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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Jurmala
June 15 - 18, 2023

(23, Q20) 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 Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Dirk Westphal - 17th	Did not play
2022	Robin Sowa - 17th	Lukas Pfretzschner - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	Q24	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	Q22	25th	220	US$0.00
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

Challenge Jurmala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/15/2023	Qualifier 1	Florian Breer / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (Q13)	Won 22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:50
Thu, 6/15/2023	Qualifier 2	Calvin Aye / Quincy Aye, France (Q4)	Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-11	0:47
Fri, 6/16/2023	Pool B	Sergiy Popov / Eduard Reznik, Ukraine (2)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:40
Fri, 6/16/2023	Pool B	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (14)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:31

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$1,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	9	3	6	$20,400.00	31	35	47.0 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$500.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$500.00
30	0	1	1	0	5	4	10	3	6	$10,950.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	2	2	4	3	10	3	6	$10,850.00

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	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	6-14	30.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	8-10	44.4%

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 trail the series against the field 8-9 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 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 # 2 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool B	Popov/Reznik	2	Pfretzschner/Sowa	23, Q20	22-20, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Cottafava/Nicolai	15, Q7	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q15	21-13, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	16, Q9	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q24	23-21, 21-18	0:39
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q22	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q11	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 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 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 0-1
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Pfretzschner/Sowa	10	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 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 # 14 Horl/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool B	Horl/Horst	14	Pfretzschner/Sowa	23, Q20	21-16, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q22 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
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # Q4 Aye/Aye, France 1-0
6/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Qualifier 2	Pfretzschner/Sowa	23, Q20	Aye/Aye	Q4	21-13, 17-21, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # Q5 Semerad/Sepka, Czech Republic 0-1
4/14/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Qualifier 2	Semerad/Sepka	24, Q21	Pfretzschner/Sowa	Q5	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q13 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
6/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Qualifier 1	Pfretzschner/Sowa	23, Q20	Breer/Krattiger	Q13	22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:50