# Match Record: Match (2025-08-17)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 05:11:12
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-5529297809
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-08-17
- **Estimated Play Time:** 6:15 AM
- **Event:** N/A
- **Location:** 1433 E Williams Field Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85295, USA (Facility Page: https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/court-5714-center-court-pickleball-club-gilbert)
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 15-4
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.47)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Duncan Mulenga** (DUPR ID: RZ6O0D) - Rating: 5.238, Location: Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, ZM
- **dawson  johnson** (DUPR ID: 946PPV) - Rating: 3.971, Location: Chandler, AZ, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Mark Whipple** (DUPR ID: 3ZJOLQ) - Rating: 4.825, Location: Scottsdale, AZ, US
- **Thomas Ma** (DUPR ID: 84XPRV) - Rating: 3.848, Location: Tempe, AZ, US

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