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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 17 - 21, 2019

(5) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Lorenz Schumann - 5th	Did not play
2018	Clemens Wickler - 3rd	Julius Thole - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	12	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	13	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	12	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	6	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	16	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	12	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	10	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/15-18/2018	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	1	4th	0	US$35,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	16	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/5/2018	Vienna Major	23	17th	480	US$6,000.00

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/19/2019	Pool E	Maximilian Guehrer / Zachery Schubert, Australia (28, Q7)	Won 21-9, 21-15	0:30
Fri, 7/19/2019	Pool E	Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (12)	Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
Sat, 7/20/2019	Winner 2	Alison Cerutti / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (10)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:42

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	13	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	3	$71,000.00	32	21	60.4 %
2019	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	$85,000.00	23	11	67.6 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	2	1	1	2	0	6	0	3	3	3	$156,000.00	55	32	63.2 %

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
14	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	2	3	$36,250.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	$35,500.00
8	0	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	$42,500.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	$42,500.00
36	0	2	1	2	3	8	5	5	10	$87,775.00	Total	Total	40	1	2	1	1	3	8	7	5	12	$92,200.00

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%
2018-2019	47	67.1%	8	11.4%	15	21.4%	55-15	78.6%	9	29.0%	4	12.9%	18	58.1%	9-22	29.0%	47-18	72.3%	17-19	47.2%	2	0	66-37	64.1%
Against the Field	15	60.0%	6	24.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	5	31.3%	0	0.0%	11	68.8%	5-11	31.3%	30-16	65.2%	22-8	73.3%	2	1	28-13	68.3%

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 19-8 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Thole/Wickler	16	Goncalves/Schmidt	13	22-24, 21-16, 15-13	0:57
Series tied with # 2 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 1-1
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	Thole/Wickler	12	Leshukov/Semenov	5	25-23, 17-21, 15-12	0:51
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 2	Leshukov/Semenov	21, Q1	Thole/Wickler	24, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 3 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	8	Thole/Wickler	12	21-23, 24-22, 15-12	0:53
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Thole/Wickler	1	Lupo/Nicolai	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 3-0
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 3	Thole/Wickler	12	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	21-18, 21-17	0:46
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool D	Thole/Wickler	13	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	21-13, 4-2 Retired	0:22
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Thole/Wickler	27, Q9	Tijan/Younousse	22	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Series tied with # 10 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 1-1
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Cerutti/Filho	10	Thole/Wickler	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	12	Cerutti/Filho	20	21-14, 21-15	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Thole/Wickler	27, Q9	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-11, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 4-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool E	Thole/Wickler	5	Plavins/Tocs	12	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	12	Plavins/Tocs	22	21-17, 21-13	0:32
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 1	Thole/Wickler	1	Plavins/Tocs	7	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	0:53
6/23/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Thole/Wickler	30, Q19	Plavins/Tocs	13	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 16 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Thole/Wickler	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:47
7/8/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	15-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:45
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Thole/Wickler	27, Q9	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 17 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-1
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Thole/Wickler	16	Gerson/Heidrich	17	23-21, 25-23	0:46
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 # 20 Brunner/Priddy, United States 1-0
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	Thole/Wickler	12	Brunner/Priddy	21, Q2	21-16, 21-8	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 2-0
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool G	Thole/Wickler	23	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q6	21-12, 17-21, 15-12	0:52
6/20/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Thole/Wickler	30, Q19	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q3	16-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:05
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Guehrer/Schubert, Australia 1-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool E	Thole/Wickler	5	Guehrer/Schubert	28, Q7	21-9, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # Q6 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-2
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	31	Thole/Wickler	23	21-19, 21-17	0:40
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool F	Ermacora/Pristauz	22	Thole/Wickler	27, Q4	21-19, 22-20	0:38