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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mersin Three Star
May 2 - 6, 2018

(24, Q3) Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany

Julius Thole
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hamburg

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$120,775.00

Clemens Wickler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Starnberg

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$293,700.00

Awards

Most Improved Team 2019 (with Clemens Wickler)

Awards

Most Improved Team 2019 (with Julius Thole)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	28	0	3	2	1	3	0	8	0	4	4	2	1	US$214,000.00

Previous Mersin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	Q18	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	Q22	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	Q23	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	2/20-24/2018	Kish Island Three Star	24, Q11	17th	240	US$2,000.00

Mersin Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/2/2018	Qualifier 1	Engin Ozbek / Ali Berke Sagir, Türkiye (Q30)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:30
Wed, 5/2/2018	Qualifier 2	Mykola Babich / Evgen Zhuravel, Ukraine (Q19)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:30
Thu, 5/3/2018	Pool H	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Maxime Thiercy, France (9)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:39
Thu, 5/3/2018	Pool H	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (25, Q4)	Won 21-19, 21-10	0:30
Sat, 5/5/2018	Winner 2	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (21, Q1)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:37

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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$67,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	1	2	0	2	0	7	0	1	3	0	$85,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00
Total	28	0	3	2	1	3	0	8	0	4	4	0	$214,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julius Thole												Clemens Wickler
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	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$45,500.00
2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$33,500.00	World Tour Finals	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$51,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$11,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	2	2	4	11	4	6	2	0	$130,500.00
22	0	1	2	0	2	7	3	4	0	$46,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	2	3	0	4	11	4	3	0	$64,200.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	$7,275.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
46	0	3	2	2	4	10	8	7	0	$120,775.00	Total	85	1	7	5	6	19	17	12	6	0	$293,700.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	$4,000.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	$4,000.00	9	6	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julius Thole													Clemens Wickler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	$13,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	$7,025.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$2,750.00	2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$2,000.00
20	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	10	$11,775.00	Total	Total	24	1	0	0	0	1	3	5	2	12	$16,200.00

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	53	67.9%	8	10.3%	17	21.8%	61-17	78.2%	10	28.6%	5	14.3%	20	57.1%	10-25	28.6%	53-20	72.6%	18-22	45.0%	2	2	73-44	62.4%
2017-2018	20	58.8%	6	17.6%	8	23.5%	26-8	76.5%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	11	57.9%	6-13	31.6%	20-11	64.5%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	32-21	60.4%
Against the Field	18	75.0%	3	12.5%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	5	71.4%	2-5	28.6%	36-10	78.3%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	23-8	74.2%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	9	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	2	20	12	0	0	13	10	1	2	2	0	0	1	44	27
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
Total	0	0	13	3	35	19	0	0	20	15	3	3	2	1	0	3	73	44

Head to Head Results
Thole/Wickler lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Dressler/Seidl, Austria 0-1
2/21/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Pool H	Dressler/Seidl	9	Thole/Wickler	24, Q11	16-21, 21-17, 21-19	1:03
Lead the series against # 9 Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy, France 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool H	Thole/Wickler	24, Q3	Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy	9	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Horl/Winter, Austria 1-0
3/6/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 1	Thole/Wickler	Q22	Horl/Winter	Q11	21-10, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 1-0
4/18/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 1	Thole/Wickler	Q18	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	Q15	21-15, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 21, Q1 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 2	Leshukov/Semenov	21, Q1	Thole/Wickler	24, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
3/6/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Gerson/Heidrich	31, Q27	Thole/Wickler	Q22	21-12, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool H	Thole/Wickler	24, Q3	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	25, Q4	21-19, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 26, Q5 Barthelemy/Di Giantommaso, France 0-1
2/22/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 1	Barthelemy/Di Giantommaso	23, Q8	Thole/Wickler	24, Q11	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:42
Lead the series against # Q19 Babich/Zhuravel, Ukraine 1-0
5/2/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Qualifier 2	Thole/Wickler	24, Q3	Babich/Zhuravel	Q19	21-12, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # Q30 Ozbek/Sagir, Türkiye 1-0
5/2/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Qualifier 1	Thole/Wickler	24, Q3	Ozbek/Sagir	Q30	21-14, 21-15	0:30