# Match Record: Desert ATPL (2025-11-18)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 11:21:11
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-8336756576
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-11-18
- **Estimated Play Time:** 9:00 PM
- **Event:** Desert ATPL
- **Location:** 74700 CA-111, Palm Desert, CA 92260, USA 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 2-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.24)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Branden Donovan** (DUPR ID: LVXWN5) - Rating: 3.705, Location: Palm Springs, CA, US
- **Edmund Celaya** (DUPR ID: 30JPKN) - Rating: 4.274, Location: Palm Desert, CA, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Evan Unruh** (DUPR ID: RZV7OQ) - Rating: 4.859, Location: Palm Desert, CA, US
- **John Haddock** (DUPR ID: P5O4XE) - Rating: 4.113, Location: N/A

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