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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(20, Q13) Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States

Matt Fuerbringer
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$259,525.00

Casey Jennings
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Las Vegas, NV

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB The Hague 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$175,135.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	28	0	1	1	0	2	2	9	1	4	0	1	1	1	5	US$167,300.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	23, Q10	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	27, Q17	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	28, Q8	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/13/2008	Country Quota	Nick Lucena / Sean Scott, United States	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:39
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 1	Petter Jonsson / Rasmus Jonsson, Sweden (Q52)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:40
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 2	Aldo Miramontes / Juan Virgen, Mexico (Q20)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:42
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 3	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (Q4)	Won 21-14, 23-21	0:40
Thu, 5/15/2008	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (13, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:45
Thu, 5/15/2008	Winner 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (4)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:43
Fri, 5/16/2008	Contender 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (19)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:58
Fri, 5/16/2008	Contender 3	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (21)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:44
Fri, 5/16/2008	Contender 4	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (7)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:42
Sat, 5/17/2008	Contender 5	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (11)	Lost 22-24, 19-21	0:53

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	2	0	0	$83,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	$66,000.00
Total	28	0	1	1	0	2	2	9	1	4	0	0	$167,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matt Fuerbringer												Casey Jennings
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$18,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00
37	0	1	0	1	8	11	7	2	0	$139,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	1	0	1	2	9	7	3	0	$91,700.00
31	0	3	2	1	6	7	4	2	0	$101,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	1	1	1	0	3	7	5	2	0	$70,935.00
71	0	4	2	2	15	19	12	4	0	$259,525.00	Total	66	1	2	1	1	6	16	13	5	0	$175,135.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	$19,500.00	14	10	58.3 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$6,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00	19	6	76.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	8	$48,500.00	44	26	62.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matt Fuerbringer													Casey Jennings
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,085.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$9,750.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$9,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$4,375.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$3,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$7,550.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$9,750.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$9,750.00
25	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	1	12	$34,675.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	1	10	$26,335.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	57	73.1%	12	15.4%	9	11.5%	69-9	88.5%	10	23.8%	12	28.6%	20	47.6%	10-32	23.8%	57-20	74.0%	22-21	51.2%	2	1	81-42	65.9%
2007-2008	29	72.5%	7	17.5%	4	10.0%	36-4	90.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	7	50.0%	4-10	28.6%	29-7	80.6%	11-7	61.1%	1	0	41-14	74.5%
Against the Field	32	71.1%	7	15.6%	6	13.3%	39-6	86.7%	5	29.4%	3	17.6%	9	52.9%	5-12	29.4%	64-16	80.0%	24-18	57.1%	0	1	44-18	71.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	2	5	1	20	7	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	3	13	2	1	2	0	0	11	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	46	20
Total	10	5	18	3	23	10	0	0	15	16	1	1	1	0	0	1	81	42

Head to Head Results
Fuerbringer/Jennings lead the series against the field 23-12 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 4 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	32, Q38	Dalhausser/Rogers	15	21-19, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	32, Q38	21-16, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 3 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	Marques/Solberg	1	30-28, 24-26, 15-11	1:24
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	21-15, 21-15	0:43
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 5	Wu/Xu	7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	27-25, 21-19	0:56
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Wu/Xu	Q7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	Q58	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	19-21, 26-24, 19-17	1:12
Series tied with # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-15, 21-19	0:42
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q8	17-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:57
Lead the series against # 8 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	1	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
5/17/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 5	Brink/Dieckmann	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	24-22, 21-19	0:53
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	14	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:45
Series tied with # 12 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-1
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	32, Q38	Doppler/Gartmayer	17	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # 13, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-1
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Cunha/Neto	13, Q1	21-18, 21-14	0:45
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	5	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q8	21-14, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	Herrera/Mesa	22	9-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 19 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:58
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q8	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	22-20, 21-18	0:45
Series tied with # 21 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Kais/Vesik	21	21-17, 22-20	0:44
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	10	Fuerbringer/Jennings	32, Q38	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 25, Q8 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	Dugrip/Gagliano	25, Q5	21-14, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 26 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	32, Q38	Li/Zhou	Q27	21-19, 21-14	0:49
Series tied with # 28, Q14 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-1
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q7	21-17, 23-21	0:54
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Pedrosa/Rosas	23, Q11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	Q22	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against Lucena/Scott, United States 3-0
5/13/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Lucena/Scott		21-13, 21-17	0:39
3/25/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	Lucena/Scott		14-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:03
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q8	Lucena/Scott		21-18, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # Q3 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q1	21-10, 25-27, 21-19	1:12
Lead the series against # Q4 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Cadieux/Heese	Q4	21-14, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # Q20 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Miramontes/Virgen	Q20	21-16, 21-18	0:42
3/25/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	Miramontes/Virgen	Q16	21-11, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q25 Benes/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	Benes/Tichy	10	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # Q28 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	Blauel/Huber	Q23	21-15, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # Q52 Jonsson/Jonsson, Sweden 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Jonsson/Jonsson	Q52	21-11, 21-15	0:40