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$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 26 - 28, 2006

(31, Q45) Michael Thornton/Eyal Zimet

Michael Thornton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$325.00

Eyal Zimet

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$52,530.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$650.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	32, Q86	25th	52	$350.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 1

Brian Kobasa / Garrett Rasmussen (Q84)

Won 21-9, 21-13

0:37

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 2

Bill Maik / Justin Phipps (Q20)

Won 20-22, 21-11, 15-11

0:57

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 3

Art Barron / Mike Szymanski (Q13)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:34

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 4

Ran Kumgisky / Said Souikane (Q4)

Won 17-21, 21-18, 17-15

1:02

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 1

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (2)

Lost 13-21, 15-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	Total	26	9	5	0.154	0	5	0	4
	1	12	3	2	0.083	0	3	0	2
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	0	2
Eyal Zimet	Total	30	12	7	0.167	2	2	0	6
	1	15	6	3	0.200	2	2	0	4
	2	15	6	4	0.133	0	0	0	2

Sat, 5/27/2006

Contender 1

Canyon Ceman / Matt Olson (18)

Lost 16-21, 21-23

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	Total	20	9	2	0.350	3	2	0	4
	1	11	3	1	0.182	2	1	0	2
	2	9	6	1	0.556	1	1	0	2
Eyal Zimet	Total	26	12	3	0.346	1	6	4	1
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	1	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	1	2	3	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Thornton	46	18	7	0.239	3	7	0	8
Eyal Zimet	56	24	10	0.250	3	8	4	7
Total	102	42	17	0.245	6	15	4	15
Opponents	86	46	14	0.372	8	34	2	3

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	0	0	0	2	0	$650.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michael Thornton												Eyal Zimet
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	1	0	2	13	17	7	0	$37,610.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$2,805.00
											Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$325.00	Total	53	0	0	2	0	2	14	20	7	0	$43,890.00

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
2006	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$650.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$650.00	8	4	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michael Thornton													Eyal Zimet
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	2	0	$325.00	2006	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$325.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$325.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$325.00

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	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	9-4	69.2%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	12-6	66.7%
2005-2006	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	9-4	69.2%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	12-6	66.7%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	6-6	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%

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	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5
Manhattan Beach	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	6

Head to Head Results
Thornton/Zimet lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	22-20, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Ceman/Olson 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Ceman/Olson	18	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 21 Mihalic/Mowrey 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Mihalic/Mowrey	17	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 Delahoz/Fisher 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 4	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	Delahoz/Fisher	Q6	21-14, 17-21, 15-8
Lead the series against # Q4 Kumgisky/Souikane 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	Kumgisky/Souikane	Q4	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # Q13 Barron/Szymanski 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	Barron/Szymanski	Q13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q20 Maik/Phipps 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	Maik/Phipps	Q20	20-22, 21-11, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q73 Hillman/Patterson 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 3	Thornton/Zimet	32, Q86	Hillman/Patterson	Q75	21-9, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q84 Kobasa/Rasmussen 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 1	Thornton/Zimet	31, Q45	Kobasa/Rasmussen	Q84	21-9, 21-13	0:37