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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters
September 1 - 4, 2016

(4) Christoph Dressler/Thomas Kunert, Austria

Christoph Dressler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Feldbach

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

144

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$108,178.61

Thomas Kunert
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 11, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Korneuburg

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$45,759.26

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	US$5,400.08
CEV C&S	10	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$5,514.79
FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	14	4	8	6	1	US$55,475.00
Overall	57	0	0	0	3	5	1	10	0	17	4	8	6	3	US$66,389.86

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Thomas Kunert - 7th	Christoph Dressler - 7th
2015	Thomas Kunert - Country Quota	Christoph Dressler - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
CEV C&S	7/21-24/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	1	4th	196	€ 675.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	23	17th	240	US$7,000.00
CEV C&S	6/9-12/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	3	9th	140	€ 225.00
CEV	6/1-5/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	21	17th	180	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	16	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	20	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2016	Fortaleza Open	12	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	22, Q1	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	24, Q2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q10	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	24, Q1	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	16	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	19	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	20, Q2	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	25, Q8	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	21, Q1	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	13, Q4	9th	240	US$2,000.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (12)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:33
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (5)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:28
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool D	Dimitrios Niopas / Thodoris Papadimitriou, Greece (13)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:33
Sat, 9/3/2016	Winner 1	Daniel Mullner / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (14, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:29
Sat, 9/3/2016	Winner 2	Ruslan Bykanov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (7)	Lost 12-21, 34-36	0:44

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$15,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	11	2	0	$27,275.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,400.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	42	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	16	4	0	$57,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christoph Dressler												Thomas Kunert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
28	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	0	$19,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,500.00
51	0	0	1	2	3	10	18	5	0	$47,387.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	3	0	$18,037.50
24	4	2	1	2	6	2	3	3	0	$19,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	27	0	0	0	1	4	9	9	1	0	$5,850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$4,500.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,250.00
123	4	2	2	4	10	20	37	15	0	$99,837.50	Total	84	0	0	0	1	5	15	24	6	0	$36,037.50

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
2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,300.00	3	6	33.3 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	3	2	60.0 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$6,000.00	10	12	45.5 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	13	11	54.2 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	$3,200.00	5	10	33.3 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2015	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	3	1	$26,775.00	27	29	48.2 %
2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	4	5	44.4 %
2016	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	12	3	11	$38,275.00	45	57	44.1 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	$2,250.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	CEV C&S	9	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	$3,975.00	20	18	52.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christoph Dressler													Thomas Kunert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
											2010	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$140.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$1,012.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,150.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	$3,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$225.00	2013	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$3,000.00	2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50	2014	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$1,600.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	1	$13,387.50	2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	1	$13,387.50
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2016	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
59	0	0	1	3	6	12	16	5	16	$24,250.00	Total	Total	74	0	0	0	3	9	18	17	3	24	$29,052.50

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	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	4-9	30.8%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	6-14	30.0%
2015-2016	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-3	57.1%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	4	8	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	5	29	24	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	45
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	0	1	13	13	34	39	0	1	7	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	77

Head to Head Results
Dressler/Kunert lead the series against the field 16-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dressler/Kunert	20	21-10, 18-21, 15-9	0:47
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Dressler/Kunert	13, Q4	21-16, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with # 5 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Dressler/Kunert	4	21-17, 21-15	0:28
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Dressler/Kunert	21, Q1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	12	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 0-2
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 2	Bykanov/Koshkarev	7	Dressler/Kunert	4	21-12, 36-34	0:44
1/19/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Anapa	Semi-Finals	Bykanov/Koshkarev	2	Dressler/Kunert	5	21-13, 17-21, 16-14	0:48
Lead the series against # 8 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 3-1
6/10/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 2	Faiga/Hilman	8, Q1	Dressler/Kunert	3	22-20, 21-15	0:47
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q8	Faiga/Hilman	24, Q6	21-9, 21-15	0:38
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	6, Q1	Faiga/Hilman	11, Q4	3-0	0:41
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	20	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 10 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Dressler/Kunert	22, Q1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	27, Q11	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 2-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	4	Finsters/Tocs	12	21-17, 21-17	0:33
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Contender 2	Dressler/Kunert	6, Q1	Finsters/Tocs	16	3-1	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Niopas/Papadimitriou, Greece 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	4	Niopas/Papadimitriou	13	21-16, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Mullner/Petutschnig, Austria 1-0
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	4	Mullner/Petutschnig	14, Q6	21-17, 21-14	0:29
Series tied with # Q1 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-1
7/22/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Dressler/Kunert	1	Babich/Gordieiev	8	25-23, 21-19	0:44
6/10/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Winner 1	Babich/Gordieiev	14, Q6	Dressler/Kunert	3	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:54
Series tied with # Q2 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-1
7/9/15	CEV C&S	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Vaduz Satellite	Qualifier 1	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	10, Q5	Dressler/Kunert	Q12	21-13, 21-12	0:34
5/30/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool E	Dressler/Kunert	21	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	28, Q6	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # Q7 Gregory/Sheaf, England 4-0
6/10/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 1	Dressler/Kunert	3	Gregory/Sheaf	11, Q3	13-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:45
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	16	Gregory/Sheaf	23, Q3	21-16, 21-16	0:32
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool A	Dressler/Kunert	17	Gregory/Sheaf	16	21-13, 21-16	0:28
9/12/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Stuttgart	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	7, Q2	Gregory/Sheaf	10, Q4	3-0	0:44
Trail the series against # Q8 Bogatov/Hudyakov, Russia 0-2
8/31/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Contender 3	Bogatov/Hudyakov	12, Q5	Dressler/Kunert	6, Q1	3-2	0:57
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 1	Bogatov/Hudyakov	23, Q2	Dressler/Kunert	21	21-13, 20-22, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q14 Appelgren/Boman, Sweden 1-0
7/22/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	1	Appelgren/Boman	16, Q15	21-12, 21-13	0:29