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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Fort Lauderdale Major, Five Star
February 7 - 11, 2017

(Q2) Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium

Dries Koekelkoren
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Herk-de-Stad

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Leuven 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$76,442.03

Tom van Walle
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ekeren

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Leuven 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$76,295.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	57	1	0	1	1	4	0	12	0	13	1	9	10	1	4	US$152,155.70

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	22	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	23	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	30, Q10	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	Q1	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	22	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	23	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	22	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	22	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q9	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q12	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	15	9th	240	US$2,000.00

Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 2/7/2017	Qualifier 2	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (30, Q18)	Lost 19-21, 25-23, 16-18	1:02

Head to Head Results
Koekelkoren/van Walle trail the series against the field 6-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	24-22, 21-13	0:35
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 # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 5 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-17, 21-17	0:31
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool F	Kantor/Losiak	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 19 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-2
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	Bockermann/Fluggen	7	21-18, 25-23	0:41
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 # 23 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-2
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-16, 21-16	0:34
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Koekelkoren/van Walle	14	21-11, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 0-1
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Dressler/Kunert	21, Q1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	12	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	Beeler/Krattiger	26, Q9	22-20, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 30, Q18 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 0-1
2/7/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	30, Q18	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q2	21-19, 23-25, 18-16	1:02
Lead the series against # Q15 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	21-14, 21-8	0:30
Lead the series against # Q22 Appelgren/Boman, Sweden 1-0
6/7/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	Appelgren/Boman	Q23	21-13, 21-13	0:28