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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Itapema
April 6 - 9, 2023

(Q22) Lukas Pfretzschner/Robin Sowa, Germany

Lukas Pfretzschner
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dachau

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$63,951.38

Robin Sowa
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 15, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Muldestausee

Height:

204 cm (6'8")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$15,522.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	28	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	2	4	4	2	3	4	1	1	US$21,427.27
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	29	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	2	4	4	2	3	4	1	1	US$21,427.27

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Robin Sowa - 9th	Lukas Pfretzschner - 9th
2022	Robin Sowa - 25th	Lukas Pfretzschner - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	Q9	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	4	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	Q9	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	28	5th	760	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	Q10	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	Q5	25th	220	US$0.00

Challenge Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (Q11)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:40
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 2	Yves Haussener / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (20, Q6)	Lost 18-21, 12-21	0:34

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	$6,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	$8,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	$6,700.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	29	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	2	10	3	0	$21,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lukas Pfretzschner												Robin Sowa
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	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships
17	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	3	0	$25,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	$3,000.00
23	0	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	0	$24,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	$5,000.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$4,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	2	2	3	2	4	3	4	0	0	$6,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
55	0	3	2	1	10	13	12	7	0	$63,600.00	Total	47	2	2	3	2	6	5	12	6	0	$14,000.00

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
2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	$2,400.00	8	9	47.1 %
2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	$5,500.00	6	8	42.9 %
2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	1	$9,500.00	7	11	38.9 %
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	8	3	5	$19,400.00	29	32	47.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lukas Pfretzschner													Robin Sowa
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$1,950.00	2019	FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$2,750.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	$2,950.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	$4,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	$4,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
28	0	1	1	0	5	4	9	3	5	$10,450.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	2	2	4	3	9	3	5	$10,350.00

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	10	32.3%	13	41.9%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	12	27.9%	8	18.6%	23	53.5%	12-31	27.9%	10-23	30.3%	25-16	61.0%	0	1	35-40	46.7%
2022-2023	6	35.3%	6	35.3%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	3	15.8%	3	15.8%	13	68.4%	3-16	15.8%	6-13	31.6%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	15-21	41.7%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	6-16	27.3%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	8-9	47.1%

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	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	5	8	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	17
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	0	6	12	0	0	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	21	17
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Total	0	1	18	13	13	18	0	0	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	41	41

Head to Head Results
Pfretzschner/Sowa lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Pfretzschner/Sowa	28	Loyola/Wanderley	5	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/10/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Gavira/Herrera	13, Q1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q9	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 1-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Pfretzschner/Sowa	28	Felipe/Lima	12	13-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 12, Q2 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 0-1
3/16/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Qualifier 2	Alayo/Diaz	20, Q8	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q9	21-15, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q10	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	Q7	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 19 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 1-0
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q15	Burnett/McHugh	Q2	24-22, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 20, Q6 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 0-1
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 2	Haussener/Metral	20, Q6	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q22	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 22, Q10 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
10/28/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Pool F	Campos/Pedrosa	18	Pfretzschner/Sowa	7	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q11 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q22	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q11	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q14 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 1-0
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Pfretzschner/Sowa	28	Luini/Penninga	24	22-20, 16-21, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # Q15 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-0
8/10/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q9	Aravena/Droguett	Q8	25-23, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # Q20 Dillier/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-2
10/29/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Winner 1	Dillier/Heidrich	22, Q7	Pfretzschner/Sowa	7	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool D	Dillier/Heidrich	16, Q1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	4	21-14, 21-18	0:34