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AVP Tour
$250,000 Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 10 - 13, 2006

(7) Karch Kiraly/Larry Witt

Karch Kiraly

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1960 (63 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

San Clemente, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

354

Career Wins:

148

Career AVP Wins:

122

Career Winnings:

$3,211,989.25

Larry Witt

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 13, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Ynez, CA

Resides:

Santa Ynez, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$194,770.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	$25,025.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 1980	Sinjin Smith - 1st	Did not play
P&R 1980	Sinjin Smith - 1st	Did not play
P&R 1981	Sinjin Smith - 1st	Did not play
1988	Ricci Luyties - 1st	Did not play
1989	Brent Frohoff - 3rd	Did not play
1990	Brent Frohoff - 1st	Did not play
1991	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1992	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1993	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1995	Kent Steffes - 4th	Did not play
1996	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1999	Adam Johnson - 3rd	Devin Poolman - 25th
2000	Did not play	Brent Frohoff - 9th
2001	Scott Ayakatubby - 9th	Andy Witt - 13th
2002	Brent Doble - 3rd	Did not play
2003	Brent Doble - 5th	Sean Rosenthal - 7th
2004	Mike Lambert - 1st	Sean Rosenthal - 7th
2005	Mike Lambert - 5th	Sean Rosenthal - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/15-17/2006	Sacramento Open	7	9	208	$2,875.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	7	13	108	$1,400.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	6	7	180	$4,250.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	6	9	208	$3,300.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	4	5	216	$5,500.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 1

Brian Corso / Chris Magill (26, Q4)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	16	11	1	0.625	0	11	0	2
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	4	0	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	7	0	2
Larry Witt	Total	32	22	4	0.563	5	1	0	0
	1	19	13	3	0.526	1	0	0	0
	2	13	9	1	0.615	4	1	0	0

Fri, 8/11/2006

Winner 2

Brent Doble / Ryan Mariano (10)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	53	26	7	0.358	0	21	0	0
	1	26	12	2	0.385	0	6	0	0
	2	27	14	5	0.333	0	15	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	9	4	2	0.222	1	3	0	0
	1	4	2	1	0.250	1	2	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Contender 2

Jeff Carlucci / Adam Roberts (24)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	48	25	4	0.438	0	14	0	0
	1	20	9	2	0.350	0	3	0	0
	2	28	16	2	0.500	0	11	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	11	6	0	0.545	1	6	1	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	1	0	0
	2	7	2	0	0.286	1	5	1	1

Sat, 8/12/2006

Contender 3

Dain Blanton / Matt Prosser (17)

Won 21-18, 21-11

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	36	19	6	0.361	0	15	1	1
	1	23	13	5	0.348	0	10	0	0
	2	13	6	1	0.385	0	5	1	1
Larry Witt	Total	12	11	0	0.917	2	5	0	0
	1	4	4	0	1.000	1	1	0	0
	2	8	7	0	0.875	1	4	0	0

Sat, 8/12/2006

Contender 4

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (5)

Won 14-21, 23-21, 15-12

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	56	25	7	0.321	0	12	0	0
	1	17	5	4	0.059	0	2	0	0
	2	26	14	2	0.462	0	7	0	0
	3	13	6	1	0.385	0	3	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	15	10	1	0.600	5	2	1	3
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	0	0	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	3	1	0	1
	3	3	2	0	0.667	2	1	1	2

Sat, 8/12/2006

Contender 5

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (3)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	44	19	7	0.273	0	10	0	0
	1	24	10	4	0.250	0	3	0	0
	2	20	9	3	0.300	0	7	0	0
Larry Witt	Total	10	7	2	0.500	1	3	0	2
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	2	0	1
	2	5	3	1	0.400	1	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	253	125	32	0.368	0	83	1	3
Larry Witt	89	60	9	0.573	15	20	2	6

Head to Head Results
Kiraly/Witt trail the series against the field 5-7

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Kiraly/Witt	7	27-25, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Kiraly/Witt	7	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-1
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Witt	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	14-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:07
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Kiraly/Witt	6	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # 6 Hyden/Nygaard 0-1
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Hyden/Nygaard	7	Kiraly/Witt	6	22-24, 21-18, 22-20	1:13
Trail the series against # 10 Doble/Mariano 0-3
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Doble/Mariano	10	Kiraly/Witt	7	21-18, 21-17	0:55
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Doble/Mariano	10	Kiraly/Witt	7	21-17, 21-17	0:50
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Doble/Mariano	18	Kiraly/Witt	6	22-20, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Blanton/Prosser 1-0
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Witt	7	Blanton/Prosser	17	21-18, 21-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 DiPierro/Grotowski 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Witt	6	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q2	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # 24 Carlucci/Roberts 1-0
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Kiraly/Witt	7	Carlucci/Roberts	24	21-19, 22-20	0:54
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Corso/Magill 1-0
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Witt	7	Corso/Magill	26, Q4	21-18, 21-14	0:52