AVP Dallas, Texas - May 10-11, 1997

DODD AND WHITMARSH ARE VICTORIOUS AS THEY WIN THE
$100,000 AVP DALLAS OPEN

DALLAS (May 11, 1997) -- The No. 1 seeded team of Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh won their second tournament of the season on the Miller Lite/AVP Tour as they defeated the No. 6 seeded pair of Randy Stoklos and Troy Tanner, 11-6, 11-13, 7-5 to win the $100,000 AVP Dallas Open.

Dodd and Whitmarsh, silver medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics, advanced to their second tournament final of the season after defeating Bill Boullianne and Brian Lewis, 11-4, 11-6 in the semifinals.

Stoklos and Tanner made their first tournament final appearance of the season together after a 11-6, 11-1 decision over Eric Fonoimoana and Bryan Ivie.

Previously, Dodd won the 1988 Dallas stop on the Miller Lite/AVP Tour with Tim Hovland, while Tanner appeared in the final match of the 1994 Nestea Open at Dallas before losing to Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes. Stoklos has also been victorious in Dallas after winning the 1989 event with long-time partner Sinjin Smith.

The No. 1 ranked tandem of Olympic gold medalist Kent Steffes and his partner Jose Loiola finished fifth after falling to Fonoimoana and Ivie by a score of 4-11, 11-9, 6-3 in the quarterfinal round.

The Miller Lite/AVP Tour continues its "Tour Texas" May 17-18 as it resumes at the $100,000 AVP South Texas Open in Corpus Christi. For ticket information contact Tele-charge at (800) 432-7470.

$100,000 total prize money
32 Teams

1st - Mike Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh (2)           $20,000

2nd - Randy Stoklos/Troy Tanner (6)*         $11,000

3rd - Bill Boullianne/Brian Lewis (4)*       $ 7,500
3rd - Eric Fonoimoana/Bryan Ivie (9)*        $ 7,500

5th - Kent Steffes/Jose Loiola (1)           $ 5,000
5th - Dain Blanton/Canyon Ceman (5)          $ 5,000
5th - Scott Friederichsen/Leif Hanson (11)   $ 5,000
5th - Lee LeGrand/Matt Unger (12)            $ 5,000

9th - Nick Hannemann/Henry Russell (10)      $ 2,250
9th - Brian Gatzke/Jeff Rodgers (13)         $ 2,250
9th - Andre Gomez/Ricci Luyties (14)*        $ 2,250
9th - Aaron Boss/Eric Wurts (16)             $ 2,250
9th - Daniel Cardenas/Raul Papaleo (19)*     $ 2,250
9th - Albert Hannemann/Wayne Seligson (21)*  $ 2,250
9th - Greg Shankle/Kevin Wong (27)           $ 2,250
9th - Mark Paaluhi/Greg Ryan (28)*           $ 2,250

17th- Rob Heidger/Adam Johnson (3)*          $ 1,000
17th- Mark Kerins/Andrew Smith (7)           $ 1,000
17th- Eduardo Bacil/Ian Clark (8)            $ 1,000
17th- Jim Nichols/Dan Vrebalocih (15)*       $ 1,000
17th- Dan Castillo/Jason Ryan Pursley (17)*  $ 1,000
17th- Michael Schlegel/Bill Suwara (18)*     $ 1,000
17th- Mike Garcia/Justin Perlstrom (20)*     $ 1,000
17th- Kevin Martin/Todd Rogers (22)*         $ 1,000
17th- John Brajevic/Marcelo Duarte (23)*     $ 1,000
17th- Todd Ahmadi/Curtis Griffin (24)        $ 1,000
17th- Brent Doble/Lance Lyons (25)           $ 1,000
17th- James Fellows/Burke Stefko (26)        $ 1,000
17th- Jason Stimpfig/Chris Young (29)*       $ 1,000
17th- Eduardo Garrido/Carlos Loss (30)       $ 1,000
17th- Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseied (31)*      $ 1,000
17th- Jody Holdren/Conrad Leinemann (32)*    $ 1,000

PLAYERS

SEEDINGS

Seedings announced on May 7th:

Kent Steffes/Jose Loiola (1)
Mike Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh (2)
Rob Heidger/Adam Johnson (3)*
Bill Boullianne/Brian Lewis (4)*
Dain Blanton/Canyon Ceman (5)
Randy Stoklos/Troy Tanner (6)*
Mark Kerins/Andrew Smith (7)
Eduardo Bacil/Ian Clark (8)
Eric Fonoimoana/Bryan Ivie (9)*
Nick Hannemann/Henry Russell (10)
Scott Friederichsen/Leif Hanson (11)
Lee LeGrand/Matt Unger (12)
Brian Gatzke/Jeff Rodgers (13)
Andre Gomez/Ricci Luyties (14)*
Jim Nichols/Dan Vrebalocih (15)*
Aaron Boss/Eric Wurts (16)
Dan Castillo/Jason Ryan Pursley (17)*
Michael Schlegel/Bill Suwara (18)*
Daniel Cardenas/Raul Papaleo (19)*
Mike Garcia/Justin Perlstrom (20)*
Albert Hannemann/Wayne Seligson (21)*
Kevin Martin/Todd Rogers (22)*
John Brajevic/Marcelo Duarte (23)*
Todd Ahmadi/Curtis Griffin (24)
Brent Doble/Lance Lyons (25)
James Fellows/Burke Stefko (26)
Greg Shankle/Kevin Wong (27)
Mark Paaluhi/Greg Ryan (28)*
Jason Stimpfig/Chris Young (29)*
Eduardo Garrido/Carlos Loss (30)
Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseied (31)*
Jody Holdren/Conrad Leinemann (32)*

NOTES: Number in brackets "(#)" reflects the teams seeding
        * = Indicates a New Team (from previous week)
            17 of 32 are new teams!

RESULTS

Check back on Saturday and Sunday.

DATE

May 10-11, 1997

LOCATION

   Pearl Street & McKinney Avenue
   (adjacent to Crescent Court)
   Dallas, Texas

PRIZE MONEY

$100,000

TELEVISION

Fox Sports Net

TICKETS

   Telecharge  800-432-7470

NUMBER OF TEAMS, FORMAT

32 Teams
Single Elimination

PAST CHAMPIONS


YEAR EVENT BEGAN: 1988