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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Cincinnati Open
May 17 - 21, 2016

(12) Bennet Poniewaz/Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany

Bennet Poniewaz
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ostercappeln

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Cervia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$19,209.25

Alexander Walkenhorst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Anapa 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$138,655.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	US$7,100.00

Previous Cincinnati Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	19	25th	120	US$800.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Wed, 5/18/2016

Pool E

Tim Holler / David Poniewaz, Germany (21)

Won 21-15, 21-6

0:28

Thu, 5/19/2016

Pool E

Robbie Page / Todd Rogers, United States (28)

Won 21-14, 22-20

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bennet Poniewaz	Total	33	16	3	0.394	0	13	1	1
	1	33	16	3	0.394	0	13	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Alexander Walkenhorst	Total	23	13	3	0.435	3	5	0	2
	1	23	13	3	0.435	3	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 5/19/2016

Pool E

Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (5)

Lost 17-21, 20-22

0:34

Fri, 5/20/2016

Winner 2

Ryan Doherty / John Mayer, United States (10)

Lost 21-19, 20-22, 13-15

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bennet Poniewaz	Total	18	11	1	0.556	0	15	2	1
	1	18	11	1	0.556	0	15	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Alexander Walkenhorst	Total	37	20	9	0.297	5	3	0	5
	1	37	20	9	0.297	5	3	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bennet Poniewaz	51	27	4	0.451	0	28	3	2
Alexander Walkenhorst	60	33	12	0.350	8	8	0	7
Total	111	60	16	0.396	8	36	3	9
Opponents	127	60	22	0.299	8	32	2	11

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,800.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$7,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bennet Poniewaz												Alexander Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	1	2	9	6	5	0	$105,200.00
17	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	7	0	$9,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	$18,000.00
11	0	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	2	0	$11,300.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
36	0	1	2	2	6	6	1	9	0	$18,975.00	Total	52	0	1	2	4	2	13	13	9	0	$138,000.00

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
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,800.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,800.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bennet Poniewaz													Alexander Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$16,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$4,175.00	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	$49,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$33,500.00
7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	$5,200.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,000.00
18	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	6	5	$9,775.00	Total	Total	32	0	1	0	2	2	9	8	2	8	$105,200.00

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	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	2-6	25.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-8	27.3%
2015-2016	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	2-5	28.6%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-7	30.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	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	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8

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 # 4 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Bourne/Hyden	3	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	19	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	12	21-17, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Doherty/Mayer, United States 0-1
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Doherty/Mayer	10	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	12	19-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Holler/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool E	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	12	Holler/Poniewaz	21	21-15, 21-6	0:28
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Casebeer/Olson, United States 1-0
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	19	Casebeer/Olson	30, Q16	13-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 28 Page/Rogers, United States 1-0
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool E	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	12	Page/Rogers	28	21-14, 22-20	0:33