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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(3) Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (42 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

Christoph Dieckmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bonn

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$447,060.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	33	3	4	3	6	7	3	4	0	1	1	1	US$476,500.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Kjell Schneider - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	2	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	2	3rd	640	US$22,100.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	4	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	6	3rd	480	US$16,000.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Toni Kankaanpaa / Pekka Seppanen, Finland (30)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:41
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (14)	Won 21-19, 26-24	0:49
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 3	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (27)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:41
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:43
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 6	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (8)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:52
Sat, 7/22/2006	Semi-Finals	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Won 27-25, 21-19	0:54
Sun, 7/23/2006	Gold Medal	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:52

Head to Head Results
Brink/Dieckmann lead the series against the field 18-9 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 3-3
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Rego/Santos	1	27-25, 21-19	0:54
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-11, 21-15	0:38
6/25/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-15, 21-17	0:48
6/18/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Rego/Santos	1	21-13, 21-17	0:44
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	4	21-17, 21-16	0:45
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Rego/Santos	1	19-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-4
7/23/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-18, 21-17	0:52
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-17, 21-15	0:43
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-19, 21-17	0:51
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-14, 23-25, 15-11	1:12
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-13, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 2-1
6/25/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Cunha/Neto	4	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	1:08
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Cunha/Neto	3	21-18, 12-21, 15-12	1:01
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	5	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-15, 21-18	0:46
Series tied with # 5, Q1 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	4	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-17, 21-18	0:44
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Insfran/Marques	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Baracetti/Conde	8	21-18, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Arkaev/Barsuk	19	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-11, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Schacht/Slack	7	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Schacht/Slack	11	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:06
Lead the series against # 14 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Wu/Xu	14	21-19, 26-24	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Amore/Fenili	23	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 23 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Berg/Svensson	30, Q10	21-11, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 27 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	21-14, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 30 Kankaanpaa/Seppanen, Finland 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Kankaanpaa/Seppanen	30	21-18, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # Q4 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Nishimura/Shiratori	26, Q7	21-17, 21-17	0:50