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AVP Tour
$150,000 Chicago Open presented by McDonald's
September 2 - 5, 2004

(13) Jim Nichols/Matt Olson

Jim Nichols

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 4, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$168,511.50

Matt Olson

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 2, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cardiff, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$262,930.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	0	$12,260.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1993	Michael Schlegel - 25th	Did not play
1994	Mark Kerins - 9th	Did not play
1996	Dan Vrebalovich - 13th	Did not play
1997	Ricci Luyties - 7th	Did not play
2002	Scott Lane - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/22-25/2004	Hermosa Beach Open	14	17th	100	$550.00
AVP	7/8-11/2004	Belmar Open	12	9th	200	$2,200.00
AVP	6/11-13/2004	San Diego Open	14	9th	144	$1,600.00
AVP	6/4-6/2004	Manhattan Beach Open	16	13th	108	$1,050.00
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	13	13th	108	$1,050.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	19, Q3	13th	108	$1,050.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	22, Q7	9th	144	$1,600.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	21, Q5	17th	72	$400.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2004

Winner 1

Adam Roberts / Chad Turner (20)

Lost 16-21, 21-15, 12-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	60	21	9	0.200	2	29	0	0
	1	20	7	5	0.100	0	10	0	0
	2	22	8	2	0.273	0	9	0	0
	3	18	6	2	0.222	2	10	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	46	16	2	0.304	5	18	2	0
	1	17	6	0	0.353	2	6	0	0
	2	18	6	1	0.278	2	5	1	0
	3	11	4	1	0.273	1	7	1	0

Fri, 9/3/2004

Contender 1

Ryan Cronin / Andrew Vazquez (29, Q7)

Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-6

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	58	26	5	0.362	0	19	1	0
	1	25	8	3	0.200	0	9	0	0
	2	21	11	1	0.476	0	4	1	0
	3	12	7	1	0.500	0	6	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	16	8	2	0.375	4	5	0	0
	1	7	2	1	0.143	1	2	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	2	3	0	0
	3	4	4	0	1.000	1	0	0	0

Sat, 9/4/2004

Contender 2

Albert Hannemann / Chip McCaw (19)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	42	21	1	0.476	0	19	0	0
	1	18	10	0	0.556	0	8	0	0
	2	24	11	1	0.417	0	11	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	7	6	1	0.714	1	7	1	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	4	0	1
	2	3	2	1	0.333	1	3	1	0

Sat, 9/4/2004

Contender 3

Jason Ring / George Roumain (6)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	Total	45	23	2	0.467	0	8	0	1
	1	24	11	0	0.458	0	2	0	1
	2	21	12	2	0.476	0	6	0	0
Matt Olson	Total	8	2	1	0.125	2	3	0	0
	1	2	1	0	0.500	2	3	0	0
	2	6	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Nichols	205	91	17	0.361	2	75	1	1
Matt Olson	77	32	6	0.338	12	33	3	1
Total	282	123	23	0.355	14	108	4	2
Opponents	298	133	39	0.315	12	106	1	6

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	$10,110.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,050.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	$11,160.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jim Nichols												Matt Olson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
154	0	0	0	3	7	42	60	25	0	$103,962.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	100	1	1	11	0	26	33	16	5	0	$183,217.50
16	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	3	0	$8,986.00	Manhattan Beach	10	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	$41,825.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	3	0	$18,832.75	Tour Championships	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,250.00
190	0	0	0	3	8	57	70	31	0	$131,781.50	Total	114	2	2	13	0	26	40	17	6	0	$231,292.50

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
2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00	4	2	66.7 %
2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	$10,760.00	25	18	58.1 %
Total	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	$11,160.00	29	20	59.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jim Nichols													Matt Olson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00	1988	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$656.00	1989	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$2,500.00	1991	AVP
15	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	5	0	$9,312.50	1993	AVP
23	0	0	0	1	0	11	10	1	0	$22,185.25	1994	AVP
20	0	0	0	0	1	9	7	2	1	$20,280.00	1995	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1995	FIVB
20	0	0	0	1	3	7	5	3	1	$24,950.00	1996	AVP
21	0	0	0	0	1	8	10	2	0	$27,793.25	1997	AVP
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	$3,152.00	1998	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$962.50	1999	AVP
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	$5,625.00	2000	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	$6,685.00	2001	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$400.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$825.00	2002	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$100.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	$1,025.00	2003	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$200.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	$5,380.00	2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	$5,380.00
160	0	0	0	3	9	59	63	21	5	$133,531.50	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	4	6	$6,080.00

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	19	70.4%	6	22.2%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	4	16.7%	4	16.7%	16	66.7%	4-20	16.7%	19-16	54.3%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	29-22	56.9%
2003-2004	19	70.4%	6	22.2%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	4	16.7%	4	16.7%	16	66.7%	4-20	16.7%	19-16	54.3%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	29-22	56.9%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	11	64.7%	3-14	17.6%	8-22	26.7%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	10-14	41.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	18
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	20

Head to Head Results
Nichols/Olson trail the series against the field 10-13 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rogers/Scott 0-1
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Rogers/Scott	2	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 2 Rosenthal/Witt 1-0
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Nichols/Olson	14	Rosenthal/Witt	3	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Blanton/Nygaard 0-1
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Nichols/Olson	13	21-14, 22-24, 15-9	1:04
Trail the series against # 4 Fonoimoana/Wong 0-3
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Fonoimoana/Wong	5	Nichols/Olson	12	21-18, 21-15	0:49
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	Nichols/Olson	14	21-19, 21-13	0:39
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 2	Fonoimoana/Wong	5	Nichols/Olson	19, Q3	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Jewell 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Jewell	12	Nichols/Olson	21, Q5	21-18, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Ring/Roumain 0-3
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Ring/Roumain	6	Nichols/Olson	13	21-16, 21-16	0:33
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 4	Ring/Roumain	1	Nichols/Olson	14	21-11, 21-19	0:39
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Ring/Roumain	1	Nichols/Olson	16	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 10 Baxter/Wong 1-1
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Wong	13	Nichols/Olson	14	21-17, 21-16	0:46
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	Baxter/Wong	13	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Dalhausser/Lucena 2-0
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 3	Nichols/Olson	12	Dalhausser/Lucena	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:52
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Nichols/Olson	22, Q7	Dalhausser/Lucena	21	25-23, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Series tied with # 15 Mowrey/Ratledge 2-2
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Mowrey/Ratledge	19	Nichols/Olson	14	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:59
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	12	Mowrey/Ratledge	11	18-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:06
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	13	Mowrey/Ratledge	14	21-11, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Mowrey/Ratledge	14	Nichols/Olson	19, Q3	21-13, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Hannemann/McCaw 2-0
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Nichols/Olson	13	Hannemann/McCaw	19	21-16, 21-18	0:46
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Nichols/Olson	12	Hannemann/McCaw	21	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	1:05
Trail the series against # 20 Roberts/Turner 0-1
9/3/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Roberts/Turner	20	Nichols/Olson	13	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Cronin/Vazquez 1-0
9/3/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Nichols/Olson	13	Cronin/Vazquez	29, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-6	0:56
Lead the series against # Q3 Fischer/Quinn 1-0
4/30/04	AVP	Austin Open	Qualifier 4	Nichols/Olson	19, Q3	Fischer/Quinn	Q6	21-12, 21-19	0:46