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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 KIA Open presented by Banco do Brazil
September 16 - 21, 2008

(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 (50 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 Guarujá Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	1	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	6	19th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	3	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	2	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	2	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	2	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	2	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	11	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	11	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	14	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	8	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Guarajà Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2008	Winner 2	Daniel Hupfer / Paul Schroffenegger, Austria (14)	Won 21-15, 21-5	0:29
Fri, 9/19/2008	Winner 3	Benjamin Insfran / Franco Neto, Brazil (6)	Won 21-15, 11-21, 18-16	0:58
Fri, 9/19/2008	Winner 4	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (2)	Won 14-21, 21-16, 23-21	1:03
Sat, 9/20/2008	Semi-Finals	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (5)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:41
Sun, 9/21/2008	Gold Medal	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Lost 26-24, 19-21, 13-15	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	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	12	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	0	1	1	0	$116,100.00	39	23	62.9 %
2008	FIVB	12	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	$183,000.00	49	21	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	33	3	4	3	6	7	3	4	0	2	1	0	$476,500.00	129	58	69.0 %

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
12	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	1	0	$58,050.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	1	0	$58,050.00
12	1	3	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	$91,500.00	2008	FIVB	12	1	3	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	$91,500.00
72	4	4	5	6	13	12	8	7	13	$332,510.00	Total	Total	110	5	4	4	8	22	34	16	13	4	$441,110.00

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%
2007-2008	59	72.0%	13	15.9%	10	12.2%	72-10	87.8%	16	33.3%	7	14.6%	25	52.1%	16-32	33.3%	59-25	70.2%	29-17	63.0%	0	2	88-44	66.7%
Against the Field	14	60.9%	3	13.0%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	10	62.5%	3-13	18.8%	28-20	58.3%	12-18	40.0%	0	0	20-19	51.3%

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 20-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-7
9/21/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Gold Medal	Marques/Solberg	1	Brink/Dieckmann	3	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:08
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 4	Marques/Solberg	3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	1:04
5/18/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Gold Medal	Marques/Solberg	3	Brink/Dieckmann	11	20-22, 21-18, 15-8	1:02
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	3	Brink/Dieckmann	11	22-20, 21-15	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 2 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 2-1
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 4	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	2	14-21, 21-16, 23-21	1:03
6/29/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	1:02
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	1:08
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 4-9
9/6/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	10	Brink/Dieckmann	1	21-18, 21-19	0:50
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Araujo/Magalhaes	14	Brink/Dieckmann	3	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:00
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	11	Araujo/Magalhaes	6	22-20, 18-21, 18-16	1:10
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	14	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-18, 21-12	0:40
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 # 5 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 2-0
9/20/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Maciel/Schmidt	5	21-18, 21-19	0:41
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 3-1
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Insfran/Neto	6	21-15, 11-21, 18-16	0:58
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Neto	8	Brink/Dieckmann	1	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:02
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Insfran/Neto	19, Q2	22-20, 21-19	0:59
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Insfran/Neto	22	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 4-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	21-13, 21-17	0:43
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	9	Brink/Dieckmann	8	21-18, 25-23	0:47
9/8/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Brink/Dieckmann	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	21-18, 21-18	0:49
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 # 8 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	21-18, 21-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Laciga/Schnider	10	21-13, 21-19	0:49
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-18, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Blauel/Huber	32, Q9	23-21, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	14	21-15, 21-5	0:29