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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(Q12) Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium

Dries Koekelkoren
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Herk-de-Stad

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Leuven 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$95,807.87

Tom van Walle
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ekeren

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Leuven 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$100,250.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	11	1	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	US$30,018.75
FIVB	57	1	0	1	1	4	0	12	0	13	1	9	10	1	4	US$152,155.70
Overall	68	2	0	1	3	6	0	15	0	15	1	10	10	1	4	US$182,174.45

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	15	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	13	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	14	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	17	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	12	17th	180	US$1,200.00
CEV	9/18-20/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	8	5th	192	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	24, Q28	9th	80	€ 625.00

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 1	Dmitri Barsuk / Nikita Liamin, Russia (31, Q21)	Lost 22-20, 15-21, 10-15	0:49

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$14,400.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	6	$52,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	9	4	8	$58,175.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	$23,400.00
Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$15,750.00
Total	64	1	0	1	2	5	0	14	0	16	10	15	$167,725.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dries Koekelkoren												Tom van Walle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	6	$26,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	9	$26,000.00
30	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	4	8	$29,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	4	12	$29,087.50
11	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	$11,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	1	1	1	4	2	1	0	$11,750.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$7,875.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	$8,375.00
65	1	0	1	2	6	14	16	10	15	$84,012.50	Total	74	1	0	1	2	5	15	16	12	22	$84,412.50

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,200.00	4	4	50.0 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,125.00	5	4	55.6 %
2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	$9,375.00	12	10	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	4	$10,575.00	18	15	54.5 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,125.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dries Koekelkoren													Tom van Walle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,875.00
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,062.50	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,062.50
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$4,687.50	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$4,687.50
11	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	4	$6,350.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	3	11	$9,475.00

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	59	71.1%	9	10.8%	15	18.1%	68-15	81.9%	19	19.0%	21	21.0%	60	60.0%	19-81	19.0%	59-60	49.6%	28-36	43.8%	1	1	88-97	47.6%
2015-2016	22	81.5%	1	3.7%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	4	11.4%	8	22.9%	23	65.7%	4-31	11.4%	22-23	48.9%	5-12	29.4%	0	0	27-35	43.5%
Against the Field	11	57.9%	2	10.5%	6	31.6%	13-6	68.4%	8	18.6%	11	25.6%	24	55.8%	8-35	18.6%	22-48	31.4%	20-34	37.0%	0	0	21-41	33.9%

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	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	6	8	12	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	8	25	29	0	0	9	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	54
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	9	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	22	13
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	14
Total	0	0	19	14	56	58	0	0	25	34	1	3	1	2	1	0	103	111

Head to Head Results
Koekelkoren/van Walle trail the series against the field 7-13 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool A	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	21-11, 21-14	0:32
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	8	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	21-17, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	20, Q2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q15	21-13, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 13 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-2
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	14	27-25, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 16 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
9/20/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Koekelkoren/van Walle	8	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-2
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	22-20, 21-15	0:37
6/16/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	24, Q2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 20 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-1
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	3	21-12, 22-20	0:38
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool D	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	4	Koekelkoren/van Walle	13	21-12, 16-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 22 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Koekelkoren/van Walle	14	21-11, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 25 Brunner/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
9/24/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Koekelkoren/van Walle	12	Brunner/Rosenthal	5	21-18, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	14	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	27-25, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q14 Beeler/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	8	Beeler/Strasser	9	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 31, Q21 Barsuk/Liamin, Russia 0-1
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q12	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q23 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
5/21/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Qualifier 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	24, Q28	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q5	21-14, 16-21, 17-15	0:50
Series tied with # Q25 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 1-1
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool D	Koekelkoren/van Walle	13	Eglseer/Mullner	29, Q10	22-24, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
5/23/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Eglseer/Mullner	17	Koekelkoren/van Walle	24, Q28	27-25, 21-19	0:43