# Match Record: Minto US Open Pickleball Championships - Men's Doubles 4.5 Double Elimination 70-74 Age (2025-04-29)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 06:01:00
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-8147927192
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-04-29
- **Estimated Play Time:** 9:00 PM
- **Event:** Minto US Open Pickleball Championships - Men's Doubles 4.5 Double Elimination 70-74 Age
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 7-11, 2-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.47)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Theodore E Meyer** (DUPR ID: 3Z40OL) - Rating: 4.568, Location: The Villages, FL, US
- **seymour Rifkind** (DUPR ID: 594WYV) - Rating: 4.291, Location: N/A

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Austin Byrne** (DUPR ID: V7J0V5) - Rating: 5.179, Location: Winston-Salem, NC, US
- **Rudy Patterson** (DUPR ID: NYM45Z) - Rating: 3.831, Location: N/A

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