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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam McDonalds Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 10 - 12, 2008

(4) Anthony Medel/Fred Souza

Anthony Medel

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Golden West College
Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$162,225.00

Frederico "Fred" Dória de Souza

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Resides:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

6'7"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$290,592.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	38	0	2	5	0	9	9	9	3	1	0	$222,650.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Eduardo Bacil - 9th
2002	Did not play	Eduardo Bacil - 2nd
2003	John Moran - 25th	Eli Fairfield - 9th
2005	Ty Loomis - 17th	Paul Baxter - 7th
2006	Fred Souza - 9th	Anthony Medel - 9th
2007	Fred Souza - 5th	Anthony Medel - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	5	2	468	$15,000.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	5	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	9	17	72	$700.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	7	2	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	4	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	5	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	5	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	3	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	4	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	9/14-16/2007	San Francisco Best of the Beach	5	5	0	$8,000.00
AVP	8/30-9/1/2007	Cincinnati Open	5	9	208	$2,875.00
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	4	7	260	$6,500.00
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	5	3	390	$13,300.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	6	3	390	$13,300.00
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	4	5	312	$8,500.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	8	7	260	$6,500.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	10	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	10	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	10	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	10	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	7	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	7	13	108	$1,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	7	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	8	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	7	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	6	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	8	7	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	7	9	144	$2,450.00
AVP	8/17-19/2006	Brooklyn Open	11	7	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	13	5	312	$7,500.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	15	9	208	$3,300.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	21	5	216	$5,500.00

AVP Slam Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 1

Joaquin Acosta / Jon Mesko (29, Q2)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	29	22	3	0.655	1	8	1	4
	1	16	13	2	0.688	0	5	0	3
	2	13	9	1	0.615	1	3	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	11	6	3	0.273	1	1	6	4
	1	5	3	2	0.200	0	0	3	1
	2	6	3	1	0.333	1	1	3	3

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 2

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (20)

Won 21-17, 22-20

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	42	22	7	0.357	0	11	0	1
	1	22	10	4	0.273	0	7	0	1
	2	20	12	3	0.450	0	4	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	12	7	3	0.333	2	4	1	4
	1	5	2	1	0.200	2	1	1	3
	2	7	5	2	0.429	0	3	0	1

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (5)

Lost 24-26, 22-20, 13-15

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	47	23	11	0.255	0	6	2	2
	1	16	8	3	0.313	0	3	2	2
	2	19	9	5	0.211	0	2	0	0
	3	12	6	3	0.250	0	1	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	24	18	2	0.667	1	7	3	7
	1	9	7	2	0.556	0	2	1	1
	2	8	5	0	0.625	1	3	2	4
	3	7	6	0	0.857	0	2	0	2

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 4

Jason Ring / Hans Stolfus (16)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	26	11	7	0.154	0	11	0	2
	1	9	3	3	0.000	0	7	0	1
	2	17	8	4	0.235	0	4	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	20	10	3	0.350	3	1	1	4
	1	11	5	1	0.364	2	0	1	2
	2	9	5	2	0.333	1	1	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	144	78	28	0.347	1	36	3	9
Fred Souza	67	41	11	0.448	7	13	11	19

Head to Head Results
Medel/Souza trail the series against the field 30-36

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 2-9
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Semi-Finals	Medel/Souza	7	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-14, 21-19	0:51
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	4	21-18, 21-18	0:46
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	4	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:11
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	5	17-21, 21-10, 17-15	1:08
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	5	18-21, 21-7, 15-9	0:51
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	6	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:11
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	10	21-19, 21-15	0:53
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-10, 21-17	0:41
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	7	22-20, 21-15	0:52
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	7	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	15	21-16, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-3
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Medel/Souza	5	15-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:03
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Medel/Souza	3	21-13, 21-11	0:43
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-15, 21-19	0:54
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Medel/Souza	5	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:01
Trail the series against # 3 Olson/Wong 1-2
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 4	Medel/Souza	5	Olson/Wong	1	21-13, 14-21, 15-13	1:08
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-19, 21-14	0:54
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	12	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 2-8
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	Medel/Souza	4	26-24, 20-22, 15-13	1:12
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Medel/Souza	7	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:15
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 4	Medel/Souza	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	21-18, 13-21, 17-15	1:18
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	22-24, 21-15, 21-19	1:21
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Medel/Souza	6	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-17, 21-19	0:48
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Medel/Souza	10	21-18, 21-19	0:44
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Medel/Souza	8	21-17, 21-17	0:49
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Medel/Souza	6	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	1:04
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Medel/Souza	21	21-18, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Lucena/Scott 0-4
6/22/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Lucena/Scott	3	Medel/Souza	5	21-17, 21-15	0:43
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Scott	8	Medel/Souza	9	21-19, 21-16	0:55
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	Lucena/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-10	0:40
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Semi-Finals	Lucena/Scott	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-11, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Hyden/Keenan 3-5
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	5	Hyden/Keenan	4	24-22, 19-21, 15-12	1:07
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	5	Hyden/Keenan	4	21-19, 21-8	0:36
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	4	Medel/Souza	5	21-12, 21-19
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	5	Medel/Souza	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	1:06
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Medel/Souza	10	Hyden/Keenan	7	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:08
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	20-22, 21-18, 17-15	1:02
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	1:00
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	10	Medel/Souza	7	21-19, 21-18	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Metzger/Williams 0-1
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Finals	Metzger/Williams	3	Medel/Souza	5	21-17, 21-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 9 Mayer/Nygaard 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-15, 21-19	0:54
Trail the series against # 10 Brazao/Loiola 0-1
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 2	Brazao/Loiola	10	Medel/Souza	5	21-15, 22-24, 15-13	1:09
Lead the series against # 11 Wachtfogel/Wong 4-0
7/5/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Semi-Finals	Medel/Souza	5	Wachtfogel/Wong	9	21-17, 16-21, 15-7	1:01
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	5	Wachtfogel/Wong	11	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	12	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Wachtfogel/Wong	15	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 12 Mariano/Ratledge 1-2
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Medel/Souza	9	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	1:09
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	15	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-12	0:41
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	10	Mariano/Ratledge	20	21-17, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Prosser 2-0
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	7	Baxter/Prosser	18	22-20, 21-13	0:45
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Baxter/Prosser	20	21-16, 21-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Holdren/Strickland 1-0
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Lead the series against # 15 Loomis/Witt 1-0
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	5	Loomis/Witt	13	28-26, 21-18	1:05
Trail the series against # 16 Ring/Stolfus 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Ring/Stolfus	16	Medel/Souza	4	21-17, 21-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 18 Marchewka/Placek 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	6	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	23-21, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Morrison/Tramblie	12	21-16, 21-15	0:47
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	10	Morrison/Tramblie	23	21-19, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 20 Allen/Halverson 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Allen/Halverson	20	21-17, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 DiPierro/VanZwieten 1-0
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	21-15, 25-23	0:53
Lead the series against # 22 Lee/Rester 2-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Lee/Rester	21	21-14, 21-17	0:45
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Lee/Rester	18	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Robbins/Roberts 2-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:36
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-12, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q2 Acosta/Mesko 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	4	Acosta/Mesko	29, Q2	21-15, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 30, Q4 Fischer/Mihalic 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	5	Fischer/Mihalic	28	21-19, 21-17	0:49