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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 2 - 6, 2002

(21, Q10) Christine Mellitzer/Sabine Swoboda, Austria

Christine Mellitzer
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 21, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

168 cm (5'6")

Weight:

56 kg (123 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Jona 1998)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,450.00

Sabine Swoboda
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$107,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	49	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	1	US$10,700.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$300.00
Overall	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	3	3	1	US$11,000.00

Previous Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	Q10	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	Q5	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	10/30-11/4/2001	Brazil Open	17	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	9	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q15	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	Q8	41st	14	US$0.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/2/2002	Qualifier 2	Mari Evensen / Cathrine Lekven, Norway (Q42)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:31
Wed, 7/3/2002	Qualifier 3	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (20, Q7)	Lost 10-21, 13-21	0:28
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool E	Holly McPeak / Elaine Youngs, United States (5)	Lost 8-21, 9-21	0:24
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool E	Linjun Ji / Lu Wang, China (28, Q24)	Lost 12-21, 12-21	0:29
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool E	Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (12)	Lost 11-21, 12-21	0:28

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,950.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$300.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	$11,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christine Mellitzer												Sabine Swoboda
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,375.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	0	$40,225.00
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$3,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	57	0	0	0	0	1	9	12	14	0	$56,625.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$550.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$175.00	Satellite	6	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	$3,325.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	$7,450.00	Total	94	1	0	2	1	4	12	17	22	0	$107,075.00

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
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$5,750.00	5	16	23.8 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,650.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	$7,400.00	9	22	29.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christine Mellitzer													Sabine Swoboda
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	1998	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	1999	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2000	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$2,875.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	15	$4,425.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	$3,850.00

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	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	3.1%	2	6.3%	29	90.6%	1-31	3.1%	6-29	17.1%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	10-34	22.7%
2001-2002	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	3.1%	2	6.3%	29	90.6%	1-31	3.1%	6-29	17.1%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	10-34	22.7%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	5.3%	0	0.0%	18	94.7%	1-18	5.3%	4-36	10.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-18	14.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	14	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25
Total	0	0	7	16	2	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	34

Head to Head Results
Mellitzer/Swoboda trail the series against the field 2-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	McPeak/Youngs	5	Mellitzer/Swoboda	21, Q10	21-8, 21-9	0:24
Trail the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Mellitzer/Swoboda	21, Q10	21-11, 21-12	0:28
Trail the series against # 20, Q7 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 0-1
7/3/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20, Q7	Mellitzer/Swoboda	21, Q10	21-10, 21-13	0:28
Trail the series against # 24 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool I	Gougeon/Lessard	24	Mellitzer/Swoboda	9	21-11, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 28, Q24 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Ji/Wang	28, Q24	Mellitzer/Swoboda	21, Q10	21-12, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # 29, Q21 Palacio/Quevedo, Cuba 0-1
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Palacio/Quevedo	30, Q39	Mellitzer/Swoboda	Q10	21-6, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 32 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/4/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 5	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	Mellitzer/Swoboda	Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:29
Trail the series against # Q4 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 0-1
4/5/01	FIVB	Macau Open		Gerlic/Lochowicz	27, Q6	Mellitzer/Swoboda	Q10	21-11, 21-8	0:27
Lead the series against # Q11 Boileau/Morin, Canada 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool I	Mellitzer/Swoboda	9	Boileau/Morin	41	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q42 Evensen/Lekven, Norway 1-0
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Mellitzer/Swoboda	21, Q10	Evensen/Lekven	Q42	21-17, 21-14	0:31