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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(3) Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, 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

Christoph Dieckmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1976 (49 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

Awards

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

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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 13th
1999	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 25th
2000	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 13th
2002	Kjell Schneider - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Kjell Schneider - 9th	Did not play
2004	Kjell Schneider - 25th	Andreas Scheuerpflug - 13th
2005	Kjell Schneider - 1st	Did not play
2006	Christoph Dieckmann - 1st	Julius Brink - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	2	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	2	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	2	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	4	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	3	4th	560	US$17,700.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	3	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
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

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Francisco Alvarez / Leonel Munder, Cuba (30, Q7)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 2	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (19)	Won 22-20, 17-21, 15-13	1:08
Fri, 6/15/2007	Winner 3	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (6, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 23-25	0:54
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 4	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (17)	Won 21-16, 21-17	1:01
Sat, 6/16/2007	Contender 5	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (7)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 10-15	1:02

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	$204,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	3	4	1	1	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	$265,100.00
Total	33	3	4	3	6	7	3	4	0	2	1	0	$476,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julius Brink												Christoph Dieckmann
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$68,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$15,250.00
44	2	3	7	7	7	6	3	4	0	$312,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	1	0	3	6	8	6	1	0	0	$178,675.00
59	5	8	5	2	11	9	7	4	0	$290,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	78	4	4	1	2	13	25	14	12	0	$251,985.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,150.00
109	9	11	14	9	18	15	12	8	0	$671,335.00	Total	112	5	4	4	8	23	34	17	13	0	$447,060.00

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
2006	FIVB	9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$177,400.00	41	14	74.5 %
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$34,000.00	13	9	59.1 %
Total	FIVB	13	2	1	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$211,400.00	54	23	70.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julius Brink													Christoph Dieckmann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1997	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,750.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
											1998	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	1	0	$20,225.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	6	0	$21,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	0	$14,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2001	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,210.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$7,110.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$4,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	$30,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	1	$19,375.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	$42,625.00
9	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	$65,175.00	2005	FIVB	8	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$64,000.00
9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$88,700.00	2006	FIVB	9	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$88,700.00
4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$17,000.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$17,000.00
52	3	1	4	2	8	9	6	6	13	$199,960.00	Total	Total	90	4	1	3	4	17	31	14	12	4	$308,560.00

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	86	74.1%	20	17.2%	10	8.6%	106-10	91.4%	23	33.3%	11	15.9%	35	50.7%	23-46	33.3%	86-35	71.1%	43-21	67.2%	0	2	129-58	69.0%
2006-2007	52	74.3%	14	20.0%	4	5.7%	66-4	94.3%	14	31.1%	5	11.1%	26	57.8%	14-31	31.1%	52-26	66.7%	28-9	75.7%	0	2	80-37	68.4%
Against the Field	50	70.4%	13	18.3%	8	11.3%	63-8	88.7%	15	31.9%	7	14.9%	25	53.2%	15-32	31.9%	100-50	66.7%	56-30	65.1%	0	0	78-40	66.1%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	28	5	0	0	23	7	0	7	2	5	0	0	54	24
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	15	7	2	1	1	3	4	71	31
Total	0	0	0	0	32	7	0	0	68	23	7	9	3	6	3	4	129	58

Head to Head Results
Brink/Dieckmann lead the series against the field 33-19 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 3-4
7/30/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-14, 27-29, 16-14	1:10
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
Lead the series against # 2 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 4-3
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	5	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-16, 23-21	0:51
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Neto	4	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-16, 21-18	0:42
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Cunha/Neto	3	20-22, 22-20, 15-11	1:03
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Cunha/Neto	4	21-18, 21-13	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	15	24-22, 21-17	0:52
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-18, 25-23	0:54
5/12/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Bronze Medal	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-19, 21-12	0:46
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 4	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-7
6/16/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	Brink/Dieckmann	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:02
5/26/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	20-22, 21-14, 15-9	1:08
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	10-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:02
7/29/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-15, 21-15	0:43
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 # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	21-16, 12-21, 15-11	0:56
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Nummerdor/Schuil	22, Q23	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	1:03
Lead the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Brenha/Maia	14	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Series tied with # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-13, 21-17	0:42
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 # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	18	Brink/Dieckmann	2	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:02
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Doppler/Gartmayer	13	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Cadieux/Heese	17	21-16, 21-17	1:01
Lead the series against # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:58
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 20 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 2-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Amore/Tomatis	16	21-13, 21-17	0:36
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Amore/Tomatis	23	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 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 # 26, Q6 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 3-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Gscheidle/Schnider	29	21-18, 21-16	0:45
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	21-19, 21-16	0:41
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Alvarez/Munder, Cuba 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Alvarez/Munder	30, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q10 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Li/Zhou	9	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q21 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Biza/Lebl	31, Q21	21-16, 21-8	0:38