# Match Record: Minto US Open Pickleball Championships - Mixed Doubles All Skills Double Elimination 50-54 Age (2025-04-28)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 07:26:26
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-4952168484
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-04-28
- **Estimated Play Time:** 1:00 PM
- **Event:** Minto US Open Pickleball Championships - Mixed Doubles All Skills Double Elimination 50-54 Age
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 13-15
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.32)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Matt Helms** (DUPR ID: 8GV0EX) - Rating: 3.810, Location: Port Byron, IL, US
- **Kathy Helms** (DUPR ID: 3PD97Q) - Rating: 4.493, Location: Port Byron, IL, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Kathryn Taylor** (DUPR ID: 8J59PD) - Rating: 4.488, Location: Wyckoff, NJ, US
- **Michael Tow** (DUPR ID: 8GJ5QM) - Rating: 4.484, Location: Needham, MA, US

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