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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003

(26) Julien Prosser/Mark Williams, Australia

Julien Prosser
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bunbury, West Australia

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$371,993.50

Mark Williams
Australia

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Australia

Height:

197 cm (6'7")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$82,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	2	5	3	1	1	US$102,800.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1990	Andy Burdin - 14th	Did not play
1991	Andy Burdin - 11th	Did not play
1992	Andy Burdin - 7th	Did not play
1993	Andy Burdin - 6th	Did not play
1994	Andy Burdin - 7th	Did not play
1995	Andy Burdin - 17th	Did not play
1996	Lee Zahner - 7th	Did not play
1997	Lee Zahner - 4th	Did not play
1998	Lee Zahner - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	20	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	23	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	28, Q8	17th	104	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	20	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	22, Q6	25th	54	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	26	3rd	240	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q4	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	23, Q3	25th	30	US$2,000.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool B	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (2)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 22-20	1:21
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool B	Pavlos Beligratis / Thanassis Michalopoulos, Greece (47)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:33
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool B	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (23)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:38
Thu, 10/16/2003	Winner 1	Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (40)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:01
Fri, 10/17/2003	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Lee Zahner - 9th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Lee Zahner - 5th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Lee Zahner - 9th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Mark Williams - 9th	Julien Prosser - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Brett Richardson - 33rd	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	26	9th	320	US$10,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	$37,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	$55,500.00
Total	20	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	2	5	3	0	$102,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julien Prosser												Mark Williams
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$19,725.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
25	0	0	0	0	6	3	8	3	0	$64,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$41,400.00
108	1	0	7	4	27	41	18	8	0	$252,106.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	1	0	3	5	2	2	0	$36,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	Challenger
3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$16,750.00	Goodwill Games
145	1	0	8	7	35	49	26	11	0	$354,256.00	Total	27	0	1	1	1	4	9	5	3	0	$82,400.00

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
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	2	$41,500.00	23	18	56.1 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	2	$41,500.00	23	18	56.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julien Prosser													Mark Williams
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,543.50	1990	FIVB
6	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	$7,850.00	1991	FIVB
5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	$8,875.00	1992	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,550.00	1993	FIVB
7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$20,187.50	1994	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	1	0	$14,750.00	1995	FIVB
12	0	0	1	1	4	5	1	0	0	$45,500.00	1996	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	1996	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$28,800.00	1997	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$30,750.00	1998	FIVB
12	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	1	0	$37,250.00	1999	FIVB
11	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	$29,250.00	2000	FIVB
11	1	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$40,750.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	$16,650.00	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	2	$20,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	2	$20,750.00
122	1	0	8	6	31	45	21	8	2	$310,106.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	2	$20,750.00

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	26	56.5%	11	23.9%	9	19.6%	37-9	80.4%	11	26.8%	10	24.4%	20	48.8%	11-30	26.8%	26-20	56.5%	22-19	53.7%	0	0	48-39	55.2%
2002-2003	14	60.9%	6	26.1%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	3	16.7%	6	33.3%	9	50.0%	3-15	16.7%	14-9	60.9%	9-9	50.0%	0	0	23-18	56.1%
Against the Field	15	46.9%	8	25.0%	9	28.1%	23-9	71.9%	10	32.3%	6	19.4%	15	48.4%	10-21	32.3%	30-30	50.0%	36-30	54.5%	0	0	33-30	52.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	3	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	4	8	0	0	10	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	22
Total	0	0	9	2	12	15	0	0	16	10	0	2	1	1	0	0	48	39

Head to Head Results
Prosser/Williams lead the series against the field 16-12 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/6/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	5	Prosser/Williams	26	21-18, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 2-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 19-21, 22-20	1:21
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	Araujo/Insfran	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Prosser/Williams	20	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Prosser/Williams	20	21-13, 19-21, 16-14	0:49
Series tied with # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Prosser/Williams	26	21-16, 21-19	0:36
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Prosser/Williams	26	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	10-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 8 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Williams	26	Berger/Doppler	8	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 10 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Baracetti/Conde	7	Prosser/Williams	23	23-21, 21-17	0:53
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Prosser/Williams	20	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 13 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	13	Prosser/Williams	20	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 17 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 1-0
7/6/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Bronze Medal	Prosser/Williams	26	Bellaguarda/Dultra	4, Q6	21-18, 20-22, 15-6	0:56
Trail the series against # 18 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-2
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Prosser/Williams	22, Q6	21-13, 21-19	0:35
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Prosser/Williams	23, Q3	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-13, 21-16	0:38
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	26	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 24 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Holden/Leinemann	10	Prosser/Williams	23, Q3	25-23, 21-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 27 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	10	Prosser/Williams	23	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 36 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	23	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	22-20, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 37 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Prosser/Williams	23, Q3	Backer/Boersma	Q14	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 40 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 2-0
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Prosser/Williams	26	Kogel/Mulder	40	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:01
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	26	Kogel/Mulder	23	21-14, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 41 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Prosser/Williams	20	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 43 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Prosser/Williams	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-16, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 45 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q25	21-12, 21-11	0:26
Lead the series against # 47 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 2-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	47	21-12, 21-15	0:33
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Prosser/Williams	22, Q6	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q27	21-12, 21-11	0:29