# Match Record: Naples Pickleball Center (NPC) Championship (2025-02-02)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 07:00:27
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-02-02
- **Estimated Play Time:** 2:15 AM
- **Event:** Naples Pickleball Center (NPC) Championship
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 11-9
- **Division:** Singles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 3.29)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Winner)
- **Robert Clark** (DUPR ID: 3X0OY7) - Rating: 3.466, Location: Naples, FL, US

### Team 2 (Loss)
- **Stephen Dawson** (DUPR ID: 3V2LL6) - Rating: 3.110, Location: Novi, MI, US

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