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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 18 - 20, 2007

(10) Karch Kiraly/Kevin Wong

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

Kevin Wong

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$757,282.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	$52,575.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 1978	Marco Ortega - 2nd	Did not play
P&R 1980	Sinjin Smith - 5th	Did not play
1989	Brent Frohoff - 5th	Did not play
1990	Brent Frohoff - 2nd	Did not play
1991	Kent Steffes - 7th	Did not play
1992	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1993	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
1994	Kent Steffes - 1st	Did not play
FIVB 1995	Scott Ayakatubby - 9th	John Anselmo - 57th
1995	Scott Ayakatubby - 2nd	John Anselmo - 25th
1996	Kent Steffes - 1st	Greg Shankle - 17th
1997	Adam Johnson - 4th	Raul Papaleo - 17th
1997	Adam Johnson - 1st	Raul Papaleo - 13th
1998	Adam Johnson - 1st	Did not play
1999	Adam Johnson - 4th	Did not play
2000	Adam Johnson - 5th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 3rd
2002	Brent Doble - 5th	Stein Metzger - 2nd
2003	Brent Doble - 3rd	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Mike Lambert - 2nd	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st
2005	Adam Jewell - 9th	Dain Blanton - 9th
2006	Larry Witt - 13th	Scott Wong - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	10	7	180	$4,600.00
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	10	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	10	5	216	$6,000.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 1

Scott Davenport / Mike DiPierro (23)

Won 21-12, 21-18

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	33	20	1	0.576	0	10	1	0
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	2	1	0
	2	22	13	1	0.545	0	8	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	12	7	3	0.333	1	2	0	1
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	2	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	1	0	0	1

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 2

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (7)

Won 32-34, 21-17, 15-13

1:24

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	55	23	4	0.345	0	22	0	2
	1	26	10	4	0.231	0	8	0	0
	2	15	7	0	0.467	0	8	0	1
	3	14	6	0	0.429	0	6	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	21	6	3	0.143	10	6	2	1
	1	11	3	3	0.000	3	3	2	1
	2	8	3	0	0.375	3	2	0	0
	3	2	0	0	0.000	4	1	0	0

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (2)

Lost 12-21, 15-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	44	10	5	0.114	0	12	0	0
	1	18	5	2	0.167	0	3	0	0
	2	26	5	3	0.077	0	9	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	20	10	4	0.300	1	13	0	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	1	3	0	0
	2	12	5	3	0.167	0	10	0	0

Sat, 5/19/2007

Contender 4

George Roumain / Larry Witt (13)

Won 25-23, 21-18

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	28	12	2	0.357	0	13	0	0
	1	14	5	1	0.286	0	6	0	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	0	7	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	29	20	3	0.586	3	3	0	1
	1	18	12	2	0.556	2	2	0	0
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	1	0	1

Sun, 5/20/2007

Contender 5

Casey Jennings / Mark Williams (6)

Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-13

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	56	27	9	0.321	0	16	0	0
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	3	0	0
	2	22	9	6	0.136	0	6	0	0
	3	21	11	2	0.429	0	7	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	15	9	1	0.533	6	6	0	0
	1	6	5	0	0.833	4	2	0	0
	2	7	2	1	0.143	2	3	0	0
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0

Sun, 5/20/2007

Contender 6

Matt Olson / Jason Ring (4)

Lost 19-21, 21-18, 12-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	Total	62	27	9	0.290	0	19	1	1
	1	21	8	1	0.333	0	6	0	1
	2	23	12	5	0.304	0	8	1	0
	3	18	7	3	0.222	0	5	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	17	10	0	0.588	7	6	0	0
	1	9	5	0	0.556	4	1	0	0
	2	4	2	0	0.500	3	2	0	0
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karch Kiraly	278	119	30	0.320	0	92	2	3
Kevin Wong	114	62	14	0.421	28	36	2	3

Head to Head Results
Kiraly/Wong lead the series against the field 12-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-2
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Kiraly/Wong	10	21-12, 21-15	0:43
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Kiraly/Wong	10	21-13, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	2	Kiraly/Wong	10	21-17, 21-18	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 Olson/Ring 0-1
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Olson/Ring	4	Kiraly/Wong	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 6 Jennings/Williams 2-1
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Kiraly/Wong	10	Jennings/Williams	6	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	1:10
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Wong	10	Jennings/Williams	5	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:11
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 2	Jennings/Williams	7	Kiraly/Wong	10	22-20, 17-21, 17-15	1:07
Series tied with # 7 Medel/Souza 1-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Wong	10	Medel/Souza	7	32-34, 21-17, 15-13	1:24
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	7	Kiraly/Wong	10	23-21, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Hyden/Keenan 0-1
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	15	Kiraly/Wong	10	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Lucena/Strickland 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 2	Kiraly/Wong	10	Lucena/Strickland	16	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 12 Stolfus/Wong 0-1
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 3	Stolfus/Wong	12	Kiraly/Wong	10	18-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:18
Lead the series against # 13 Roumain/Witt 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Kiraly/Wong	10	Roumain/Witt	13	25-23, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 Baxter/Ceman 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 3	Kiraly/Wong	10	Baxter/Ceman	12	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:12
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 Allen/Mihalic 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 1	Kiraly/Wong	10	Allen/Mihalic	24, Q7	21-11, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 23 Davenport/DiPierro 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Wong	10	Davenport/DiPierro	23	21-12, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Fischer/Hill 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Wong	10	Fischer/Hill	26, Q2	21-18, 21-8	0:36
Lead the series against # 27 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Wong	10	Morrison/Tramblie	23	21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:58
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Wong	10	Morrison/Tramblie	23, Q4	27-25, 21-16
Lead the series against # Q12 Mesko/Zimet 1-0
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Wong	10	Mesko/Zimet	23, Q8	21-15, 21-11	0:40