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

(25, Q3) 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:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$96,368.20

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:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Samsun 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$34,092.03

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	14	4	8	6	1	US$55,475.00

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	23	17th	240	US$7,000.00
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

Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 2/7/2017	Qualifier 2	Daniel Bergerud / Svein Solhaug, Norway (Q14)	Won 24-22, 21-14	0:40
Wed, 2/8/2017	Pool H	Evandro Goncalves / Andre Loyola, Brazil (8)	Lost 20-22, 14-21	0:34
Wed, 2/8/2017	Pool H	Ryan Doherty / John Hyden, United States (24)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 10-15	0:44
Thu, 2/9/2017	Pool H	Saymon Barbosa / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (9, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:39

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
Total	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	14	4	0	$55,475.00

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
114	4	2	2	4	10	18	32	13	0	$95,337.50	Total	81	0	0	0	1	5	14	22	6	0	$33,787.50

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 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$6,000.00	10	12	45.5 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	$3,200.00	5	10	33.3 %
2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	3	1	$26,775.00	27	29	48.2 %
2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	12	4	11	$42,275.00	46	60	43.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christoph Dressler													Thomas Kunert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
											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
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
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
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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
41	0	0	0	0	2	7	14	6	12	$23,137.50	Total	Total	43	0	0	0	0	1	5	13	4	20	$24,537.50

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	34	61.8%	9	16.4%	12	21.8%	43-12	78.2%	8	11.9%	15	22.4%	44	65.7%	8-59	11.9%	34-44	43.6%	17-27	38.6%	1	0	52-71	42.3%
2016-2017	22	66.7%	5	15.2%	6	18.2%	27-6	81.8%	6	14.3%	9	21.4%	27	64.3%	6-36	14.3%	22-27	44.9%	11-15	42.3%	1	0	34-42	44.7%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	9.5%	6	28.6%	13	61.9%	2-19	9.5%	12-26	31.6%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	10-21	32.3%

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
Total	0	1	13	13	32	35	0	1	7	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	71

Head to Head Results
Dressler/Kunert trail the series against the field 8-13 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Dressler/Kunert	13, Q4	21-14, 17-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	7	Dressler/Kunert	23	21-16, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Dressler/Kunert	22, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	3	Dressler/Kunert	24, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Goncalves/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool H	Goncalves/Loyola	8	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q3	22-20, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 9, Q1 Barbosa/Filho, Brazil 0-1
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool H	Barbosa/Filho	9, Q1	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q3	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 19 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool A	Bockermann/Fluggen	1	Dressler/Kunert	16	21-16, 18-21, 19-17	0:56
Trail the series against # 23 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-3
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Dressler/Kunert	22, Q1	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	21-15, 21-12	0:29
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Dressler/Kunert	20, Q2	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:56
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Grimalt/Grimalt	9	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q8	21-19, 21-23, 15-11	1:03
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Dressler/Kunert	20	21-23, 21-13, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 24 Doherty/Hyden, United States 0-1
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool H	Doherty/Hyden	24	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q3	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 30, Q18 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 # 32 Marques/Santos, Brazil 1-0
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool H	Dressler/Kunert	24, Q1	Marques/Santos	25, Q6	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q2 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
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 # Q11 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 2-0
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q8	Faiga/Hilman	24, Q6	21-9, 21-15	0:38
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 # Q14 Bergerud/Solhaug, Norway 2-0
2/7/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q3	Bergerud/Solhaug	Q14	24-22, 21-14	0:40
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool G	Dressler/Kunert	23, Q6	Bergerud/Solhaug	26	21-17, 19-21, 15-6	0:51