# Match Record: PPA Tour: Rate Vegas Cup - Mens Doubles Pro Qualifier (2025-10-20)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-06 18:54:39
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-10-20
- **Estimated Play Time:** 3:30 PM
- **Event:** PPA Tour: Rate Vegas Cup - Mens Doubles Pro Qualifier
- **Location:** Las Vegas, NV (Facility Page: https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/court-6981-the-pickleball-universe)
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 13-11, 9-11, 11-8
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Pro / Elite Tier (4.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.99)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Jared Culbert** (DUPR ID: 0YXQY4) - Rating: 5.195, Location: Cave Springs, AR, US
- **Corey Nichols** (DUPR ID: 1RJ9LN) - Rating: 4.586, Location: Springdale, AR, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Stavro Sophocleous** (DUPR ID: 8JYYG4) - Rating: 5.219, Location: Madera, CA, US
- **Carson Eraelian** (DUPR ID: W6G99Y) - Rating: 4.979, Location: CA, US

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