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$200,000 AVP NIVEA Tour Gatorade Fort Lauderdale Open
April 16 - 18, 2010

(5) John Mayer/Jeff Nygaard

John Mayer

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Culver City, CA

Resides:

Los Angeles, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Pierce Junior College
Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$400,282.50

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Resides:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	30	1	0	5	0	10	2	6	3	3	0	$189,640.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Dain Blanton - 9th
2004	Did not play	Dain Blanton - 9th
2005	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 2nd
2006	Brad Keenan - 33rd	John Hyden - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/4-6/2009	Tournament of Champions	6	13	240	$2,500.00
AVP	8/27-29/2009	Chicago Open	6	5	450	$6,750.00
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	6	3	540	$10,200.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	6	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	8/6-9/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	5	7	370	$5,280.00
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	4	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	7/2-5/2009	Coney Island Open	2	3	540	$14,200.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	4	3	540	$10,200.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	3	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	4	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	3	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	7	1	750	$24,000.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	8	3	540	$10,200.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	8	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	9/17-21/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	11	9	208	$16,500.00
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	10	7	180	$6,000.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	11	9	144	$3,150.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	12	5	312	$6,000.00
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	8	9	208	$2,100.00
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	9	17	104	$800.00
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	7	9	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	9	9	208	$2,600.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	6	5	312	$5,300.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	8	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	14	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	13	13	108	$1,700.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	12	5	216	$6,000.00

AVP Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/17/2010

Winner 1

Evan Engle / Andrew Fuller (28, Q4)

Won 21-18, 21-10

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	20	12	2	0.500	0	6	6	1
	1	14	8	2	0.429	0	3	2	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	3	4	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	21	14	1	0.619	1	0	2	2
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	0	0	2
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	0	2	0

Sat, 4/17/2010

Winner 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (12)

Lost 21-17, 18-21, 11-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	28	16	3	0.464	0	19	4	3
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	6	4	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	11	0	1
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
Jeff Nygaard	Total	33	17	3	0.424	3	2	0	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	2	1	0	1
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	0	0	1
	3	9	5	1	0.444	1	1	0	1

Sat, 4/17/2010

Contender 2

Mike DiPierro / Steve Grotowski (27, Q3)

Lost 18-21, 21-13, 10-15

1:22

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	Total	30	16	6	0.333	0	15	5	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	5	0	1
	2	12	6	3	0.250	0	7	5	2
	3	8	4	2	0.250	0	3	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	27	12	6	0.222	4	2	1	0
	1	13	6	4	0.154	2	0	1	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	2	1	0	0
	3	8	2	1	0.125	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Mayer	78	44	11	0.423	0	40	15	7
Jeff Nygaard	81	43	10	0.407	8	4	3	5

Head to Head Results
Mayer/Nygaard trail the series against the field 17-25

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 1-6
8/23/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-14, 21-12	0:44
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	4	21-15, 21-14	0:43
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-16, 21-19	0:50
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	8	21-19, 21-8	0:39
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	12	21-14, 21-14	0:51
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	9	18-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:55
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Mayer/Nygaard	14	21-16, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 1-7
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Hyden/Scott	2	Mayer/Nygaard	6	By Forfeit
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 4	Hyden/Scott	2	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-15, 21-12	0:39
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 4	Hyden/Scott	2	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-16, 21-18	0:41
6/21/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	4	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:01
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	Hyden/Scott	2	Mayer/Nygaard	3	23-21, 14-21, 15-9	1:05
5/24/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Hyden/Scott	3	Mayer/Nygaard	4	21-16, 21-19	0:48
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Mayer/Nygaard	7	Hyden/Scott	4	21-18, 13-21, 15-13	1:10
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 4	Hyden/Scott	5	Mayer/Nygaard	8	21-16, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 4-5
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-16, 21-17	0:52
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-18, 22-20	0:45
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-17, 21-16	0:38
8/16/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-17, 31-29	1:00
6/21/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 6	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	22-20, 21-19	0:51
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Mayer/Nygaard	3	21-12, 21-18	0:55
5/3/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	Mayer/Nygaard	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-18, 21-17	0:47
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-19, 21-17	0:45
4/19/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Mayer/Nygaard	8	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 8 Strickland/Wachtfogel 4-0
8/23/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 6	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-19, 21-15	0:46
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:04
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-17, 21-17	0:50
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-12, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 12 Mariano/Ratledge 2-6
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Mayer/Nygaard	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:05
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	11	Mayer/Nygaard	6	21-16, 21-19	0:48
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Mariano/Ratledge	11	21-19, 21-19	0:53
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Mariano/Ratledge	13	Mayer/Nygaard	4	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	1:22
9/12/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	10	Mariano/Ratledge	7	21-16, 21-19	0:41
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	8	Mayer/Nygaard	11	24-22, 24-26, 24-22	1:27
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	10	Mayer/Nygaard	7	22-24, 21-16, 15-10
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 4	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Mayer/Nygaard	9	22-20, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 Allen/Halverson 2-0
8/8/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Mayer/Nygaard	5	Allen/Halverson	9	21-23, 23-21, 15-13	1:08
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Allen/Halverson	14	22-20, 24-22	0:50
Lead the series against # 18 Marchewka/Tramblie 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Marchewka/Tramblie	19	18-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:15
Trail the series against # 27, Q3 DiPierro/Grotowski 0-1
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q3	Mayer/Nygaard	5	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	1:22
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Engle/Fuller 1-0
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	5	Engle/Fuller	28, Q4	21-18, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # 31, Q5 Burnham/Wight 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Burnham/Wight	27, Q5	21-11, 21-16	0:38