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AVP Tour
$175,000 Fort Lauderdale Open
April 1 - 3, 2005

(30, Q24) Jim Walls/Eric Wurts

Jim Walls

Photo: Andy Lyons / AllSport

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 26, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riverton, NJ

Resides:

Cape May, NJ

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Fordham

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (BVA Oceanside 2001)

Career AVP Best:

17th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$4,625.00

Eric Wurts

Photo: Dan Eidsmoe

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1960 (64 yrs old)

Resides:

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

265

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Enoshima 1990)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$418,577.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$100.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1991	Did not play	Roger Clark - 9th
2003	Gaston Macau - 25th	Did not play
2004	Did not play	Andre Melo - 41st

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/1/2005

Qualifier 2

Ossie Barreras / Tony Epie (Q41)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:47

Fri, 4/1/2005

Qualifier 3

Chris Magill / Mike Morrison (Q9)

Won 21-11, 21-18

0:46

Fri, 4/1/2005

Qualifier 4

Jon Thompson / Derek Zimmerman (Q8)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-9

1:10

Sat, 4/2/2005

Winner 1

Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong (3)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Walls	Total	29	12	5	0.241	1	8	0	0
	1	16	6	4	0.125	1	2	0	0
	2	13	6	1	0.385	0	6	0	0
Eric Wurts	Total	21	7	7	0.000	1	7	1	3
	1	5	2	2	0.000	1	2	1	1
	2	16	5	5	0.000	0	5	0	2

Sat, 4/2/2005

Contender 1

Matt Heath / Ryan Mariano (19)

Lost 13-21, 14-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Walls	Total	5	1	2	-0.200	0	6	0	2
	1	5	1	2	-0.200	0	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	0
Eric Wurts	Total	40	22	5	0.425	0	9	0	1
	1	16	11	1	0.625	0	3	0	1
	2	24	11	4	0.292	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jim Walls	34	13	7	0.176	1	14	0	2
Eric Wurts	61	29	12	0.279	1	16	1	4

Head to Head Results
Walls/Wurts lead the series against the field 3-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Blanton/Wong 0-1
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	3	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	21-14, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 19 Heath/Mariano 0-1
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	Heath/Mariano	19	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	21-13, 21-14	0:47
Lead the series against # Q8 Thompson/Zimmerman 1-0
4/1/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 4	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	Thompson/Zimmerman	Q8	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:10
Lead the series against # Q9 Magill/Morrison 1-0
4/1/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 3	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	Magill/Morrison	Q9	21-11, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q41 Barreras/Epie 1-0
4/1/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 2	Walls/Wurts	30, Q24	Barreras/Epie	Q41	21-19, 21-15	0:47