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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mersin Three Star
May 2 - 6, 2018

(2) 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 Mersin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	21	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	17	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	15	17th	480	US$6,000.00
CEV	1/11-14/2018	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	6	5th	240	€ 1,250.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/11-15/2017	Qinzhou Three Star	1	4th	300	US$3,600.00
CEV	8/16-20/2017	European Championship Final	11	4th	300	€ 7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	19	9th	480	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	17	5th	320	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	26, Q8	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q5	33rd	120	US$0.00
CEV	6/21-25/2017	Austrian Masters	6	1st	320	€ 6,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	16	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	21	25th	90	US$1,000.00

Mersin Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/3/2018	Pool B	Murat Giginoglu / Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye (31)	Won 15-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:54
Thu, 5/3/2018	Pool B	Haralds Regza / Kristaps Smits, Latvia (15)	Won 26-24, 21-13	0:39
Sat, 5/5/2018	Winner 2	Rihards Finsters / Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia (16)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:47

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	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	3	3	$32,175.00	23	31	42.6 %
2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	2	$32,800.00	13	14	48.1 %
2017	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00	9	4	69.2 %
2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$21,600.00	10	10	50.0 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	33	0	0	0	1	3	0	8	0	9	4	8	$87,775.00	52	60	46.4 %
Total	CEV	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	$19,375.00	21	13	61.8 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	3	$16,087.50	2016	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	3	$16,087.50
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	$16,400.00	2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	$16,400.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	2017	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	$10,800.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	$10,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00
40	1	0	0	3	5	9	9	5	8	$53,575.00	Total	Total	51	1	0	1	3	5	9	9	8	15	$56,700.00

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%
2017-2018	20	64.5%	5	16.1%	6	19.4%	25-6	80.6%	9	24.3%	10	27.0%	18	48.6%	9-28	24.3%	20-18	52.6%	14-16	46.7%	0	0	34-34	50.0%
Against the Field	10	62.5%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	2	15.4%	4	30.8%	7	53.8%	2-11	15.4%	20-12	62.5%	10-14	41.7%	0	1	15-14	51.7%

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
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 lead the series against the field 9-3 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Diaz/Gonzalez, Cuba 0-1
10/15/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Bronze Medal	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	1	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 4 Perusic/Schweiner, Czechia 1-0
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool B	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	Perusic/Schweiner	31, Q14	21-14, 15-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	Ermacora/Pristauz	28, Q6	30-28, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Boehle/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-0
10/14/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	1	Boehle/van de Velde	24, Q8	21-15, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 15 Regza/Smits, Latvia 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool B	Koekelkoren/van Walle	2	Regza/Smits	15	26-24, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Finsters/Solovejs, Latvia 0-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 2	Finsters/Solovejs	16	Koekelkoren/van Walle	2	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 0-1
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool E	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	28, Q15	Koekelkoren/van Walle	21	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
2/16/17	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Nolvak/Tiisaar	28	21-15, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 30, Q25 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 1-0
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	Basta/Kolaric	27, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # 31 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool B	Koekelkoren/van Walle	2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	31	15-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # Q21 Breer/Haussener, Switzerland 1-0
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	Breer/Haussener	31	21-18, 24-22	0:42