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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Open
October 8 - 12, 2014

(27, Q7) Laura Bloem/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands

Laura Bloem
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 7, 1989 (35 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

Marloes Wesselink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Doetinchem

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S San Sebastiàn 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (The Hague 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$101,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	5	US$7,950.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q19	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q21	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q20	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q20	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	Q17	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2014	Anapa Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/7-11/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	15	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2014	Fuzhou Open	Q7	33rd	60	US$0.00

Xiamen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2014	Qualifier 1	Miyuki Matsumura / Hiroko Matsuyama, Japan (29, Q10)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:31
Thu, 10/9/2014	Pool F	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (6)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:35
Thu, 10/9/2014	Pool F	Tealle Hunkus / Kendra VanZwieten, United States (11, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 10/10/2014	Pool F	Karolina Baran / Dorota Strag, Poland (22, Q3)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:37
Fri, 10/10/2014	Winner 1	Yulia Abalakina / Ksenia Dabizha, Russia (14)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:44
Sat, 10/11/2014	Winner 2	Barbora Hermannova / Martina Williams, Czech Republic (15)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:29

Head to Head Results
Bloem/Wesselink trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Forrer/Verge-Depre	6	Bloem/Wesselink	27, Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 Hunkus/VanZwieten, United States 1-0
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Bloem/Wesselink	27, Q7	Hunkus/VanZwieten	11, Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 14 Abalakina/Dabizha, Russia 1-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Bloem/Wesselink	27, Q7	Abalakina/Dabizha	14	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 0-6
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Hermannova/Williams	15	Bloem/Wesselink	27, Q7	21-14, 21-13	0:29
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hermannova/Williams	Q12	Bloem/Wesselink	Q21	21-17, 22-20	0:36
7/8/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hermannova/Williams	31, Q13	Bloem/Wesselink	Q20	26-24, 21-19	0:42
6/17/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hermannova/Williams	Q16	Bloem/Wesselink	Q17	21-14, 16-21, 16-14	0:44
5/30/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Hermannova/Williams	11	Bloem/Wesselink	10	17-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:42
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hermannova/Williams	30, Q17	Bloem/Wesselink	Q16	28-26, 25-27, 15-7	0:59
Trail the series against # 19 Mizoe/Nishibori, Japan 0-1
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Mizoe/Nishibori	32, Q10	Bloem/Wesselink	Q7	17-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
8/19/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bloem/Wesselink	Q17	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q16	21-13, 21-19	0:29
Trail the series against # 22, Q3 Baran/Strag, Poland 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Baran/Strag	22, Q3	Bloem/Wesselink	27, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Matsumura/Matsuyama, Japan 1-0
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 1	Bloem/Wesselink	27, Q7	Matsumura/Matsuyama	29, Q10	21-11, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Nagata/Urata, Japan 1-0
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Bloem/Wesselink	Q7	Nagata/Urata	Q26	21-16, 21-11	0:27