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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$200,000 2011 Manhattan Beach Open
August 26 - 28, 2011

(15) 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 Pro Beach Best:

9th (Belmar 2012)

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 Pro Beach Best:

3rd (Hermosa Beach 2012)

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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2005	Phil Silva - 57th	Did not play
AVP 2006	Phil Silva - 57th	Mike Szymanski - 33rd
AVP 2007	Clint Coe - 41st	Russ Marchewka - 17th
AVP 2008	Did not play	Russ Marchewka - 17th
AVP 2009	Mark VanZwieten - 33rd	John Moran - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Wide Open	8/20-21/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	17	9th	0	$0.00
NVL	7/23-24/2011	NVL Malibu	13	5th	900	$2,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2011	Winner 1	Luke Myers / Jeff Urton (50)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:36
Fri, 8/26/2011	Winner 2	Joaquin Acosta / Ty Tramblie (18)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 11-15	1:18
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 2	Mike Desjardins / Paul MacDonald (52)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:33
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 3	Nils Nielsen / Travis Schoonover (31)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:42
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 4	Scott Hill / Everett Matthews (17)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-10	1:08
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 5	Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (9)	Lost 10-21, 25-27

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 %
2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	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 %
Total	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
30	0	1	0	0	1	7	7	3	11	$10,315.00	Total	Total	58	0	0	1	0	2	21	15	3	16	$41,065.00

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 7-5 (Lead 7 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 # 6 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 # 8 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 # 9 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Mariano/Ratledge	9	Budinger/Placek	15	21-10, 27-25
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 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 # 17 Hill/Matthews 1-0
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Budinger/Placek	15	Hill/Matthews	17	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	1:08
Trail the series against # 18 Acosta/Tramblie 0-2
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Acosta/Tramblie	18	Budinger/Placek	15	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	1:18
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 # 31 Nielsen/Schoonover 1-0
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Budinger/Placek	15	Nielsen/Schoonover	31	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 50 Myers/Urton 1-0
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Budinger/Placek	15	Myers/Urton	50	21-17, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 52 Desjardins/MacDonald 1-0
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Budinger/Placek	15	Desjardins/MacDonald	52	21-11, 21-14	0:33