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Wide Open Beach Volleyball
$75,000 Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach
August 20 - 21, 2011

(17) Duncan Budinger/Mike Placek

Duncan Budinger

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 15, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (USAV IDQ Long Beach 2009)

Career Wide Open Best:

9th (Hermosa Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$21,852.50

Mike Placek

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompton Plains, NJ

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Wide Open Best:

9th (Hermosa Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$76,402.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
Overall	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2006	Phil Silva - 41st	Dane Jensen - 33rd
AVP 2007	Did not play	Dane Jensen - 57th
AVP 2008	Clint Coe - 25th	Russ Marchewka - 17th
AVP 2009	Mark VanZwieten - 17th	John Moran - 13th
AVP 2010	Matt Henderson - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NVL	7/23-24/2011	NVL Malibu	13	5th	900	$2,000.00

Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/20/2011	Winner 1	Ric Cervantes / Jeff Minc (48)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-6
Sat, 8/20/2011	Winner 2	Joey Dykstra / Andrew McGuire (16)	Won 21-8, 21-11
Sat, 8/20/2011	Winner 3	John Hyden / Sean Scott (1)	Lost 15-21, 11-21
Sat, 8/20/2011	Contender 6	Steven VanderWerp / Kevin Wong (2)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 13-15
Sun, 8/21/2011	Contender 4	Evan Engle / Stafford Slick (15)	Won 21-16, 21-16
Sun, 8/21/2011	Contender 5	Russ Marchewka / Eyal Zimet (9)	Won 21-15, 21-17

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$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Duncan Budinger												Mike Placek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
30	0	0	0	0	1	6	11	3	0	$13,040.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	0	0	1	0	1	21	12	3	0	$38,690.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$3,487.50	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,925.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,450.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Gold Series
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
47	0	0	0	0	1	9	16	4	4	$18,977.50	Total	62	0	0	1	0	1	26	14	3	0	$46,365.00

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	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Duncan Budinger													Mike Placek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2006	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$250.00	2007	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$1,650.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$1,575.00	2008	AVP	15	0	0	1	0	0	8	6	0	0	$16,550.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$4,565.00	2009	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	1	9	4	0	0	$16,940.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	USAV IDQ
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,175.00	2010	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,275.00
											2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
29	0	1	0	0	1	6	7	3	11	$9,565.00	Total	Total	57	0	0	1	0	2	20	15	3	16	$40,315.00

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%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
2010-2011	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Placek lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hyden/Scott 0-1
8/20/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Winner 3	Hyden/Scott	1	Budinger/Placek	17	21-15, 21-11
Trail the series against # 2 VanderWerp/Wong 0-1
8/20/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Contender 6	VanderWerp/Wong	2	Budinger/Placek	17	21-19, 17-21, 15-13
Trail the series against # 5 Halverson/Roberts 0-1
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Winner 4	Halverson/Roberts	9	Budinger/Placek	13	21-17, 16-21, 15-7	1:08
Lead the series against # 7 Monteiro/Souza 1-0
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Winner 3	Budinger/Placek	13	Monteiro/Souza	21	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 9 Marchewka/Zimet 1-0
8/21/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Contender 5	Budinger/Placek	17	Marchewka/Zimet	9	21-15, 21-17
Trail the series against # 14 Acosta/Tramblie 0-1
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Contender 6	Acosta/Tramblie	8	Budinger/Placek	13	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Engle/Slick 1-0
8/21/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Contender 4	Budinger/Placek	17	Engle/Slick	15	21-16, 21-16
Lead the series against # 16 Dykstra/McGuire 1-0
8/20/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Winner 2	Budinger/Placek	17	Dykstra/McGuire	16	21-8, 21-11
Lead the series against # 48 Cervantes/Minc 1-0
8/20/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Winner 1	Budinger/Placek	17	Cervantes/Minc	48	21-19, 19-21, 15-6