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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(6) Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler, 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

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 Julius Thole)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	37	0	4	3	5	14	1	5	1	1	3	0	US$341,000.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	10	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	4	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	5	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	10	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	10	5th	760	US$8,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool F	Noe Aravena / Vicente Droguett, Chile (43)	Won 21-7, 21-13	0:33
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool F	Piotr Kantor / Jakub Zdybek, Poland (30)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:32
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool F	Tri Bourne / Chaim Schalk, United States (19)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:40
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (20)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:33
Thu, 10/12/2023	Winner 2	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (11)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:42

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Lars Fluggen - 17th	Julius Thole - 2nd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Clemens Wickler - 17th	Nils Ehlers - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Clemens Wickler - 9th	Nils Ehlers - 9th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Clemens Wickler - 4th	Nils Ehlers - 4th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	15	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	6	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	4th	1120	US$28,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$46,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	2	2	4	11	0	3	1	2	0	0	$227,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$33,000.00
Total	37	0	4	3	5	14	1	5	1	4	0	0	$341,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nils Ehlers												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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$45,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00	World Tour Finals	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$51,000.00
28	0	2	2	4	12	4	2	1	0	$121,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	2	2	4	11	4	6	2	0	$130,500.00
26	0	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	0	$45,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	2	3	0	4	11	4	3	0	$64,200.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,500.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
70	0	6	3	5	20	14	9	5	0	$224,000.00	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
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	$40,750.00	18	10	64.3 %
2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	$89,000.00	27	19	58.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	3	0	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	$129,750.00	45	29	60.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nils Ehlers													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
											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
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	$8,750.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	$35,500.00
14	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	4	$29,250.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	3	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	$66,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2020	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$10,500.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	$7,000.00
6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,375.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,375.00
9	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	$44,500.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	$44,500.00
48	0	3	3	0	11	11	7	5	8	$118,375.00	Total	Total	63	1	4	5	1	10	14	10	6	12	$188,075.00

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	73	66.4%	18	16.4%	19	17.3%	91-19	82.7%	14	20.9%	11	16.4%	42	62.7%	14-53	20.9%	73-42	63.5%	32-30	51.6%	1	3	106-75	58.6%
2022-2023	34	72.3%	5	10.6%	8	17.0%	39-8	83.0%	7	20.6%	7	20.6%	20	58.8%	7-27	20.6%	34-20	63.0%	12-15	44.4%	0	0	46-35	56.8%
Against the Field	51	64.6%	13	16.5%	15	19.0%	64-15	81.0%	11	19.3%	9	15.8%	37	64.9%	11-46	19.3%	102-66	60.7%	48-48	50.0%	1	3	76-60	55.9%

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	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	6
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	43	27	0	0	20	15	2	6	2	4	0	2	69	54
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	6	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	8
Total	0	0	2	0	65	37	0	0	32	21	4	8	3	5	0	4	106	75

Head to Head Results
Ehlers/Wickler lead the series against the field 33-25 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Ehlers/Wickler	5	22-20, 22-20	0:43
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Ehlers/Wickler	10	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-3
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Ahman/Hellvig	5	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-16, 21-13	0:32
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Ahman/Hellvig	2	21-18, 21-16	0:33
5/22/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Semi-Finals	Ahman/Hellvig	11	Ehlers/Wickler	10	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 Benesh/Partain, United States 1-0
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	19-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Loyola/Wanderley	9	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-2
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	6	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-18, 21-14	0:35
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Carambula/Ranghieri	4	Ehlers/Wickler	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-2
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	5	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-15, 21-16	0:34
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Tijan/Younousse	4	21-19, 21-16	0:36
6/4/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	1	Ehlers/Wickler	15, Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 8 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q3	Ehlers/Wickler	4	27-25, 21-19	0:42
4/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	24-22, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-1
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	22-20, 23-21	0:41
8/13/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Ehlers/Wickler	12	21-16, 21-18	0:37
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	15, Q4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	21-23, 21-16, 20-18	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-4
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Bryl/Losiak	11	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-18, 21-16	0:42
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Bryl/Losiak	7	21-17, 22-20	0:43
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool C	Bryl/Losiak	3	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-11, 21-23, 15-9	0:52
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Bryl/Losiak	7	Ehlers/Wickler	10	21-13, 12-21, 15-8	0:39
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool B	Bryl/Losiak	2	Ehlers/Wickler	14	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 4-1
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Felipe/Lima	14, Q8	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
4/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool C	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Felipe/Lima	14, Q3	21-17, 21-17	0:33
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Felipe/Lima	2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	21-15, 21-14	0:33
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	12	Felipe/Lima	4	21-19, 21-18	0:41
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	14	Felipe/Lima	4	15-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 3-1
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q8	21-16, 21-13	0:34
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	Ehlers/Wickler	5	21-17, 12-21, 15-13	0:47
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	21-19, 21-19	0:39
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	12	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 15 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 0-1
4/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Winner 2	Immers/van de Velde	12	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-23, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 16 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-5
10/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Gold Medal	Perusic/Schweiner	2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:55
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Perusic/Schweiner	2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	21-19, 24-26, 15-12	0:59
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Perusic/Schweiner	4	Ehlers/Wickler	5	25-23, 21-12	0:39
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Perusic/Schweiner	7	Ehlers/Wickler	10	22-20, 28-26	0:47
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool C	Perusic/Schweiner	3	Ehlers/Wickler	15	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 17 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-0
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Gavira/Herrera	13, Q3	21-17, 23-21	0:41
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	12	Gavira/Herrera	13, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Carvalhaes/Solberg	12	21-11, 21-16	0:31
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Carvalhaes/Solberg	13, Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 19 Bourne/Schalk, United States 2-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Bourne/Schalk	19	22-20, 21-16	0:40
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Bourne/Schalk	15, Q8	28-30, 21-17, 15-5	0:53
Lead the series against # 20 Horl/Horst, Austria 2-0
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Horl/Horst	20	21-12, 21-17	0:33
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Semi-Finals	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Horl/Horst	14, Q5	21-15, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 1-0
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	4	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 24 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 3-0
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Boermans/de Groot	9	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:47
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool C	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Boermans/de Groot	11	21-14, 21-19	0:34
3/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Bronze Medal	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Boermans/de Groot	13, Q5	24-22, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 27 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Berntsen/Mol	19, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 30 Kantor/Zdybek, Poland 1-0
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Kantor/Zdybek	30	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 32 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 3-0
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Ehlers/Wickler	15	Burnett/McHugh	10	21-19, 21-18	0:39
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	15, Q4	Burnett/McHugh	10	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:47
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool C	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Burnett/McHugh	3	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 33 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 0-1
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Alayo/Diaz	39	Ehlers/Wickler	15	18-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 36 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 1-0
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Dearing/Schachter	12	21-15, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 43 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-0
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Aravena/Droguett	43	21-7, 21-13	0:33