# Match Record: Desert ATPL (2025-11-18)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 11:21:11
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-7175312841
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-11-18
- **Estimated Play Time:** 10:15 AM
- **Event:** Desert ATPL
- **Location:** 74700 CA-111, Palm Desert, CA 92260, USA 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 11-8
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.43)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Adrian Iribe** (DUPR ID: VX2E9E) - Rating: 4.308, Location: Cathedral City, CA, US
- **Martin D. Mercado** (DUPR ID: 996WZJ) - Rating: 4.572, Location: Bermuda Dunes, CA, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Evan Unruh** (DUPR ID: RZV7OQ) - Rating: 4.795, Location: Palm Desert, CA, US
- **John Haddock** (DUPR ID: P5O4XE) - Rating: 4.042, Location: N/A

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