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European Championship Tour
€ 25,000 Ljubljana Masters
July 20 - 22, 2017

(10, Q13) Murat Giginoglu/Safa Urlu, 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

Safa Urlu
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 8, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Antalya

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Ljubljana 2019)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Ljubljana 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$21,707.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$4,639.90
CEV C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$901.14
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	US$1,000.00
Overall	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	US$6,541.04

Previous Ljubljana Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	7/7-9/2017	Satellite Kharkiv	Q11	17th	40	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	32, Q22	25th	90	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	Q3	33rd	60	US$0.00
CEV C&S	4/13-16/2017	Satellite Göteborg	3	3rd	120	€ 600.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	6	13th	144	€ 500.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Q5	33rd	80	US$0.00

Ljubljana Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2017	Qualifier 1	Kusti Nolvak / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (Q4)	Won 32-30, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Thu, 7/20/2017	Qualifier 2	Ilya Leshukov / Alexander Likholetov, Russia (Q5)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 7/21/2017	Pool C	Jan Pokersnik / Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia (3)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:34
Fri, 7/21/2017	Pool C	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (6)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:45
Sat, 7/22/2017	Winner 1	Chris Gregory / Jake Sheaf, England (5)	Won 21-9, 22-20	0:32
Sat, 7/22/2017	Semi-Finals	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (1, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:32
Sat, 7/22/2017	Bronze Medal	Jan Pokersnik / Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia (3)	Won 21-18, 21-17	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Murat Giginoglu												Safa Urlu
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,500.00
38	0	0	1	0	2	7	10	4	0	$29,425.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	0	$7,375.00
12	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	$5,055.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	1	2	1	7	5	1	1	0	$7,200.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$3,500.00	Confederation Championship
80	0	1	2	2	5	11	18	14	0	$83,680.00	Total	57	0	1	2	1	8	6	9	7	0	$17,075.00

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
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2017	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
2017	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Murat Giginoglu													Safa Urlu
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2010	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$535.00	2010	CEV C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2011	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$1,250.00	2011	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$565.00	2011	CEV C&S
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2012	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$187.50	2012	CEV C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$3,150.00	2013	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,625.00	2013	CEV
2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$862.50	2013	CEV C&S
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$11,787.50	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,093.75	2014	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$975.00	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	1	$32,100.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2015	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$120.00
											2015	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	2	$12,387.50	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$500.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2017	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00
76	0	1	4	2	13	18	13	9	16	$73,018.75	Total	Total	24	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	3	11	$4,920.00

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	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2016-2017	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4

Head to Head Results
Giginoglu/Urlu lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1, Q1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Semi-Finals	Mol/Sorum	1, Q1	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	21-19, 21-17	0:32
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Giginoglu/Urlu	Q5	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 3 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 1-1
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Bronze Medal	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	21-18, 21-17	0:37
7/21/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Pool C	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	Gregory/Sheaf	5	21-9, 22-20	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
7/21/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Pool C	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	Dressler/Kunert	6	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # Q4 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
7/20/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Qualifier 1	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q4	32-30, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Series tied with # Q5 Leshukov/Likholetov, Russia 1-1
7/20/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Qualifier 2	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	Leshukov/Likholetov	Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:34
4/16/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Göteborg	Semi-Finals	Leshukov/Likholetov	12, Q9	Giginoglu/Urlu	3	25-27, 21-12, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # Q7 Smedins/Solovejs, Latvia 1-0
4/14/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Göteborg	Contender 1	Giginoglu/Urlu	3	Smedins/Solovejs	11, Q7	21-16, 21-23, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # Q8 Van Garderen/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
7/7/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Kharkiv	Qualifier 1	Van Garderen/Varenhorst	10, Q6	Giginoglu/Urlu	Q11	25-23, 22-20	0:44