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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major, Five Star
July 3 - 9, 2017

(Q14) 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:

132

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$111,245.64

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$39,966.03

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
FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	14	4	8	6	1	US$55,475.00
Overall	47	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	16	4	8	6	3	US$60,875.08

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q14	41st	48	US$0.00
CEV	6/21-25/2017	Austrian Masters	7	9th	96	€ 750.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	18	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Q5	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	12	5th	240	US$2,900.00
FIVB	2/15-18/2017	Kish Island Three Star	6	17th	120	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	25, Q3	25th	180	US$4,000.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	4	5th	192	€ 1,250.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	21	25th	160	US$4,000.00

Gstaad Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/4/2017	Qualifier 1	Romain Di Giantommaso / Maxime Thiercy, France (Q19)	Won 16-21, 25-23, 15-9	0:47
Tue, 7/4/2017	Qualifier 2	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (21, Q3)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:30

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	1	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	$15,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	11	2	5	$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	15	$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	1	$9,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
29	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	3	14	$21,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17	$7,500.00
54	0	0	1	2	3	12	18	6	12	$51,387.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	3	12	$18,037.50
24	4	2	1	2	6	2	3	3	1	$19,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	27	0	0	0	1	4	9	9	1	3	$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
127	4	2	2	4	10	23	37	16	29	$106,087.50	Total	84	0	0	0	1	5	15	24	6	33	$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 %
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 %
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 %
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 %
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	$10,900.00	6	10	37.5 %
2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	13	4	14	$49,175.00	51	67	43.2 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	$3,000.00	5	9	35.7 %

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
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
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
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
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
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
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	$5,450.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	$5,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
52	0	0	0	0	4	9	16	6	17	$28,087.50	Total	Total	59	0	0	0	0	3	9	16	4	27	$31,112.50

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	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	1	4.3%	6	26.1%	16	69.6%	1-22	4.3%	10-32	23.8%	6-18	25.0%	0	0	8-25	24.2%

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 trail the series against the field 8-26 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 18 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 0-2
6/24/17	CEV	Austrian Masters	Pool B	Krasilnikov/Liamin	2	Dressler/Kunert	7	21-15, 21-14	0:31
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Liamin	7	Dressler/Kunert	18	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
6/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Dressler/Kunert	21	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Dressler/Kunert	22, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 2	Dressler/Kunert	12	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	5	21-13, 21-19	0:30
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 18 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-2
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool H	Dressler/Kunert	24, Q2	Ontiveros/Virgen	9	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:51
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool H	Ontiveros/Virgen	9	Dressler/Kunert	24, Q1	18-21, 21-19, 19-17	1:10
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Ontiveros/Virgen	4	Dressler/Kunert	20, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21, Q3 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
7/4/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	21-13, 21-16	0:30
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Dressler/Kunert	21	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 23, Q5 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool B	Plavins/Regza	15	Dressler/Kunert	18	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 26, Q8 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 # 28, Q11 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	3	Dressler/Kunert	24, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 29, Q13 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	18	Santos Pereira/Younousse	17	21-19, 23-25, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # Q7 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 # Q9 Schumann/Thole, Germany 0-1
6/23/17	CEV	Austrian Masters	Pool B	Schumann/Thole	11, Q8	Dressler/Kunert	7	23-21, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Gregory/Sheaf, England 2-0
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
Trail the series against # Q16 Dollinger/Erdmann, Germany 0-1
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 3	Dollinger/Erdmann	13	Dressler/Kunert	12	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # Q17 Seidl/Winter, Austria 0-1
6/27/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Seidl/Winter	30, Q19	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q19 Di Giantommaso/Thiercy, France 1-0
7/4/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	Di Giantommaso/Thiercy	Q19	16-21, 25-23, 15-9	0:47