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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Italy Open
July 11 - 15, 2001

(11) Carl Henkel/Sinjin Smith, United States

Carl Henkel
United States

Photo: AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

199 cm (6'7")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$277,195.00

Christopher 'Sinjin' Smith
United States

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1957 (68 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Monica, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$435,937.50

Awards

Tour Champion 1989 (with Randy Stoklos), 1990 (with Randy Stoklos), 1991 (with Randy Stoklos), 1992 (with Randy Stoklos)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	72	0	5	1	4	7	10	13	11	16	5	US$389,150.00

Previous Lignano Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Sinjin Smith - 5th	Carl Henkel - 5th
1996	Sinjin Smith - 2nd	Carl Henkel - 2nd
1997	Sinjin Smith - 9th	Carl Henkel - 9th
1998	Kevin Wong - 13th	Ricci Luyties - 7th
1999	Sinjin Smith - 9th	Carl Henkel - 9th
2000	Sinjin Smith - 9th	Carl Henkel - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	12	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	17	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	17	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	14	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	11	2nd	306	US$18,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	21	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	10	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	15	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	21	9th	136	US$4,000.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/13/2001	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (22)	Lost 21-12, 17-21, 10-15	0:57
Fri, 7/13/2001	Contender 1	Agustin Correa / Fabio Diez, Spain (27)	Won 21-15, 12-21, 15-11	0:55
Fri, 7/13/2001	Contender 2	Oliver Oetke / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (12)	Won 21-19, 27-25	0:47
Sat, 7/14/2001	Contender 3	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (13)	Won 13-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:03
Sat, 7/14/2001	Contender 4	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (23)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	1:00

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$15,150.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	$52,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	61	0	5	1	3	6	8	12	9	13	4	0	$321,100.00
Total	72	0	5	1	4	7	10	13	11	16	5	0	$389,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Carl Henkel												Sinjin Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,575.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,575.00
14	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	2	0	$39,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	$63,050.00
89	0	5	1	3	18	30	21	8	0	$204,720.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	88	9	6	2	5	18	27	16	5	0	$262,212.50
											Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
											Goodwill Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
107	0	5	1	4	21	35	27	10	0	$252,195.00	Total	105	10	7	3	6	22	30	20	7	0	$344,437.50

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
1996	FIVB	15	0	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	1	0	$125,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	$31,400.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	5	0	0	$45,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$22,000.00	10	10	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	39	0	3	0	1	2	8	8	6	10	1	0	$224,400.00	15	15	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Carl Henkel													Sinjin Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1987	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											1988	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
											1989	FIVB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
											1990	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
											1991	FIVB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
											1992	FIVB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,000.00
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
											1994	FIVB	5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$23,062.50
16	0	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	0	$46,750.00	1995	FIVB	17	0	1	1	3	4	6	1	1	0	$47,250.00
16	0	3	0	0	5	5	2	1	0	$63,500.00	1996	FIVB	15	0	3	0	0	5	5	1	1	0	$62,750.00
9	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	$16,700.00	1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	$15,700.00
13	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	1	0	$27,550.00	1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	1	0	$18,450.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
13	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	0	0	$28,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	0	0	$29,750.00
13	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	$30,500.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	$30,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$11,000.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$11,000.00
85	0	5	1	4	21	31	19	4	0	$224,000.00	Total	Total	101	10	7	3	6	22	30	18	5	0	$339,312.50

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	8	57.1%	1	7.1%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	10	58.8%	3-14	17.6%	8-10	44.4%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	17-23	42.5%
2000-2001	8	61.5%	1	7.7%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	10	58.8%	3-14	17.6%	8-10	44.4%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	12-18	40.0%
Against the Field	5	41.7%	1	8.3%	6	50.0%	6-6	50.0%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	10-20	33.3%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	11-20	35.5%

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	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	14
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	23

Head to Head Results
Henkel/Smith trail the series against the field 9-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Child/Heese, Canada 0-3
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 3	Child/Heese	4	Henkel/Smith	12	21-19, 22-20	0:41
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Child/Heese	8	Henkel/Smith	17	21-17, 21-16	0:45
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Child/Heese	11	Henkel/Smith	22	4-12, 12-9, 13-11	1:28
Lead the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Henkel/Smith	12	Baracetti/Conde	5	18-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Henkel/Smith	17	21-18, 12-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Henkel/Smith	11	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	12	21-19, 27-25	0:47
Series tied with # 13 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	Henkel/Smith	11	Prosser/Zahner	13	13-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:03
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Henkel/Smith	16	15-3	0:30
Lead the series against # 17 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Henkel/Smith	17	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	15	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 18 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-2
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Ahmann/Hager	17	Henkel/Smith	12	21-12, 21-18	0:40
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 3	Ahmann/Hager	10	Henkel/Smith	17	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	1:10
Series tied with # 19 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 5	Brenha/Maia	18	Henkel/Smith	2	15-13	1:10
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Henkel/Smith	2	Brenha/Maia	18	15-7	0:36
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Henkel/Smith	17	Bosma/Cotrino	15, Q4	23-21, 21-9	0:38
Trail the series against # 22 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-2
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	22	Henkel/Smith	11	12-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:57
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	16	Henkel/Smith	17	21-13, 27-25	0:49
Series tied with # 23 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Holden/Leinemann	23	Henkel/Smith	11	21-19, 21-18	1:00
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Henkel/Smith	16	Holden/Leinemann	17	15-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 25 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	20	Henkel/Smith	14	25-23, 19-21, 15-13	1:11
Lead the series against # 27 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Henkel/Smith	11	Correa/Diez	27	21-15, 12-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # Q1 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Henkel/Smith	12	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:38