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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Dela Beach Open
January 2 - 6, 2019

(31) Mees Blom/Yorick de Groot, Netherlands

Mees Blom
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tuitjenhorn (Noord-Holland)

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Ljubljana 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$3,238.09

Yorick de Groot
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sliedrecht

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$201,138.09

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	US$4,630.50

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Ruben Penninga - 25th	Did not play
2018	Yorick de Groot - 41st	Mees Blom - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2018	Montpellier One Star	11	5th	120	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/3-5/2018	Ljubljana One Star	Q8	21st	70	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-17/2018	Baden One Star	Q13	21st	70	€ 0.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	Q30	41st	40	US$0.00

The Hague Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 1/4/2019	Pool B	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)	Lost 11-21, 18-21	0:28
Fri, 1/4/2019	Pool B	Theo Brunner / Reid Priddy, United States (15)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 18-16	0:45
Sat, 1/5/2019	Winner 1	Chase Budinger / Casey Patterson, United States (16)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:29

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	$1,450.00
Total	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	4	0	0	$4,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mees Blom												Yorick de Groot
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	2	1	7	1	3	7	0	0	0	$137,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	$32,250.00
14	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	1	0	$1,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
19	0	0	1	0	3	5	5	2	0	$2,875.00	Total	49	3	3	9	3	9	12	5	1	0	$200,775.00

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
2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,300.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	$3,300.00	3	7	30.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mees Blom													Yorick de Groot
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$100.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,700.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,650.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	3	$2,300.00	Total	Total	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	$1,650.00

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	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10	76.9%	0-13	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	10-15	40.0%
2018-2019	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10	76.9%	0-13	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	10-15	40.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	3	5	5	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	12
Total	0	0	0	4	6	6	0	0	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	15

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	2	Blom/de Groot	31	21-11, 21-18	0:28
Lead the series against # 15 Brunner/Priddy, United States 1-0
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool B	Blom/de Groot	31	Brunner/Priddy	15	21-16, 18-21, 18-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Budinger/Patterson, United States 0-1
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 1	Budinger/Patterson	16	Blom/de Groot	31	21-17, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # Q23 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
8/31/18	FIVB	Montpellier One Star	Winner 1	Blom/de Groot	11	Bello/Bello	8	21-19, 21-19	0:35