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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 HP Beach Open
August 23 - 28, 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Nick Lucena - 3rd	Matt Fuerbringer - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	15	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	7	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	24	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	25	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	7	9th	400	US$11,000.00
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

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 1	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (29, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:40
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 2	Rhooney Ferramenta / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (13)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:41
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 2	Martin Laciga / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (14)	Won 24-22, 21-13	0:35
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 3	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (27, Q10)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 4	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (10)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:34

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	13	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	$97,350.00	30	24	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	2	1	0	5	1	5	2	3	2	1	$196,900.00	69	42	62.2 %

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
13	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	2	1	$48,675.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	2	1	$48,675.00
59	0	3	2	0	10	18	10	3	13	$193,925.00	Total	Total	33	0	2	1	0	6	9	5	4	6	$111,575.00

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	33	68.8%	11	22.9%	4	8.3%	44-4	91.7%	7	25.9%	8	29.6%	12	44.4%	7-20	25.9%	66-20	76.7%	36-24	60.0%	2	0	53-22	70.7%

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 34-12 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-2
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	11	24-22, 22-20	0:49
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
Series tied with # 5 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 1-1
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fuerbringer/Lucena	24	Koshkarev/Semenov	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:49
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Koshkarev/Semenov	14	Fuerbringer/Lucena	25	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-1
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Fuerbringer/Lucena	24	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	21-18, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-1
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-12, 21-16	0:34
7/23/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-17, 21-14	0:37
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	17-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 11 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 2-1
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	21-19, 21-15	0:37
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
Series tied with # 12, Q2 Barbosa/Marques, Brazil 1-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Barbosa/Marques	18	Fuerbringer/Lucena	15	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:58
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Barbosa/Marques	18	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Ferramenta/Solberg, Brazil 1-2
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Ferramenta/Solberg	13	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-14, 23-21	0:41
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool J	Fuerbringer/Lucena	17	Ferramenta/Solberg	16, Q1	21-16, 13-21, 15-12	0:53
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 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 2-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Laciga/Weingart	14	24-22, 21-13	0:35
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	11	Laciga/Weingart	21	21-19, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 19 "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 # 21 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 # 23, Q12 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 # 24, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q10	21-17, 21-12	0:37
Series tied with # 26 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-1
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Boersma/Spijkers	24	Fuerbringer/Lucena	25	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
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 # 27, Q10 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Ces/Ces	27, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:36
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	23	Ces/Ces	18	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q14 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 # 29, Q4 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Doppler/Mellitzer	29, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q1 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 4-1
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Fuerbringer/Lucena	15	Hoyer/Soderberg	31	22-20, 21-13	0:41
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Hoyer/Soderberg	23	By Forfeit
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fuerbringer/Lucena	24	Hoyer/Soderberg	25	21-12, 21-17	0:34
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
Lead the series against # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q13 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 2-0
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool J	Fuerbringer/Lucena	17	Hordvik/Horrem	32	21-16, 21-17	0:38
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 # Q16 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 # Q17 Chen/Gao, China 1-0
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Chen/Gao	26, Q4	21-19, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q27 Dziadkou/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	20, Q4	Dziadkou/Zharykau	Q45	21-15, 21-19	0:40