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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Berlin smart Grand Slam
August 6 - 10, 2013

(Q9) Mirco Gerson/Alexei Strasser, Switzerland

Mirco Gerson
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 29, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belp

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qinzhou 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$159,856.10

Alexei Strasser
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 29, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$53,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	US$12,050.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Sascha Heyer - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2013	Anapa Open	11	17th	200	US$2,300.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	31	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q17	41st	80	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/6/2013	Qualifier 1	Peter Eglseer / Felix Koraimann, Austria (Q24)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:35
Tue, 8/6/2013	Qualifier 2	Daniel Mullner / Jorg Wutzl, Austria (27, Q8)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:38

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$9,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,300.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$12,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mirco Gerson												Alexei Strasser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	World Tour Finals
34	0	0	1	0	1	6	6	10	0	$92,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	0	$43,225.00
33	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	7	0	$41,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	1	0	$9,850.00
12	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	$12,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
87	1	2	4	1	4	18	25	17	0	$159,575.00	Total	45	0	0	0	2	1	7	8	8	0	$53,550.00

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
2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,050.00	2	8	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,050.00	2	8	20.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mirco Gerson													Alexei Strasser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,525.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
12	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	3	$7,775.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	9	$7,125.00

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	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	7	63.6%	1-10	9.1%	3-7	30.0%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	4-11	26.7%
2012-2013	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-8	20.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	2-10	16.7%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	1-8	11.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	2	2	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11

Head to Head Results
Gerson/Strasser trail the series against the field 1-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Gerson/Strasser	31	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Felipe/Goncalves	15, Q1	Gerson/Strasser	31	21-16, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 17 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	18	Gerson/Strasser	31	19-21, 21-17, 20-18	0:57
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-2
8/6/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Mullner/Wutzl	27, Q8	Gerson/Strasser	Q9	21-19, 21-17	0:38
7/26/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool F	Mullner/Wutzl	6	Gerson/Strasser	11	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 29, Q14 Dittelbach/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 1	Dittelbach/Koreng	13	Gerson/Strasser	11	21-12, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # Q24 Eglseer/Koraimann, Austria 1-0
8/6/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gerson/Strasser	Q9	Eglseer/Koraimann	Q24	21-18, 21-14	0:35