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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup Doha 2020
March 9 - 13, 2020

(13) Nils Ehlers/Lars Fluggen, Germany

Nils Ehlers
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

211 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$224,000.00

Lars Flüggen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 24, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$185,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	23	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	4	5	3	1	US$91,500.00

Previous Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Markus Bockermann - 1st
2016	Did not play	Markus Bockermann - 4th
2018	Lorenz Schumann - 41st	Markus Bockermann - 25th
2019	Lars Fluggen - 33rd	Nils Ehlers - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	16	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	10, Q1	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	24, Q4	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	15, Q6	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	3	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	30, Q13	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	39	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	29, Q20	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q7	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	25, Q4	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q16	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	Q16	33rd	160	US$0.00

Doha Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/10/2020	Pool D	Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller, Austria (20)	Won 21-11, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Tue, 3/10/2020	Pool D	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (4)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:34
Wed, 3/11/2020	Winner 2	Sam Pedlow / Sam Schachter, Canada (21)	Won 21-14, 26-24	0:43
Thu, 3/12/2020	Winner 3	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (7)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$16,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	4	0	$54,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,500.00
Total	23	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	4	5	0	$91,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nils Ehlers												Lars Fluggen
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
28	0	2	2	4	12	4	2	1	0	$121,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	0	4	3	9	8	0	$87,600.00
26	0	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	0	$45,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	5	0	2	4	5	3	6	0	$81,875.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$6,150.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
70	0	6	3	5	20	14	9	5	0	$224,000.00	Total	74	3	5	0	2	10	13	15	14	0	$185,525.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	2	4	$58,500.00	30	22	57.7 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	3	4	$70,500.00	35	27	56.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nils Ehlers													Lars Fluggen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,600.00
											2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$20,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$35,000.00
											2016	FIVB	13	1	1	0	2	3	1	5	0	0	$40,875.00
											2017	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	$22,300.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	$8,750.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$5,000.00
14	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	4	$29,250.00	2019	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	4	$29,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
27	0	2	0	0	4	6	4	3	8	$43,000.00	Total	Total	68	3	5	0	2	9	11	14	12	12	$175,025.00

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	23	54.8%	5	11.9%	14	33.3%	28-14	66.7%	14	35.9%	5	12.8%	20	51.3%	14-25	35.9%	23-20	53.5%	19-19	50.0%	1	0	43-39	52.4%
2019-2020	19	57.6%	5	15.2%	9	27.3%	24-9	72.7%	10	38.5%	1	3.8%	15	57.7%	10-16	38.5%	19-15	55.9%	15-10	60.0%	1	0	35-25	58.3%
Against the Field	8	44.4%	3	16.7%	7	38.9%	11-7	61.1%	8	33.3%	3	12.5%	13	54.2%	8-16	33.3%	16-24	40.0%	22-20	52.4%	1	0	20-22	47.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	4	10	15	0	0	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	27
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Total	0	0	11	4	19	21	0	0	12	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	43	39

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 15-15 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Ehlers/Fluggen	7	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
8/3/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Lucena	14	Ehlers/Fluggen	24, Q4	21-13, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool D	Ehlers/Fluggen	13	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-3
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool A	Crabb/Gibb	17	Ehlers/Fluggen	16	21-17, 21-16	0:35
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool A	Crabb/Gibb	1	Ehlers/Fluggen	16	21-19, 21-18	0:36
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Crabb/Gibb	8	Ehlers/Fluggen	25	21-13, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
3/12/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 3	Bryl/Fijalek	7	Ehlers/Fluggen	13	21-13, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Ehlers/Fluggen	29, Q20	24-22, 21-12	0:38
Series tied with # 9 Bourne/Crabb, United States 1-1
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Ehlers/Fluggen	24, Q4	Bourne/Crabb	13	By Forfeit
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Bourne/Crabb	13	Ehlers/Fluggen	39	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 12 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool H	Gerson/Heidrich	25	Ehlers/Fluggen	24, Q4	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 14 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Leshukov/Semenov	3	Ehlers/Fluggen	30, Q13	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool C	Ehlers/Fluggen	15, Q6	Kantor/Losiak	10	21-12, 29-27	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 1	Ehlers/Fluggen	16	Samoilovs/Smedins	12, Q1	29-31, 28-26, 17-15	1:10
Series tied with # 17 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-2
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Ehlers/Fluggen	24, Q4	Grimalt/Grimalt	26	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Ehlers/Fluggen	30, Q13	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:49
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Ehlers/Fluggen	39	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	21-17, 21-14	0:41
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q1	Ehlers/Fluggen	Q16	21-16, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 18 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Ehlers/Fluggen	29, Q20	Varenhorst/van de Velde	Q4	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Seidl/Waller, Austria 2-0
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool D	Ehlers/Fluggen	13	Seidl/Waller	20	21-11, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Ehlers/Fluggen	30, Q13	Seidl/Waller	Q4	19-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 2-0
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Ehlers/Fluggen	13	Pedlow/Schachter	21	21-14, 26-24	0:43
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 1	Ehlers/Fluggen	15, Q6	Pedlow/Schachter	16	17-21, 23-21, 18-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool A	Ehlers/Fluggen	16	Ontiveros/Virgen	32, Q15	23-25, 21-15, 16-14	0:55
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Ehlers/Fluggen	39	Ontiveros/Virgen	34	22-20, 21-15	0:47
Trail the series against # 27, Q6 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	Ehlers/Fluggen	10, Q1	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # Q4 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 2-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	Ehlers/Fluggen	30, Q13	Berntsen/Mol	Q20	19-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:59
5/22/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q10	Ehlers/Fluggen	Q7	21-16, 22-24, 15-13	0:51
4/30/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Qualifier 2	Ehlers/Fluggen	25, Q4	Berntsen/Mol	Q13	21-17, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
Trail the series against # Q9 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24, Q4	Ehlers/Fluggen	25	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:47