# Match Record: Member - Guest 2025 (2025-12-13)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-06 09:15:03
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-5823561161
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-12-13
- **Estimated Play Time:** 6:15 AM
- **Event:** Member - Guest 2025
- **Location:** 35 Ocean Reef Dr, Key Largo, FL 33037, USA 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 15-8
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Pro / Elite Tier (4.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.61)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Christopher Shields** (DUPR ID: 8WNQ2L) - Rating: 4.495, Location: N/A
- **Patrick Mercier** (DUPR ID: 8KYDNK) - Rating: 4.680, Location: N/A

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Blake Gunther** (DUPR ID: 12DYJ4) - Rating: 4.555, Location: Downingtown, PA, US
- **Eric Beachy** (DUPR ID: 3ZDEKD) - Rating: 4.717, Location: Orlando, FL, US

## Match Prep & Paddle Recommendations
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- **Control & Spin**: [View Control Paddles](https://pickleballcentral.com/graphite-pickleball-paddles/) - Optimized for touch and precise ball placement.
- **Power & Depth**: [View Power Paddles](https://pickleballcentral.com/composite-pickleball-paddles/) - Optimized for energy return and deep baseline drives.
- **Beginner & Budget**: [View Beginner Paddles](https://pickleballcentral.com/paddles/beginner-pickleball-paddles/) - High-value paddle setups to get started.