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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger 2010
June 29 - July 4, 2010

(16, Q3) Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, 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

Nick Lucena
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$697,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	34	0	3	1	2	9	2	6	2	5	3	1	US$328,100.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Casey Jennings - Country Quota	Did not play
2004	Canyon Ceman - Country Quota	Did not play
2007	Sean Scott - Country Quota	Did not play
2008	Casey Jennings - 9th	Did not play
2009	Casey Jennings - 5th	Brad Keenan - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	22, Q6	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	20, Q4	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	23	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/30/2010	Qualifier 1	Petter Bjorbak / Magnus Borge Johansen, Norway (Q30)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:35
Wed, 6/30/2010	Qualifier 2	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (Q19)	Won 14-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:49
Thu, 7/1/2010	Pool J	Igor Kolodinsky / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (17, Q7)	Lost 15-21, 20-22	0:44
Thu, 7/1/2010	Pool J	Oivind Hordvik / Iver Horrem, Norway (32)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:36
Thu, 7/1/2010	Pool J	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost 10-21, 22-20, 12-15	1:00
Sat, 7/3/2010	Winner 1	Benjamin Insfran / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (7)	Won 22-20, 20-22, 15-12	1:04
Sat, 7/3/2010	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (25)	Won 16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:58
Sat, 7/3/2010	Winner 3	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (3)	Lost 21-23, 25-23, 10-15	1:03

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	1	0	1	7	0	3	0	4	1	0	$188,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	$128,900.00
Total	34	0	3	1	2	9	2	6	2	5	3	0	$328,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matt Fuerbringer												Nick Lucena
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$18,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$43,400.00
											World Tour Finals	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$87,500.00
37	0	1	0	1	8	11	7	2	0	$139,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	59	3	5	3	2	13	8	14	5	0	$406,900.00
31	0	3	2	1	6	7	4	2	0	$101,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	4	5	3	3	10	11	3	6	0	$154,700.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
71	0	4	2	2	15	19	12	4	0	$259,525.00	Total	121	9	11	6	6	27	21	19	11	0	$697,500.00

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
2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$34,250.00	19	10	65.5 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$34,250.00	19	10	65.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matt Fuerbringer													Nick Lucena
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$9,750.00	2003	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$4,375.00	2004	FIVB
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$7,550.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	$35,350.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,250.00
7	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$35,200.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$8,625.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$17,125.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$17,125.00
42	0	1	1	0	5	14	8	1	12	$112,600.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	2	5	$30,250.00

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	65	69.9%	22	23.7%	6	6.5%	87-6	93.5%	19	24.4%	23	29.5%	36	46.2%	19-59	24.4%	65-36	64.4%	41-29	58.6%	3	0	109-65	62.6%
2009-2010	22	71.0%	9	29.0%	0	0.0%	31-0	100.0%	7	28.0%	7	28.0%	11	44.0%	7-18	28.0%	22-11	66.7%	16-7	69.6%	1	0	39-18	68.4%
Against the Field	38	70.4%	14	25.9%	2	3.7%	52-2	96.3%	14	25.5%	16	29.1%	25	45.5%	14-41	25.5%	76-46	62.3%	56-36	60.9%	2	0	68-41	62.4%

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	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	6	0	35	16	0	0	15	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	57	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	23	14	2	2	1	1	0	2	48	30
Total	0	1	9	0	38	16	0	0	39	29	3	3	1	2	0	3	109	65

Head to Head Results
Fuerbringer/Lucena lead the series against the field 16-10 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool J	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	21-10, 20-22, 15-12	1:00
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	14	21-17, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Cerutti/Rego	5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	23-21, 23-25, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	10	Fuerbringer/Lucena	23	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool O	Fuerbringer/Lucena	22, Q6	Marques/Solberg	11	25-23, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 7 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	1:04
Series tied with # 11 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool O	Fuerbringer/Lucena	22, Q6	Klemperer/Koreng	6	21-13, 21-11	0:38
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Fuerbringer/Lucena	23	21-19, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 14 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	17-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:05
Trail the series against # 15 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dollinger/Windscheif	23	Fuerbringer/Lucena	22, Q6	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 17, Q7 Kolodinsky/Koshkarev, Russia 0-1
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool J	Kolodinsky/Koshkarev	17, Q7	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	21-15, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 25 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 28, Q9 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q6	Fuerbringer/Lucena	14	31-29, 8-21, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 31, Q21 Popp/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	Popp/Urbatzka	29, Q22	21-14, 22-24, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against # 32 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool J	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Hordvik/Horrem	32	21-12, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q1 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	23	Ces/Ces	18	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	23	Lario/Mesa	26, Q2	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	14	Lario/Mesa	19	21-13, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # Q6 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool O	Fuerbringer/Lucena	22, Q6	Redmann/VanHuizen	27	23-21, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # Q12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	22, Q6	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	Q11	14-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:52
Lead the series against # Q19 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Hernandez/Villafane	Q19	14-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # Q22 Belov/Daianov, Russia 1-0
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	22, Q6	Belov/Daianov	Q27	24-22, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # Q23 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	Pastukhov/Semenov	Q29	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q30 Bjorbak/Borge Johansen, Norway 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Bjorbak/Borge Johansen	Q30	21-11, 21-13	0:35