# 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
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-04-28
- **Estimated Play Time:** 9:00 PM
- **Event:** Minto US Open Pickleball Championships - Mixed Doubles All Skills Double Elimination 50-54 Age
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 15-9
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Pro / Elite Tier (4.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.74)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Maura Keenan** (DUPR ID: 30P628) - Rating: 4.980, Location: Brookfield, CT, US
- **Ricky P Stephens** (DUPR ID: 8GXW7M) - Rating: 4.911, Location: Southern Pines, NC, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Kathryn Taylor** (DUPR ID: 8J59PD) - Rating: 4.556, Location: Wyckoff, NJ, US
- **Michael Tow** (DUPR ID: 8GJ5QM) - Rating: 4.507, Location: Needham, MA, US

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