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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Silesia Open
April 24 - 29, 2012

(2) 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 Myslowice Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Casey Jennings - 2nd	Did not play
2010	Nick Lucena - 13th	Matt Fuerbringer - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	4	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	11	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Silesia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/26/2012	Winner 1	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (31, Q15)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:30
Thu, 4/26/2012	Winner 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (15)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:37
Fri, 4/27/2012	Winner 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (7)	Lost 10-21, 17-21	0:36
Fri, 4/27/2012	Contender 4	Josh Binstock / Martin Reader, Canada (30, Q22)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 4/28/2012	Contender 5	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (3)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 11-15	0:50

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	14	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	$108,550.00	34	27	55.7 %
2012	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$28,600.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	3	1	1	5	2	5	2	3	2	1	$236,700.00	82	49	62.6 %

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
14	0	1	0	1	3	4	2	2	1	$54,275.00	2011	FIVB	14	0	1	0	1	3	4	2	2	1	$54,275.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,300.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,300.00
62	0	4	2	1	11	18	10	3	13	$213,825.00	Total	Total	36	0	3	1	1	7	9	5	4	6	$131,475.00

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%
2011-2012	43	69.4%	13	21.0%	6	9.7%	56-6	90.3%	12	22.6%	16	30.2%	25	47.2%	12-41	22.6%	43-25	63.2%	25-22	53.2%	2	0	70-47	59.8%
Against the Field	34	73.9%	9	19.6%	3	6.5%	43-3	93.5%	12	25.5%	16	34.0%	19	40.4%	12-35	25.5%	68-32	68.0%	42-38	52.5%	3	0	58-35	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 38-22 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 4 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-5
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 5	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
4/21/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Gavira/Herrera	5	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:56
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-19, 22-20	0:43
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
Series tied with # 4 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fuerbringer/Lucena	25	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	9	21-15, 21-15	0:39
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	Fuerbringer/Lucena	17	21-18, 15-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 5 Felipe/Santos, Brazil 1-0
4/21/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Felipe/Santos	16, Q16	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-3
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	21-10, 21-17	0:36
10/8/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Fuerbringer/Lucena	11	16-21, 22-20, 15-8	1:01
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
Series tied with # 8 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 # 10 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 # 12 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 # 13 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 4-1
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	13-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:56
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	11	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:56
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
Series tied with # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 Wu/Xu, China 3-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Wu/Xu	15	21-16, 22-20	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-2
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	15	Chevallier/Heyer	25	21-16, 21-16	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 18 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
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 "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
Series tied with # 22 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 # 24, Q5 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 # 30, Q22 Binstock/Reader, Canada 1-0
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Binstock/Reader	30, Q22	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 31, Q15 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	21-12, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 2-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fuerbringer/Lucena	25	Insfran/Schmidt	8	25-23, 15-21, 24-22	1:08
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
Lead the series against # 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
Series tied with # Q2 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-2
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	23-21, 21-14	0:39
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	17, Q5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	24	21-17, 14-21, 15-12	0:48
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 # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q11 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 # Q25 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-0
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	29	21-19, 21-12	0:39