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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 2 - 7, 2012

(23, Q1) Laura Bloem/Merel Mooren, Netherlands

Laura Bloem
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 7, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Doehnchem

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$24,500.00

Merel Mooren
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Haarlem

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$163,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	US$3,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Mered de Vries - 57th
2003	Did not play	Sanne Keizer - 57th
2004	Did not play	Sanne Keizer - 41st
2005	Did not play	Rebekka Kadijk - 17th
2006	Did not play	Rebekka Kadijk - 7th
2007	Did not play	Rebekka Kadijk - 37th
2009	Did not play	Marloes Wesselink - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q13	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/3/2012	Qualifier 2	Marlen Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (Q17)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:27
Wed, 7/4/2012	Pool G	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (10)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:34
Wed, 7/4/2012	Pool G	Barbora Hermannova / Martina Williams, Czech Republic (26, Q2)	Lost 14-21, 26-28	0:39
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool G	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)	Lost 21-17, 9-21, 10-15	0:37

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Bloem												Merel Mooren
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$16,700.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$4,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	6	0	$58,700.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$11,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	58	0	0	0	0	8	10	13	8	0	$86,375.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger
											Satellite	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,575.00
46	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	6	0	$24,500.00	Total	99	1	0	0	0	13	15	20	14	0	$163,350.00

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
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$3,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$3,500.00	3	5	37.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Bloem													Merel Mooren
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	$6,650.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,575.00
											2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	6	5	2	0	0	$54,300.00
											2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	2	5	1	0	$33,950.00
											2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	1	$25,500.00
											2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	$10,900.00
											2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$10,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$3,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	$8,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2011	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,750.00	2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$3,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	$3,400.00	Total	Total	97	1	0	0	0	13	14	19	14	36	$159,825.00

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	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
2011-2012	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-3	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Total	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Bloem/Mooren	23, Q1	17-21, 21-9, 15-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Holtwick/Semmler	10	Bloem/Mooren	23, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 26, Q2 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 0-1
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Hermannova/Williams	26, Q2	Bloem/Mooren	23, Q1	21-14, 28-26	0:39
Lead the series against # Q4 Benhamou/Giaoui, France 1-0
6/12/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 1	Bloem/Mooren	Q13	Benhamou/Giaoui	Q20	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # Q12 Antequera/Ribera, Spain 1-0
6/7/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bloem/Mooren	Q12	Antequera/Ribera	Q21	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q17 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
7/3/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bloem/Mooren	23, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	Q17	21-12, 21-13	0:27