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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 21 - 26, 2009

(1) Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Düsseldorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$671,335.00

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$691,427.50

Awards

Team of the Year 2009 (with Jonas Reckermann)
Tour Champion 2009 (with Jonas Reckermann)

Awards

Best Blocker 2009
Team of the Year 2009 (with Julius Brink)
Tour Champion 2009 (with Julius Brink)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	33	5	7	9	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	US$657,500.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Rudiger Strosik - 41st	Markus Dieckmann - 13th
2002	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2003	Kjell Schneider - 41st	Markus Dieckmann - 5th
2004	Kjell Schneider - 25th	Markus Dieckmann - 7th
2006	Christoph Dieckmann - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	1	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	3	1st	1000	US$60,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	3	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	4	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 2	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (32, Q7)	Won 21-12, 26-24	0:48
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 3	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (16)	Won 23-21, 21-13	0:46
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 4	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (24)	Won 13-21, 21-16, 20-18	1:14
Sat, 7/25/2009	Semi-Finals	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (4)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:48
Sun, 7/26/2009	Bronze Medal	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (11)	Won 21-13, 23-21	0:45

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$95,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	2	3	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$357,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	1	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	$204,700.00
Total	33	5	7	9	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	0	$657,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julius Brink												Jonas Reckermann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$68,500.00	World Championships	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$63,250.00
44	2	3	7	7	7	6	3	4	0	$312,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	3	4	4	4	11	13	1	0	0	$324,925.00
59	5	8	5	2	11	9	7	4	0	$290,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	14	6	4	11	6	10	1	0	$303,252.50
109	9	11	14	9	18	15	12	8	0	$671,335.00	Total	104	7	18	11	8	22	22	13	1	0	$691,427.50

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
2009	FIVB	7	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$224,200.00	41	7	85.4 %
Total	FIVB	7	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$224,200.00	41	7	85.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julius Brink													Jonas Reckermann
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	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	2	$19,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,210.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	$17,652.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$4,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	2	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$47,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	1	$19,375.00	2004	FIVB	11	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	$78,500.00
9	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$65,175.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	3	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$65,625.00
9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$88,700.00	2006	FIVB
12	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	1	0	$58,050.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	2	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$60,350.00
12	1	3	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	$91,500.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	2	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	$74,050.00
7	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$112,100.00	2009	FIVB	7	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$112,100.00
79	8	4	7	7	13	12	8	7	13	$444,610.00	Total	Total	78	6	11	4	6	18	19	11	1	2	$474,777.50

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	107	76.4%	19	13.6%	14	10.0%	126-14	90.0%	33	50.8%	6	9.2%	26	40.0%	33-32	50.8%	107-26	80.5%	52-20	72.2%	3	0	162-46	77.9%
2008-2009	37	77.1%	6	12.5%	5	10.4%	43-5	89.6%	10	62.5%	0	0.0%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	37-6	86.0%	16-5	76.2%	2	0	55-11	83.3%
Against the Field	51	73.9%	11	15.9%	7	10.1%	62-7	89.9%	17	44.7%	2	5.3%	19	50.0%	17-21	44.7%	102-36	73.9%	56-18	75.7%	1	0	80-27	74.8%

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	1	0	7	0
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	42	6	0	0	27	6	5	6	4	2	2	3	80	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	9	5	5	4	1	1	4	60	22
Total	0	0	0	0	51	6	0	0	72	15	12	12	9	3	5	7	162	46

Head to Head Results
Brink/Reckermann lead the series against the field 28-7 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-3
7/5/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cerutti/Marques	1	21-16, 21-19	0:50
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Marques	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-17, 21-16	0:44
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 4	Cerutti/Marques	1	Brink/Reckermann	4	22-20, 21-15	0:49
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Marques	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:11
Lead the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 4-0
7/19/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	1	Rego/Santos	3	24-26, 21-18, 16-14	1:14
7/12/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	2	Rego/Santos	3	21-15, 17-21, 15-11	1:00
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Rego/Santos	5	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Rego/Santos	3	21-12, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-1
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Brink/Reckermann	1	21-18, 21-15	0:48
7/5/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-23, 21-9, 15-8	1:04
Lead the series against # 11 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-0
7/26/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	1	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-13, 23-21	0:45
7/12/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	12	26-24, 21-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Kais/Vesik	13	21-19, 21-18	0:45
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	10	21-17, 21-9	0:37
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Kais/Vesik	10	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
7/19/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	1	Bellaguarda/Laciga	19, Q7	21-18, 15-21, 16-14	1:08
Series tied with # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-2
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	23-21, 21-13	0:46
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	21-18, 21-16	0:47
5/31/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Bronze Medal	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	13-21, 24-22, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 17 Li/Xu, China 1-0
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Li/Xu	21	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 20 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Redmann/VanHuizen	22, Q8	25-27, 22-20, 15-12	1:21
Lead the series against # 24 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-0
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24	13-21, 21-16, 20-18	1:14
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	21-18, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 25 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 4-0
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Lochhead/Pitman	16	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Reckermann	2	Lochhead/Pitman	15	21-19, 21-15	0:43
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-19, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	30	21-12, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 32, Q7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-0
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	32, Q7	21-12, 26-24	0:48
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	21-17, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 39 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Baracetti/Salema	22	21-13, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 45, Q16 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Boehm/McHugh	30, Q19	21-17, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 46, Q6 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Babich/Mykhaylov	46	21-12, 21-10	0:40