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AVP Tour
$280,000 McDonald's AVP Chicago Open presented by Nautica
August 2 - 4, 2007

(1) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger

Mike Lambert

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kaneohe, HI

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$507,437.50

Stein Metzger

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

213

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$906,393.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	32	9	6	11	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	$467,525.00
FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	US$105,800.00
Overall	42	9	6	13	0	6	1	2	1	4	0	US$573,325.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Wayne Seligson - 25th
1998	Did not play	Eduardo Bacil - 25th
1999	Did not play	Carlos Loss - 5th
2000	Did not play	Brent Doble - 9th
2002	Lee LeGrande - 3rd	Kevin Wong - 9th
2003	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 13th
2004	John Hyden - 2nd	Dax Holdren - 13th
2005	Karch Kiraly - 2nd	Jake Gibb - 3rd
2006	Stein Metzger - 1st	Mike Lambert - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	10	17	200	US$7,000.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	3	3	390	$13,300.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	8	9	320	US$8,000.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	3	1	360	$20,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	6	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	14	3	640	US$23,000.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	4	1	360	$20,000.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	3	2	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	3	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	3	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	3	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	2	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	2	1	360	$20,000.00
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	1	17	72	$800.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	1	3	270	$9,500.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	7	5	360	US$10,000.00
AVP	9/14-17/2006	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	1	5	0	$8,000.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	1	2	468	$18,000.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	1	1	360	$50,000.00
AVP	8/17-19/2006	Brooklyn Open	1	1	520	$25,000.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	1	2	468	$18,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	6	5	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	7	5	480	US$14,400.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	1	1	520	$25,000.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	2	1	360	$19,000.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	2	3	270	$8,500.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	5	13	240	US$6,500.00
AVP	6/15-17/2006	Sacramento Open	2	1	520	$20,000.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	2	2	324	$13,400.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	19	3	480	US$16,000.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	1	3	390	$12,000.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	2	324	$13,400.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

Kyle Denitz / Casey Patterson (32, Q10)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	14	11	1	0.714	3	0	1	4
	1	5	4	1	0.600	1	0	1	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	2	0	0	3
Stein Metzger	Total	27	16	2	0.519	0	8	0	1
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	3	0	1
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	5	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (16)

Won 33-31, 21-12

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	23	14	6	0.348	7	2	1	2
	1	16	10	4	0.375	3	2	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	4	0	1	1
Stein Metzger	Total	34	19	4	0.441	0	13	2	0
	1	22	13	2	0.500	0	6	2	0
	2	12	6	2	0.333	0	7	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 3

Nick Lucena / Mark Williams (8)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	23	16	3	0.565	5	1	2	5
	1	16	12	1	0.688	1	0	0	3
	2	7	4	2	0.286	4	1	2	2
Stein Metzger	Total	21	10	3	0.333	1	9	0	0
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	5	0	0
	2	14	6	3	0.214	1	4	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2007

Winner 4

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (4)

Won 24-22, 21-14

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	28	17	4	0.464	7	1	1	3
	1	19	12	3	0.474	2	1	0	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	5	0	1	1
Stein Metzger	Total	19	10	1	0.474	0	9	1	0
	1	11	3	1	0.182	0	5	1	0
	2	8	7	0	0.875	0	4	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2007

Semi-Finals

Nick Lucena / Mark Williams (8)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	11	6	0	0.545	7	2	0	2
	1	8	4	0	0.500	4	2	0	2
	2	3	2	0	0.667	3	0	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	29	20	0	0.690	0	3	1	0
	1	14	8	0	0.571	0	2	1	0
	2	15	12	0	0.800	0	1	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2007

Finals

John Hyden / Brad Keenan (2)

Won 21-19, 21-17

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	9	6	2	0.444	5	2	0	2
	1	5	4	0	0.800	2	1	0	1
	2	4	2	2	0.000	3	1	0	1
Stein Metzger	Total	30	20	6	0.467	0	8	0	1
	1	16	9	4	0.313	0	4	0	1
	2	14	11	2	0.643	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	108	70	16	0.500	34	8	5	18
Stein Metzger	160	95	16	0.494	1	50	4	2

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 35-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Hyden/Keenan 4-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Hyden/Keenan	2	21-19, 21-17	1:01
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Hyden/Keenan	7	21-17, 21-12	0:36
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 3	Lambert/Metzger	3	Hyden/Keenan	8	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:06
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	10	Lambert/Metzger	2	21-19, 21-18	0:37
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Hyden/Keenan	15	21-18, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 4-0
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:13
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-19, 21-14	0:46
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-16, 21-13	0:47
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-17, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 2-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	4	24-22, 21-14	0:52
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 5 Witt/Wong 2-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	3	Witt/Wong	6	21-18, 21-19	0:46
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Witt/Wong	11	23-21, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Scott 7-3
9/15/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Winner 2	Holdren/Scott	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:02
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Scott	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	13-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:04
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	21-16, 17-21, 15-8	1:06
7/23/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	21-14, 21-17	0:57
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	27-25, 21-15	0:55
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	6	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:25
7/2/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Scott	7	Lambert/Metzger	2	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:15
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	7	21-17, 21-17	0:52
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	8	21-18, 21-16	0:46
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 8 Lucena/Williams 4-0
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-17, 21-18	0:44
7/22/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 6	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lucena/Williams	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:07
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	4	Loomis/Stolfus	12	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 12 Wachtfogel/Wong 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	13	21-18, 21-10	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Lee/Rester 2-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lee/Rester	19	21-19, 21-19	0:52
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lee/Rester	23, Q5	21-13, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Baxter/Blanton 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # 16 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Mariano/Ratledge	16	33-31, 21-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 20 Koski/Minc 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	Koski/Minc	15	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Hildebrand/Tramblie 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Hildebrand/Tramblie	25, Q4	21-15, 21-11	0:40
Lead the series against # 32, Q10 Denitz/Patterson 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Denitz/Patterson	32, Q10	21-16, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # Q9 Halverson/Jensen 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	3	Halverson/Jensen	30, Q19	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q14 Burnham/Pray 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	3	Burnham/Pray	30, Q13	21-15, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q52 Shamrokh/VanOort 1-0
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Shamrokh/VanOort	32	21-9, 21-17	0:35