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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 3 - 8, 2018

(Q17) Hasan Mermer/Safa Urlu, Türkiye

Hasan Huseyin Mermer
Türkiye

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ankara

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$15,505.49

Safa Urlu
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 8, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Antalya

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Ljubljana 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$17,988.58

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	39	0	0	1	1	5	0	4	1	6	2	1	5	8	5	US$26,305.47

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	Q23	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-17/2018	Baden One Star	8	5th	120	€ 450.00
FIVB	5/31-6/3/2018	Alanya One Star	3	5th	120	US$300.00
FIVB	5/17-20/2018	Aydin One Star	1	4th	140	US$400.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	8	9th	300	US$2,000.00

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2018	Qualifier 1	Olivier Barthelemy / Romain Di Giantommaso, France (Q16)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:41
Thu, 7/5/2018	Qualifier 2	Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler, Germany (19, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 21-17, 14-16	0:48

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	5	0	$12,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	1	1	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	$8,450.00
Total	39	0	0	1	1	5	0	4	1	9	5	0	$26,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hasan Mermer												Safa Urlu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,500.00
28	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	5	0	$6,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	0	$7,375.00
19	0	0	2	2	5	5	2	0	0	$6,080.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	1	2	1	7	5	1	1	0	$7,200.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
53	0	0	2	2	6	6	10	5	0	$14,955.00	Total	57	0	1	2	1	8	6	9	7	0	$17,075.00

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	$4,000.00	8	18	30.8 %
2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	$3,150.00	10	10	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	8	$7,150.00	18	28	39.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hasan Mermer													Safa Urlu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2015	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	$2,000.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00
11	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	5	$2,680.00	2018	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	$1,575.00
25	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	2	15	$4,680.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	14	$4,075.00

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	22	45.8%	8	16.7%	18	37.5%	30-18	62.5%	12	22.2%	10	18.5%	32	59.3%	12-42	22.2%	22-32	40.7%	20-28	41.7%	0	0	42-60	41.2%
2017-2018	7	46.7%	4	26.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	8	57.1%	4-10	28.6%	7-8	46.7%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	15-14	51.7%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	2-12	14.3%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	6-8	42.9%

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	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	14	6	16	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	35
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	14	6	0	0	7	8	0	2	1	1	0	0	23	18
Total	0	0	13	19	20	25	0	2	8	11	0	2	1	1	0	0	42	60

Head to Head Results
Mermer/Urlu trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Mermer/Urlu	29	21-17, 25-23	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/15/18	FIVB	Baden One Star	Pool A	Doppler/Horst	1	Mermer/Urlu	8	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:44
Trail the series against # 19, Q1 Thole/Wickler, Germany 0-1
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Qualifier 2	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	Mermer/Urlu	Q17	21-14, 17-21, 16-14	0:48
Lead the series against # 23 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 1	Mermer/Urlu	8	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	17	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 0-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 2	Basta/Kolaric	30, Q25	Mermer/Urlu	8	27-25, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 28, Q12 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
6/2/18	FIVB	Alanya One Star	Winner 2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	1	Mermer/Urlu	3	25-23, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 31 Ishijima/Takahashi, Japan 1-0
6/15/18	FIVB	Baden One Star	Winner 1	Mermer/Urlu	8	Ishijima/Takahashi	10	18-21, 21-13, 15-6	0:45
Lead the series against # 32 Garcia/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/19/18	FIVB	Aydin One Star	Winner 2	Mermer/Urlu	1	Garcia/Mesa	7, Q3	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
6/20/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 1	Barbosa/Wanderley	26, Q10	Mermer/Urlu	Q23	25-23, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # Q11 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
6/16/18	FIVB	Baden One Star	Winner 2	Ermacora/Pristauz	4	Mermer/Urlu	8	21-11, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # Q16 Barthelemy/Di Giantommaso, France 1-0
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Qualifier 1	Mermer/Urlu	Q17	Barthelemy/Di Giantommaso	Q16	15-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:41
Lead the series against # Q18 Abell/Thomsen, Denmark 1-0
6/1/18	FIVB	Alanya One Star	Pool C	Mermer/Urlu	3	Abell/Thomsen	14, Q2	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	0:53