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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(29, Q14) Nico Beeler/Alexei Strasser, Switzerland

Nico Beeler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1993 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jona

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Edmonton 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$66,650.00

Alexei Strasser
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 29, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$53,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	3	3	2	US$47,900.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q2	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	15	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	11	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	31, Q22	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	Q15	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	32	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	28	4th	350	US$4,500.00

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 1	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (Q19)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 2	Tri Bourne / Mark Burik, United States (Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:35
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool D	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool D	Markus Bockermann / Lars Fluggen, Germany (13)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:38
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool D	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (20)	Won 21-11, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
Fri, 3/11/2016	Winner 2	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (9)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 12-15	0:54

Head to Head Results
Beeler/Strasser lead the series against the field 11-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool A	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Beeler/Strasser	32	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:47
Lead the series against # 3 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-0
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool B	Beeler/Strasser	15	Gibb/Patterson	2	21-16, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	Goncalves/Solberg	4	21-13, 21-18	0:40
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool B	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	Goncalves/Solberg	2	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Beeler/Strasser	32	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	9	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Series tied with # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 3	Beeler/Strasser	28	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-18, 25-23	0:42
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Beeler/Strasser	28	21-13, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # 13 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	21-14, 21-19	0:38
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	Bockermann/Fluggen	Q6	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	18	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	21-18, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool B	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	Lupo/Nicolai	15	24-22, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 2	Beeler/Strasser	28	Ontiveros/Virgen	16	21-15, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	20	21-11, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool E	Beeler/Strasser	28	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	21	23-21, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 28, Q9 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
5/17/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Bronze Medal	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	Beeler/Strasser	28	21-18, 18-21, 15-4	0:51
Lead the series against # Q3 Bourne/Burik, United States 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	Bourne/Burik	Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # Q6 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
9/24/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Henriquez/Villafane	6	Beeler/Strasser	11	18-21, 23-21, 19-17	1:03
Trail the series against # Q8 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 0-1
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	O'Gorman/Pedlow	Q19	Beeler/Strasser	Q14	21-11, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q19 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	Q19	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # Q29 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
2/23/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Qualifier 2	Ermacora/Pristauz	27, Q15	Beeler/Strasser	Q2	12-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:46