2013 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour

2013 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour
League	Association of Volleyball Professionals
Sport	Beach volleyball
Duration	August 15 – October 20, 2013
TV partner(s)	NBC NBCSN

The 2013 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour was a domestic professional beach volleyball circuit organized in the United States by the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) for the 2013 beach volleyball season.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2013 calendar, with team progression documented from the semifinals stage. All tournaments consisted of single-elimination qualifying rounds followed by a double-elimination main draw.

Men

Tournament[1]	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalist #1	Semifinalist #2
Salt Lake City Open[2] Salt Lake City, Utah US$75,000 August 15–18	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA) 21-12, 19-21, 15-10 (1:03)	Ryan Doherty (USA)  Todd Rogers (USA)	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA)	Theo Brunner (USA)  Nick Lucena (USA)
Manhattan Beach Open[3] Manhattan Beach, California US$100,000 August 23–25	Matt Fuerbringer (USA)  Casey Jennings (USA) 21-18, 21-23, 15-12 (1:26)	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA)	Ryan Doherty (USA)  Todd Rogers (USA)	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA)
Cincinnati Open[4] Cincinnati, Ohio US$75,000 August 30 – September 2	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA) 21-14, 22-20 (0:56)	Theo Brunner (USA)  Nick Lucena (USA)	Tri Bourne (USA)  John Hyden (USA)	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA)
Atlantic City Open[5] Atlantic City, New Jersey US$50,000 September 6–8	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA) 21-19, 21-15 (0:41)	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA)	Ryan Doherty (USA)  Todd Rogers (USA)	Theo Brunner (USA)  Nick Lucena (USA)
St. Petersburg Open[6] St. Petersburg, Florida US$75,000 September 13–15	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA) 22-20, 21-19 (0:49)	Theo Brunner (USA)  Nick Lucena (USA)	Tri Bourne (USA)  John Hyden (USA)	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA)
Santa Barbara Open[7] Santa Barbara, California US$75,000 September 26–29	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA) 21-19, 21-19 (0:53)	Tri Bourne (USA)  John Hyden (USA)	Adrian Carambula (ITA)  Stafford Slick (USA)	Billy Allen (USA)  Braidy Halverson (USA)
AVP Championships[8] Huntington Beach, California US$100,000 October 17–20	Theo Brunner (USA)  Nick Lucena (USA) 23-21, 7-21, 15-13 (1:03)	Tri Bourne (USA)  John Hyden (USA)	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA)	Brad Keenan (USA)  John Mayer (USA)

Women

Tournament[1]	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalist #1	Semifinalist #2
Salt Lake City Open[9] Salt Lake City, Utah US$75,000 August 15–18	Jennifer Kessy (USA)  April Ross (USA) 20-22, 21-18, 15-13 (1:11)	Lauren Fendrick (USA)  Brittany Hochevar (USA)	Christal Engle (USA)  Tealle Hunkus (USA)	Jennifer Fopma (USA)  Brooke Sweat (USA)
Manhattan Beach Open[10] Manhattan Beach, California US$100,000 August 23–25	Whitney Pavlik (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 22-20, 21-17 (0:53)	Jennifer Fopma (USA)  Brooke Sweat (USA)	Lauren Fendrick (USA)  Brittany Hochevar (USA)	Jennifer Kessy (USA)  April Ross (USA)
Cincinnati Open[11] Cincinnati, Ohio US$75,000 August 30 – September 2	Emily Day (USA)  Summer Ross (USA) 21-15, 21-11 (0:50)	Whitney Pavlik (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)	Jennifer Kessy (USA)  April Ross (USA)	Angie Akers (USA)  Priscilla Lima (USA)
Atlantic City Open[12] Atlantic City, New Jersey US$50,000 September 6–8	Jennifer Kessy (USA)  April Ross (USA) 23-25, 21-16, 15-13 (1:04)	Emily Day (USA)  Summer Ross (USA)	Whitney Pavlik (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)	Lauren Fendrick (USA)  Brittany Hochevar (USA)
St. Petersburg Open[13] St. Petersburg, Florida US$75,000 September 13–15	No winner	Jennifer Kessy (USA)  April Ross (USA)	Emily Day (USA)  Summer Ross (USA)	Whitney Pavlik (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
Santa Barbara Open[14] Santa Barbara, California US$75,000 September 26–29	April Ross (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 21-18, 21-10 (0:34)	Jennifer Fopma (USA)  Brooke Sweat (USA)	Lauren Fendrick (USA)  Brittany Hochevar (USA)	Emily Day (USA)  Summer Ross (USA)
AVP Championships[15] Huntington Beach, California US$100,000 October 17–20	Jennifer Fopma (USA)  Brooke Sweat (USA) 21-9, 15-21, 15-9 (0:58)	Lauren Fendrick (USA)  Brittany Hochevar (USA)	April Ross (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)	Emily Day (USA)  Summer Ross (USA)

Milestones and events

Miscellaneous

• The 2013 season was the AVP's first full season under new CEO Donald Sun.[16]

Points distribution

Finish[17]	US$150,000 tournaments	US$200,000 tournaments
1	750	1050
2	640	896
3	540	756
5	450	630
7	370	518
9	300	420
13	240	336
15	210	294
17	190	266
19	170	238
21	150	210
25	120	168
-1	100	140
-2	82	114
-3	66	92
-4	52	72

Awards

The 2013 AVP year-end award winners were announced on November 19. The season's top performers were chosen based on statistics, player votes and AVP national ranking points earned during the year.[18]

Award[19]	Men	Women
Best blocker	Theo Brunner (USA)	Jennifer Fopma (USA)
Best server	Andrei Belov (RUS)	April Ross (USA)
Best Defensive Player	John Hyden (USA)	Brooke Sweat (USA)
Best Offensive Player	Casey Patterson (USA)	April Ross (USA)
Most Improved Player	Tri Bourne (USA)	Emily Day (USA)
Newcomer of the Year	Tri Bourne (USA)	Lane Carico (USA)
Most valuable player	Jake Gibb (USA)	April Ross (USA)
Team of the Year	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA)	Jennifer Kessy (USA)  April Ross (USA)

References

1. "AVP Pro Beach Tour 2013 Season Summary". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
2. "Men's $75,000 AVP Salt Lake City Open August 15-18, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
3. "Men's AVP $100,000 The Manhattan Beach Open August 23-25, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
4. "Men's $75,000 AVP Cincinnati Open August 30-September 2, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
5. "Men's AVP $50,000 DO AC Pro Beach Volleyball Invitational September 6-8, 2013 Atlantic City, New Jersey". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
6. "Men's $75,000 AVP St. Petersburg Open September 13-15, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
7. "Men's $75,000 AVP Santa Barbara Open September 26-29, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
8. "Men's $100,000 smart AVP Championships at Huntington Beach October 17-20, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
9. "Women's $75,000 AVP Salt Lake City Open August 15-18, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
10. "Women's AVP $100,000 The Manhattan Beach Open August 23-25, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
11. "Women's $75,000 AVP Cincinnati Open August 30-September 2, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
12. "Women's AVP $50,000 DO AC Pro Beach Volleyball Invitational September 6-8, 2013 Atlantic City, New Jersey". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
13. "Women's $75,000 AVP St. Petersburg Open September 13-15, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
14. "Women's $75,000 AVP Santa Barbara Open September 26-29, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
15. "Women's $100,000 smart AVP Championships at Huntington Beach October 17-20, 2013". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
16. Heitner, Darren (October 16, 2013). "The Business Of Professional Beach Volleyball Shows Promise As Final Event Of 2013 Approaches". Forbes.
17. "AVP Tour Points". AVP.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
18. "AVP recognizes top performers as tour announces 2013 year-end award winners". AVP.com. November 19, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
19. "Player Awards: AVP Pro Beach Tour". Beach volleyball database. Retrieved March 25, 2018.