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AVP Tour
$20,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Austin Open
Friday, April 17, 2026 Court #3 10:00 AM

Match #4: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(25) Nemanja Komar/William Rodriguez
vs.
(8) Markus Koppke/Jeff Samuels

Nemanja Komar

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 14, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stepanovicevo, Serbia

Height:

6'2"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career AVP Best:

9th (Denver 2025)

Career Winnings:

$1,025.00

William Rodriguez

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Miami, FL

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Air Force Academy

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Previous Austin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Austin Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 1	Markus Koppke / Jeff Samuels (8)

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nemanja Komar												William Rodriguez
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$275.00	Manhattan Beach
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	Gold Series
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$0.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$300.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
24	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	4	9	$1,025.00	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$0.00

Team Finishes by Season

Results

Matches

Season

Assoc

Played

Gold

Silver

Bronze

4th

5-6th

7-8th

9-12th

13-16th

17-24th

25th

Lower

Winnings (US$)

Won

Lost

Pct

Individual Finishes by Season

Nemanja Komar													William Rodriguez
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	NVL
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$275.00	2018	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2021	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$0.00	2023	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2023	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$0.00	2024	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2024	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$300.00	2025	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2025	FIVB
25	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	4	13	$1,025.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$0.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set				Lost 1st Set				2 Set Matches	3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0	Won 2-1	Lost 2-1	Overall	Won 2-1	Lost 2-1	Lost 2-0	Overall	Overall	Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Markus Koppke

Photo not available

Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (AVP Virginia Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

$1,500.00

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$35,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,800.00

Previous Austin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	David Smith - 21st
2018	Did not play	Michael Brunsting - 21st
2019	Did not play	Dylan Maarek - 21st
2022	Did not play	Raffe Paulis - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/14-17/2025	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	26, Q6	17th	1504	$1,200.00
AVP	7/9-11/2025	Waupaca Contender Series	17	9th	1254	$600.00

Austin Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 1	Nemanja Komar / William Rodriguez (25)

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,200.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Koppke												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
											Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
											Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$600.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	$900.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	16	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	6	$1,500.00	Total	50	0	1	1	0	2	19	15	4	3	$16,550.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2024	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2025	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,800.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,800.00	7	5	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Koppke													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											2013	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
											2014	NVL	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
											2015	NVL	8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,675.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
											2016	NVL	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,475.00
											2017	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,175.00
											2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$2,525.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$0.00
											2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	$1,775.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2023	AVP	7	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$2,400.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$0.00	2024	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$600.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$1,500.00	2025	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	$2,675.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	7	$1,500.00	Total	Total	74	0	2	6	0	13	23	17	5	8	$35,225.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-4	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
2025-2026	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1