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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 21 - 26, 2008

(15) Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway

Susanne Glesnes
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 1, 1974 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nyborg

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$177,390.00

Kathrine Maaseide
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Villeneuve-Loubet, France

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

139

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$222,340.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	32	33	37	41	49	Money
FIVB	100	0	0	0	0	5	4	15	9	32	15	1	6	5	7	1	US$352,180.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,600.00
Overall	103	0	0	0	0	6	4	16	10	32	15	1	6	5	7	1	US$354,780.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Kathrine Maaseide - 37th	Susanne Glesnes - 37th
2001	Kathrine Maaseide - 41st	Susanne Glesnes - 41st
2002	Kathrine Maaseide - 9th	Susanne Glesnes - 9th
2003	Kathrine Maaseide - 17th	Susanne Glesnes - 17th
2004	Kathrine Maaseide - 17th	Susanne Glesnes - 17th
2005	Did not play	Kristine Wiig - 25th
2006	Kathrine Maaseide - 25th	Susanne Glesnes - 25th
2007	Kathrine Maaseide - 9th	Susanne Glesnes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	22	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	25, Q2	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	27, Q2	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	24, Q1	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	31, Q2	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	29, Q1	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	24	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	18	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	17	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	17	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	6	25th	50	US$1,600.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	17	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	22	9th	400	US$11,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool B	Nadia Campisi / Clara Lozano, Spain (18)	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 11-15	0:57
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool B	Martina Grossen / Romana Kayser, Switzerland (31)	Won 21-15, 11-21, 15-12	0:52
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool B	Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (2)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:41
Thu, 7/24/2008	Winner 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (14)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 2	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (4)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:42

Head to Head Results
Glesnes/Maaseide trail the series against the field 31-34 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-6
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool C	Tian/Wang	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:10
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-11, 21-12	0:39
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	2	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	17-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:49
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:41
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q6	27-25, 21-17	0:44
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	2	Glesnes/Maaseide	31, Q11	21-15, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Bede/Connelly	2	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	21-19, 21-16	0:41
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q1	21-19, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 0-1
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q13	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	21-9, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-6
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	21-19, 21-16	0:42
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	21-15, 21-15	0:32
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Glesnes/Maaseide	27, Q2	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:50
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	21-16, 21-19	0:48
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	21-17, 21-14	0:40
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	19-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:52
Series tied with # 5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Glesnes/Maaseide	22, Q1	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q3	21-16, 21-15	0:37
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q5	Glesnes/Maaseide	Q12	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 1-4
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	12	Glesnes/Maaseide	25, Q2	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:50
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	21-13, 18-21, 22-20	1:02
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-16, 22-20	0:45
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 3	Cook/Hinchley	17	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-15, 21-15	0:38
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	23	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15, Q1	Glesnes/Maaseide	18	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-1
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Ludwig/Niedrig	12	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:49
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	21-19, 21-17	0:39
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 5	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	14	21-15, 21-15	0:36
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	20	21-13, 21-18	0:42
9/2/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 5	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:52
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 13 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-3
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	16	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	21-17, 21-19	0:43
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Hakedal/Torlen	27	Glesnes/Maaseide	22, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:42
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Hakedal/Torlen	6	By Forfeit
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Hakedal/Torlen	14	Glesnes/Maaseide	13	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Series tied with # 14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 2-2
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	Holtwick/Semmler	14	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q14	Glesnes/Maaseide	24	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:48
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	22, Q1	Holtwick/Semmler	Q16	21-19, 21-19	0:41
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Holtwick/Semmler	30, Q19	Glesnes/Maaseide	Q3	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
6/10/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	27, Q2	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	Q18	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 2-1
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Campisi/Lozano	18	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:57
7/12/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q6	Campisi/Lozano	Q11	21-16, 21-17	0:39
5/26/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	Q3	Campisi/Lozano	Q30	23-25, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 19 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Gioria/Momoli	23, Q3	18-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 20 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 3-1
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	21-13, 21-18	0:34
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	19	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	21-16, 25-23	0:48
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 1-0
6/17/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	25, Q2	Alcon/Matveeva	Q18	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 22 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	31, Q2	Baburina/Osheyko	Q18	21-17, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Faure/Sarpaux, France 4-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Glesnes/Maaseide	25, Q2	Faure/Sarpaux	9	13-21, 21-16, 17-15	1:02
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	Faure/Sarpaux	19	21-15, 21-12	0:36
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Faure/Sarpaux	26	28-30, 21-13, 15-13	1:10
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Faure/Sarpaux	19	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:57
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Glesnes/Maaseide	7	21-19, 21-19	0:59
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	27, Q18	21-23, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	21-16, 22-24, 15-11	0:55
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Nystrom/Nystrom	10	21-15, 21-15	0:30
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	28, Q5	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q21	21-16, 25-27, 15-4	0:54
Series tied with # 27, Q5 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-1
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	24, Q1	Van Iersel/Wesselink	Q16	21-17, 25-23	0:43
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Van Iersel/Wesselink	31, Q20	Glesnes/Maaseide	18	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Petrova/Skalnikova	27, Q1	17-21, 21-13, 13-6 Retired	0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
6/10/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	27, Q2	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q31	21-11, 21-8	0:27
Lead the series against # 31 Grossen/Kayser, Switzerland 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	Grossen/Kayser	31	21-15, 11-21, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # Q8 Kongshavn/Wiig, Norway 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Kongshavn/Wiig	27	21-11, 21-12	0:29