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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
June 6 - 11, 2011

(4) 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 Beijing Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Christoph Dieckmann - 19th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	2	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	2	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2011	Pool D	Sam Boehm / Isaac Kapa, Australia (29, Q18)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:39
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool D	Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (20)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:39
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool D	Pedro Cunha / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (13, Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 6/10/2011	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Fri, 6/10/2011	Winner 3	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 6/11/2011	Semi-Finals	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (24)	Won 21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:59
Sat, 6/11/2011	Gold Medal	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 8-15	0:50

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	10	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$274,200.00	55	11	83.3 %
2010	FIVB	8	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$132,300.00	35	13	72.9 %
2011	FIVB	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,600.00	16	5	76.2 %
Total	FIVB	21	4	5	6	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$460,100.00	106	29	78.5 %

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
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
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
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,800.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,800.00
93	8	9	11	8	15	13	9	7	13	$562,560.00	Total	Total	92	6	16	8	7	20	20	12	1	2	$592,727.50

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%
2010-2011	59	77.6%	11	14.5%	6	7.9%	70-6	92.1%	16	42.1%	5	13.2%	17	44.7%	16-22	42.1%	59-17	77.6%	27-11	71.1%	1	0	87-28	75.7%
Against the Field	61	71.8%	13	15.3%	11	12.9%	74-11	87.1%	21	47.7%	3	6.8%	20	45.5%	21-23	47.7%	122-36	77.2%	68-28	70.8%	2	0	97-32	75.2%

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 52-20 (Lead 20 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 2-7
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	By Forfeit
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
Series tied with # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 3-3
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brink/Reckermann	4	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Rego	5	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-11, 21-13	0:36
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-17, 21-19	0:47
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	2	Cerutti/Rego	5	21-18, 21-14	0:44
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	4	Brink/Reckermann	2	18-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:24
5/8/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cerutti/Rego	3	21-14, 18-21, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Araujo/Santos	3	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-1
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	2	Klemperer/Koreng	19	22-20, 21-19	0:51
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	2	Klemperer/Koreng	7	21-15, 21-18	0:59
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Klemperer/Koreng	8	Brink/Reckermann	1	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:00
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-23, 21-9, 15-8	1:04
Series tied with # 6 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	10	Brink/Reckermann	2	26-24, 21-18	0:49
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 # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-0
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	29-27, 21-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 2-1
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Brink/Reckermann	2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	22-24, 21-17, 15-11	1:04
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 # 10 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-1
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gavira/Herrera	7	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 3-4
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-17, 21-11	0:36
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-17, 21-9	0:34
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	20-22, 21-17, 15-9	1:07
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 # 12 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	2	Benes/Kubala	23	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 4-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cunha/Solberg	13, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:40
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Solberg	4	By Forfeit
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Solberg	2	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:10
5/17/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cunha/Solberg	2	28-26, 20-22, 15-13	1:23
Lead the series against # 16 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 4-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	25-23, 25-27, 15-12	1:12
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	23-21, 21-18	0:53
8/23/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	10	Brink/Reckermann	1	21-23, 21-15, 15-11	1:09
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 # 17 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-13	0:42
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-14, 21-8	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Brink/Reckermann	3	Erdmann/Matysik	20	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-0
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 20 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Boersma/Spijkers	20	21-12, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 24 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Fijalek/Prudel	24	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:59
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 28 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 2-0
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 # 29, Q18 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Boehm/Kapa	29, Q18	21-18, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 5-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	17-21, 24-22, 15-11	0:56
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 # Q3 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
Series tied with # Q5 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
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
Lead the series against # Q7 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 5-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Lochhead/Pitman	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:53
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 # Q12 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 # Q16 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	31, Q11	21-18, 21-15	0:42