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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 (38 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 (38 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

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	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	$89,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	8	4	0	$51,350.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$6,900.00
Total	47	0	1	1	1	5	0	9	0	12	8	0	$147,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Murat Giginoglu												Volkan Gogtepe
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	22	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	0	$44,500.00
38	0	0	1	0	2	7	10	4	0	$29,425.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	1	0	3	6	8	6	0	$31,475.00
12	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	$5,055.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	$3,450.00
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
71	0	1	2	2	5	10	15	9	0	$80,180.00	Total	64	0	2	1	1	6	9	12	10	0	$81,625.00

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
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,375.00	9	7	56.3 %
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$28,000.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	$50,375.00	23	16	59.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Murat Giginoglu													Volkan Gogtepe
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
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
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$3,150.00	2013	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$11,787.50	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,187.50
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	$14,000.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	$14,000.00
23	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	1	12	$30,137.50	Total	Total	25	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	3	14	$33,187.50

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	54	61.4%	18	20.5%	16	18.2%	72-16	81.8%	16	17.6%	19	20.9%	56	61.5%	16-75	17.6%	54-56	49.1%	34-35	49.3%	0	0	88-91	49.2%
2014-2015	19	65.5%	7	24.1%	3	10.3%	26-3	89.7%	6	18.2%	6	18.2%	21	63.6%	6-27	18.2%	19-21	47.5%	13-9	59.1%	0	0	32-30	51.6%
Against the Field	12	42.9%	8	28.6%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	3	9.1%	8	24.2%	22	66.7%	3-30	9.1%	24-44	35.3%	22-32	40.7%	0	0	23-38	37.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	5	9	20	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	5	27	27	0	0	11	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	50	49
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	12	10
Total	0	0	22	10	44	51	0	0	20	26	1	2	1	1	0	1	88	91

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