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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 PAF Open
August 17 - 22, 2010

(2) Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Düsseldorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$802,839.18

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$800,573.76

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
CEV	9	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$103,603.82
FIVB	33	5	7	9	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	US$657,500.00
Overall	42	8	9	10	4	4	1	4	0	2	0	US$761,103.82

Previous Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Mischa Urbatzka - 2nd
2009	Jonas Reckermann - 2nd	Julius Brink - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/12-15/2010	European Championship Final	3	9th	320	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	2	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	3	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	2	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	2	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	4	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	2	7th	300	US$7,600.00
CEV	9/16-19/2009	European Championship Final	1	4th	560	€ 4,000.00
CEV	9/9-13/2009	English Masters	1	3rd	480	€ 5,700.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	1	2nd	540	US$21,000.00

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/19/2010	Winner 1	Lasse Maijala / Jani Saisa, Finland (31)	Won 21-15, 21-8	0:36
Thu, 8/19/2010	Winner 2	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (18)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:42
Fri, 8/20/2010	Contender 2	Rhooney Ferramenta / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (16)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 14-16	1:08

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
Confederation Championship	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$46,500.00
Total	37	7	7	9	4	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	$704,000.00

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	5	$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	8	$290,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	14	6	4	11	6	10	1	2	$303,252.50
10	3	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	$43,250.00	Confederation Championship	9	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$49,250.00
119	12	11	14	11	19	18	13	8	13	$714,585.00	Total	113	11	19	12	9	22	24	13	1	2	$740,677.50

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
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	4	1	80.0 %
2009	FIVB	10	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$274,200.00	55	11	83.3 %
2009	CEV	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,700.00	23	5	82.1 %
2010	FIVB	8	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$132,300.00	35	13	72.9 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	4	4	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$406,500.00	90	24	78.9 %
Total	CEV	7	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$36,450.00	29	8	78.4 %

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
											2002	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2003	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,375.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2004	CEV	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,450.00	2005	CEV	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,825.00
9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$88,700.00	2006	FIVB
4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,975.00	2006	CEV
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
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,550.00	2007	CEV
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
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,900.00
10	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	$137,100.00	2009	FIVB	10	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	$137,100.00
5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,850.00	2009	CEV	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,850.00
8	0	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$66,150.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$66,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
113	14	10	13	10	16	20	10	7	13	$605,310.00	Total	Total	105	9	20	9	8	22	22	12	1	2	$620,252.50

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%
2009-2010	64	80.0%	8	10.0%	8	10.0%	72-8	90.0%	16	50.0%	2	6.3%	14	43.8%	16-16	50.0%	64-14	82.1%	24-10	70.6%	2	0	90-24	78.9%
Against the Field	31	73.8%	7	16.7%	4	9.5%	38-4	90.5%	15	50.0%	2	6.7%	13	43.3%	15-15	50.0%	62-24	72.1%	44-12	78.6%	1	0	54-18	75.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	6	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	20	5
Total	0	0	0	0	61	8	0	0	78	16	14	13	9	4	7	7	182	51

Head to Head Results
Brink/Reckermann lead the series against the field 32-14 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-7
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-19, 21-19	0:49
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-14	0:46
6/14/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-15, 21-15	0:44
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	2	15-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:53
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-18, 21-12	0:47
4/24/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-12, 21-18	0:44
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 # 4 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Wu/Xu	5	25-27, 21-9, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 4-3
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-17, 21-18	0:42
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	5	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-17, 21-17	0:47
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	4	Gavira/Herrera	2	23-21, 21-16	0:50
9/19/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	2	Brink/Reckermann	1	By Forfeit
6/20/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gavira/Herrera	4	24-22, 22-20	0:55
6/7/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Gold Medal	Gavira/Herrera	8	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	13-21, 25-23, 15-11	1:02
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4, Q1	Gavira/Herrera	8	21-14, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/13/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Plavins/Smedins	10	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-17, 21-16	0:49
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Brink/Reckermann	2	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 2-1
8/14/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-18, 21-17	0:59
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-18, 22-20	0:54
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 4-0
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	27	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	1:08
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:49
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 # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 Ferramenta/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Ferramenta/Solberg	16	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:08
Lead the series against # 18 Ces/Ces, France 3-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	18	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-18, 21-16	0:42
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Ces/Ces	31, Q4	21-14, 21-12	0:44
9/13/09	CEV	English Masters	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	1	Ces/Ces	12	21-17, 21-17	0:49
9/12/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Ces/Ces	12	21-10, 21-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 19 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Bogatov/Prokopiev	18	21-9, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 21 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	21-11, 25-23	0:47
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 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 # 26, Q6 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 3-0
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Pastukhov/Semenov	30, Q24	18-21, 21-10, 16-14	1:02
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool L	Brink/Reckermann	3	Pastukhov/Semenov	30	21-11, 21-14	0:39
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	4	Pastukhov/Semenov	29	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 31 Maijala/Saisa, Finland 1-0
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	2	Maijala/Saisa	31	21-15, 21-8	0:36
Lead the series against # 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 # Q8 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	2	Hordvik/Horrem	31, Q18	21-15, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # Q17 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gogtepe/Sekerci	22	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	1:02