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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Brasilia Open
April 18 - 23, 2011

(4) 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 Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Casey Jennings - 9th	Brad Keenan - 9th
2010	Nick Lucena - 17th	Matt Fuerbringer - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	1	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	4	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	12	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	13, Q4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	16, Q3	5th	480	US$13,200.00
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

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/20/2011	Winner 1	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (29, Q19)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:34
Wed, 4/20/2011	Winner 2	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (13)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:36
Thu, 4/21/2011	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (5)	Lost 21-16, 13-21, 13-15	0:52
Thu, 4/21/2011	Contender 4	Serguei Prokopiev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (24)	Won 21-12, 21-23, 18-16	1:00
Fri, 4/22/2011	Contender 5	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (28, Q11)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Fri, 4/22/2011	Contender 6	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 22-20, 8-15	0:56

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	9	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	$99,550.00	39	18	68.4 %
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,100.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	$108,650.00	43	20	68.3 %

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
9	0	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	$49,775.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	$49,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,550.00	2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,550.00
47	0	2	2	0	8	14	8	1	12	$149,800.00	Total	Total	21	0	1	1	0	4	5	3	2	5	$67,450.00

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%
2010-2011	42	66.7%	15	23.8%	6	9.5%	57-6	90.5%	14	26.4%	16	30.2%	23	43.4%	14-39	26.4%	42-23	64.6%	29-22	56.9%	2	0	73-45	61.9%
Against the Field	34	68.0%	12	24.0%	4	8.0%	46-4	92.0%	11	20.4%	18	33.3%	25	46.3%	11-43	20.4%	68-48	58.6%	46-44	51.1%	1	0	58-46	55.8%

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 18-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-3
8/1/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	21-18, 21-19	0:53
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 # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-2
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Santos	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-18, 20-22, 15-8	0:56
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Santos	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:50
8/1/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	Araujo/Santos	7	21-19, 18-21, 17-15	1:09
Trail the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	16-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:52
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Cerutti/Rego	5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Gavira/Herrera	5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	22-20, 18-21, 15-8	0:56
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	13, Q4	Gavira/Herrera	3	21-15, 21-16	0:38
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	23-21, 23-25, 15-10	1:03
Series tied with # 10 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Fuerbringer/Lucena	13, Q4	Wu/Xu	4	20-22, 21-17 Retired	0:41
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	10	Fuerbringer/Lucena	23	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
Series tied with # 11, Q1 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	21-12, 21-13	0:37
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 12 Jennings/Wong, United States 0-1
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Semi-Finals	Jennings/Wong	21, Q1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	21-16, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	21-18, 21-11	0:36
Series tied with # 14 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	Fijalek/Prudel	6	21-18, 21-15	0:39
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Fuerbringer/Lucena	13, Q4	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
8/29/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Bronze Medal	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	Boersma/Spijkers	10	21-19, 15-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 19 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
Series tied with # 23 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	Dollinger/Windscheif	28	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dollinger/Windscheif	23	Fuerbringer/Lucena	22, Q6	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 24 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 1-0
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Prokopiev/Semenov	24	21-12, 21-23, 18-16	1:00
Lead the series against # 28, Q11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 29, Q19 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Hernandez/Villafane	29, Q19	21-19, 21-12	0:34
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 # Q3 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-19, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 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 # Q12 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