	2	2	0.000	2	1	5	1
	2	10	4	3	0.100	2	3	2	1
	3	11	8	1	0.636	0	2	0	1

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 3

Matt Heath / Ryan Mariano (14)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	27	16	1	0.556	0	8	1	0
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	5	0	0
	2	14	10	0	0.714	0	3	1	0
Fred Souza	Total	18	12	2	0.556	2	8	1	3
	1	12	9	2	0.583	1	4	1	1
	2	6	3	0	0.500	1	4	0	2

Fri, 9/2/2005

Contender 4

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (8)

Won 17-21, 22-20, 17-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	46	22	11	0.239	1	15	0	0
	1	14	5	3	0.143	0	6	0	0
	2	17	10	6	0.235	1	7	0	0
	3	15	7	2	0.333	0	2	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	31	17	6	0.355	4	4	4	5
	1	15	7	3	0.267	2	3	0	2
	2	10	5	3	0.200	0	0	4	1
	3	6	5	0	0.833	2	1	0	2

Sat, 9/3/2005

Contender 5

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (4)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	42	17	7	0.238	0	5	0	1
	1	22	10	2	0.364	0	3	0	0
	2	20	7	5	0.100	0	2	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	5	4	1	0.600	2	2	1	7
	1	1	1	0	1.000	2	1	0	4
	2	4	3	1	0.500	0	1	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	247	125	43	0.332	1	66	1	4
Fred Souza	116	64	21	0.371	22	25	19	29
Total	363	189	64	0.344	23	91	20	33
Opponents	343	183	57	0.367	35	104	9	17

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Souza lead the series against the field 8-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Rosenthal/Witt 1-1
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Souza	13	Rosenthal/Witt	2	22-20, 21-19	0:44
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Rosenthal/Witt	4	Baxter/Souza	13	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Baxter/Souza	13	21-17, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Kiraly/Lambert 0-2
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
Series tied with # 6 Holdren/Nygaard 1-1
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Nygaard	6	Baxter/Souza	11	15-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:10
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Souza	13	Holdren/Nygaard	3	21-19, 12-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 7 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Baxter/Souza	13	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:43
Lead the series against # 8 Williams/Wong 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Souza	11	Williams/Wong	8	17-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 14 Heath/Mariano 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Souza	11	Heath/Mariano	14	21-19, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 21 Davenport/Lane 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Souza	11	Davenport/Lane	21	21-23, 21-19, 19-17	1:17
Lead the series against # 22 McCaw/Ratledge 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Souza	11	McCaw/Ratledge	22	21-18, 26-24	0:52
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Delahoz/Torsone 1-0
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Souza	13	Delahoz/Torsone	30, Q4	21-15, 21-17	0:45