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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
May 24 - 29, 2016

(Q16) Nico Beeler/Alexei Strasser, Switzerland

Nico Beeler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1993 (32 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 (38 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 Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	21	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	21	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	20	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q6	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	29, Q14	9th	360	US$11,000.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/24/2016	Qualifier 1	Ruslan Bykanov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (Q17)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:31
Tue, 5/24/2016	Qualifier 2	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (22, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:31

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$37,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$10,900.00
Total	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$47,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nico Beeler												Alexei Strasser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
17	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	6	0	$37,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	0	$43,225.00
18	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	4	0	$15,950.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	1	0	$9,850.00
9	1	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	$13,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
45	1	0	0	2	1	11	9	10	0	$66,650.00	Total	45	0	0	0	2	1	7	8	8	0	$53,550.00

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
2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$16,700.00	10	13	43.5 %
2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	3	$16,200.00	12	14	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	5	$32,900.00	22	27	44.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nico Beeler													Alexei Strasser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$9,875.00
											2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	$13,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	$8,350.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	$8,350.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	$8,100.00	2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	$8,100.00
15	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	5	$16,450.00	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	2	1	6	7	6	18	$40,550.00

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	16	55.2%	7	24.1%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	1	3.6%	4	14.3%	23	82.1%	1-27	3.6%	16-23	41.0%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	24-33	42.1%
2015-2016	16	55.2%	7	24.1%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	1	3.6%	4	14.3%	23	82.1%	1-27	3.6%	16-23	41.0%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	24-33	42.1%
Against the Field	7	46.7%	6	40.0%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	12	80.0%	1-14	6.7%	14-24	36.8%	14-8	63.6%	0	0	14-16	46.7%

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	5	3	5	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	9	9	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	17
Total	0	0	6	5	14	19	0	0	4	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	24	33

Head to Head Results
Beeler/Strasser lead the series against the field 14-12 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Krasilnikov/Semenov	4	Beeler/Strasser	20	21-16, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bourne/Hyden	17	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	21-18, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Beeler/Strasser	21	21-16, 18-21, 15-7	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 1-1
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool E	Beeler/Strasser	21	Carambula/Ranghieri	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:43
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	18	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	21-18, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 0-1
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Binstock/Schachter	10	Beeler/Strasser	21	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
Series tied with # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-2
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Krou/Rowlandson	22, Q1	Beeler/Strasser	Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:31
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	12	Beeler/Strasser	21	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 32, Q19 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Beeler/Strasser	20	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q9	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q5 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 3-0
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Beeler/Strasser	20	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	13	21-16, 11-21, 15-13	0:44
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
Lead the series against # Q15 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
Lead the series against # Q17 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Beeler/Strasser	Q16	Bykanov/Koshkarev	Q17	21-16, 21-17	0:31