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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(7) Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States

Matt Fuerbringer
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

9

Tournaments:

71

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$259,525.00

Nick Lucena
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

17

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

9

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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Brad Keenan - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	7	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	4	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	4	5th	360	US$9,100.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool G

Thiago Barbosa / Harley Marques, Brazil (18)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	21	12	2	0.476	5	1	0	1
	1	8	5	0	0.625	4	0	0	1
	2	13	7	2	0.385	1	1	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	19	9	3	0.316	0	9	3	1
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	5	1	1
	2	7	2	2	0.000	0	4	2	0

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool G

Sam Boehm / Isaac Kapa, Australia (42)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	11	11	0	1.000	3	3	0	1
	1	6	6	0	1.000	2	1	0	1
	2	5	5	0	1.000	1	2	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	31	15	6	0.290	0	10	0	0
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	0	0
	2	23	11	5	0.261	0	7	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool G

Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (31)

Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-10

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	35	16	4	0.343	8	7	2	0
	1	17	6	2	0.235	2	6	1	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	5	0	1	0
	3	8	4	1	0.375	1	1	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	33	15	3	0.364	0	16	0	1
	1	14	4	2	0.143	0	6	0	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	0	1
	3	10	6	0	0.600	0	6	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Alexander Horst / Daniel Mullner, Austria (33)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-8

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	13	9	1	0.615	4	4	1	0
	1	7	5	1	0.571	1	4	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	0	1	0
	3	1	1	0	1.000	3	0	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	49	18	8	0.204	0	17	1	1
	1	20	8	4	0.200	0	9	1	0
	2	16	6	4	0.125	0	4	0	1
	3	13	4	0	0.308	0	4	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Rhooney Ferramenta / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (12)

Lost 19-21, 21-15, 13-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	Total	34	19	4	0.441	7	2	0	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	2	1	0	0
	2	15	11	0	0.733	3	1	0	1
	3	12	5	3	0.167	2	0	0	0
Nick Lucena	Total	34	19	4	0.441	0	15	1	1
	1	17	10	2	0.471	0	5	1	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	7	0	0
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Fuerbringer	114	67	11	0.491	27	17	3	3
Nick Lucena	166	76	24	0.313	0	67	5	4
Total	280	143	35	0.386	27	84	8	7
Opponents	329	153	68	0.258	18	75	11	23

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sean Scott - 17th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Casey Jennings - 5th	Brad Keenan - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	John Hyden - 33rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Theo Brunner - 4th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	7	9th	400	US$11,000.00

Head to Head Results
Fuerbringer/Lucena lead the series against the field 27-25 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 10 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
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 # 2 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
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 # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	29-27, 21-14	0:51
Series tied with # 5 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 # 6 Wu/Xu, China 2-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Wu/Xu	5	14-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:53
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 # 8 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 # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	10	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	21-16, 21-14	0:29
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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Benes/Kubala	21	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Ferramenta/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Ferramenta/Solberg	12	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Martino/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Martino/Nicolai	29	25-23, 18-21, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 Barbosa/Marques, Brazil 1-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Barbosa/Marques	18	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Erdmann/Matysik	20	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 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
Series tied with # 23 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Hoyer/Soderberg	15	29-27, 21-19	0:52
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q6	Fuerbringer/Lucena	14	31-29, 8-21, 15-10	1:07
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 25 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 # 27 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
Trail the series against # 29 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Chevallier/Heyer	23	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	22-20, 21-17	0:37
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Chevallier/Heyer	29, Q9	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Series tied with # 30 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 # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	31	18-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 32 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 # 33 Horst/Mullner, Austria 1-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Horst/Mullner	33	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:51
Trail the series against # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Jaani/Vesik	26, Q10	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	23-21, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
Series tied with # 36 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
Series tied with # 38 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:46
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 39 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Fuerbringer/Lucena	13, Q4	Bogatov/Prokopiev	20	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 42 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Boehm/Kapa	42	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 45 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 # 46 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Redmann/Saxton	29, Q11	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48