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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 St. Petersburg Grand Slam
June 16 - 20, 2015

(18) Murat Giginoglu/Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye

Murat Giginoglu
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 15, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sinop

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Alanya 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$80,250.28

Volkan Gögtepe
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 22, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Artyin

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Alanya 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$81,695.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	47	0	1	1	1	5	0	9	0	12	8	7	3	US$147,298.21

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	22	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	24, Q3	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	10	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	4	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	2	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	26, Q5	5th	480	US$17,000.00

St. Petersburg Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool B	Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (15)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:42
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool B	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:45
Thu, 6/18/2015	Pool B	Guto Carvalhaes / Allison Cittadin, Brazil (31, Q10)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:04
Fri, 6/19/2015	Winner 1	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (19)	Lost 18-21, 21-14, 10-15	0:50

Head to Head Results
Giginoglu/Gogtepe trail the series against the field 10-12 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool B	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	18	Goncalves/Solberg	2	21-19, 21-15	0:45
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool H	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24, Q3	Goncalves/Solberg	9	25-23, 20-22, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	13	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	26, Q5	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	22	21-15, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	26, Q5	Doppler/Horst	10	32-30, 22-20	0:54
Trail the series against # 9 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-2
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool G	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	Binstock/Schachter	7	21-15, 21-16	0:32
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	4	24-22, 21-16	0:41
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	23	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	26, Q5	21-18, 21-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-2
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Saxton/Schalk	11	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	22	21-13, 21-13	0:30
6/6/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	16	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24, Q3	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	2	21-12, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	26, Q5	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-0
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	26, Q5	Bourne/Hyden	5	17-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:55
Trail the series against # 15 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool B	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	15	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	18	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 17 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	Kantor/Losiak	9	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	18	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24, Q3	Kapa/McHugh	27	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Doherty/Mayer, United States 0-1
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Doherty/Mayer	27, Q6	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	22	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 28, Q5 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 0-1
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Carvalhaes/Cittadin, Brazil 2-0
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool B	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	18	Carvalhaes/Cittadin	31, Q10	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:04
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	26, Q5	Carvalhaes/Cittadin	29, Q8	22-20, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # Q13 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool B	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	2	Dressler/Kunert	15	21-17, 23-21	0:45