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€ 50,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters
August 22 - 26, 2012

(11, Q4) Murat Giginoglu/Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye

Murat Giginoglu
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 15, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sinop

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$99,717.08

Selçuk Sekerci
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 19, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Istanbul

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Novi Sad 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$34,475.96

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$7,796.64
CEV C&S	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,695.88
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	US$7,500.00
Overall	19	0	1	0	1	3	1	3	1	2	1	0	2	4	US$18,992.52

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2011	Nuri Sahin - 17th	Volkan Gogtepe - 5th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/23/2012	Qualifier 2	Hugo Alimi / Edouard Rowlandson, France (Q13)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:47
Thu, 8/23/2012	Qualifier 3	David Kufa / Ondrej Pridal, Czech Republic (Q12)	Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:43
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 1	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (6)	Won 16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (3)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:42
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 3	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (2)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:37
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 4	Jan Hadrava / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (4)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:37

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$10,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Murat Giginoglu												Selcuk Sekerci
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
20	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	0	$44,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
38	0	0	1	0	2	7	10	4	0	$29,425.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	$10,550.00
12	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	$5,055.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	$2,525.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$3,500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$2,250.00
80	0	1	2	2	5	11	18	14	0	$83,680.00	Total	46	0	2	1	0	4	4	3	5	0	$17,525.00

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
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Murat Giginoglu													Selcuk Sekerci
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
											2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$535.00	2010	CEV C&S	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,175.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	$4,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$1,250.00	2011	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$565.00	2011	CEV C&S	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,477.50
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$187.50	2012	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$268.75
22	0	0	0	1	5	8	1	2	5	$4,737.50	Total	Total	34	0	3	2	0	6	4	1	4	14	$16,921.25

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	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	6-8	42.9%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	11-9	55.0%
2011-2012	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	5	71.4%	2-5	28.6%	6-10	37.5%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	5	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total	0	0	2	6	6	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	16

Head to Head Results
Giginoglu/Sekerci lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 2	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	3	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 4	Hadrava/Kufa	4	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	Garcia/Marco	6	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # Q12 Kufa/Pridal, Czech Republic 1-0
8/23/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Qualifier 3	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	Kufa/Pridal	Q12	15-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:43
Lead the series against # Q13 Alimi/Rowlandson, France 1-0
8/23/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Qualifier 2	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	Alimi/Rowlandson	Q13	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:47