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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major
July 9 - 14, 2018

(26, Q14) Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium

Dries Koekelkoren
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1988 (37 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 (38 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Did not play	Ward Coucke - 41st
2017	Tom van Walle - 9th	Dries Koekelkoren - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	Q8	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	Q3	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	17	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/9-13/2018	Lucerne Three Star	4	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	2	9th	300	US$2,000.00
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
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
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

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/10/2018	Qualifier 1	Christoph Dressler / Tobias Winter, Austria (Q19)	Won 17-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:57
Tue, 7/10/2018	Qualifier 2	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (Q3)	Won 13-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:44
Wed, 7/11/2018	Pool G	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (7)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:45
Wed, 7/11/2018	Pool G	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (23, Q5)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 17-15	0:49
Fri, 7/13/2018	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (11)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 7/13/2018	Winner 3	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (15)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:32

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	0	$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	0	$52,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	9	4	0	$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
Total	57	1	0	1	1	4	0	12	0	14	9	0	$151,975.00

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	0	$7,200.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$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	0	$26,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	$26,000.00
30	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	4	0	$29,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	4	0	$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
58	1	0	1	1	5	12	14	9	0	$76,137.50	Total	65	1	0	1	1	4	13	14	9	0	$76,037.50

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 %
2016	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	3	3	$32,175.00	23	31	42.6 %
2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	2	$32,800.00	13	14	48.1 %
2018	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	1	2	$37,600.00	18	16	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	0	1	4	0	9	0	9	5	10	$103,775.00	60	66	47.6 %

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
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
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
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
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
11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	2	$18,800.00	2018	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	2	$18,800.00
38	0	0	0	1	4	9	9	5	10	$51,887.50	Total	Total	45	0	0	0	1	4	9	9	5	17	$51,887.50

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	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	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	7	16.7%	6	14.3%	29	69.0%	7-35	16.7%	16-58	21.6%	20-18	52.6%	0	0	18-38	32.1%

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
Total	0	0	19	14	45	51	0	0	21	29	1	2	1	1	1	0	88	97

Head to Head Results
Koekelkoren/van Walle trail the series against the field 14-28 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-3
8/4/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	7	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	21-19, 19-21, 15-7	0:52
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	10	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	21-13, 21-17	0:31
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
Lead the series against # 4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10	17-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 7 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q14	Doppler/Horst	7	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:45
Series tied with # 10 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-1
8/1/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Krasilnikov/Liamin	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	19	21-16, 21-15	0:33
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	Krasilnikov/Liamin	7	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q14	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	21-19, 21-17	0:37
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-14, 21-19	0:37
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Koekelkoren/van Walle	30, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Koekelkoren/van Walle	16	21-19, 23-21	0:36
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 14 Brunner/Hyden, United States 0-1
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Brunner/Hyden	12	Koekelkoren/van Walle	21	25-23, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 15 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	15	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q14	21-18, 21-15	0:32
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	9	Koekelkoren/van Walle	6	21-13, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # 16 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 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
Trail the series against # 20 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 0-1
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Pedlow/Schachter	15	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	36-34, 14-21, 20-18	1:06
Trail the series against # 21 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-3
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Crabb/Gibb	16	Koekelkoren/van Walle	21	21-18, 21-12	0:35
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool A	Crabb/Gibb	16	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	24-22, 21-15	0:40
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool B	Crabb/Gibb	18	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 23, Q5 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q14	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	21-17, 15-21, 17-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 27, Q15 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 # Q2 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-0
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	6	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	22-20, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # Q3 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-2
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q14	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q3	13-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:44
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 # Q6 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-6
10/14/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Semi-Finals	Ontiveros/Virgen	4	Koekelkoren/van Walle	1	21-13, 21-19	0:36
7/22/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 3	Ontiveros/Virgen	16	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	21-12, 21-18	0:33
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool A	Ontiveros/Virgen	16	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	21-18, 10-21, 15-9	0:47
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Ontiveros/Virgen	7	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	21-17, 21-11	0:30
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
Lead the series against # Q7 Azaad/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	6	Azaad/Capogrosso	27	21-11, 21-16	0:30
Series tied with # Q11 Aye/Krou, France 1-1
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Koekelkoren/van Walle	21	Aye/Krou	28, Q8	11-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:46
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Aye/Krou	26, Q8	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q19 Dressler/Winter, Austria 1-0
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q14	Dressler/Winter	Q19	17-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # Q21 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
Trail the series against # Q24 Fruhbauer/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool A	Fruhbauer/Wutzl	32, Q10	Koekelkoren/van Walle	17	21-19, 22-20	0:34