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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001

(Q24) Max Backer/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands

Max Backer
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 22, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gouda

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,457.50

Gijs Ronnes
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Boxmeer

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (St. Petersburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$118,270.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	7	US$10,040.00

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q40	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q47	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	Q32	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q49	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q50	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q49	57th	4	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 1	Kristians Marnics / Tomass Marnics, Latvia (Q41)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:32
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 6	Clemens Doppler / Dietmar Maderbock, Austria (Q22)	Won 15-21, 21-15, 15-5	0:54
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 7	Oliver Cole / Mark Lukowicz, Australia (Q27)	Won 13-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:54
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 8	Pedro Rosas / Roberto Silva Reis, Portugal (Q44)	Lost 17-21, 27-25, 16-18	1:00

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,040.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$10,040.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Max Backer												Gijs Ronnes
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	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,150.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	6	0	$35,400.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$9,020.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	0	0	1	1	2	14	10	7	0	$76,120.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
38	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	5	0	$18,457.50	Total	82	1	0	2	1	4	15	14	14	0	$118,270.00

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	0	0	7	$0.00	3	9	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	3	9	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Max Backer													Gijs Ronnes
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	1998	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00

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	10	66.7%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	3	13.6%	6	27.3%	13	59.1%	3-19	13.6%	10-13	43.5%	5-9	35.7%	1	0	16-22	42.1%
2000-2001	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	2-10	16.7%	1-6	14.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-10	23.1%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	8	61.5%	2-11	15.4%	0-16	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	2-13	13.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	13	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	17
Total	0	0	11	14	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	22

Head to Head Results
Backer/Ronnes trail the series against the field 2-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 24, Q8 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 0-2
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	Backer/Ronnes	Q47	21-17, 18-21, 16-14	1:03
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	Backer/Ronnes	Q50	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # Q15 Witt/Witt, United States 0-1
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Witt/Witt	Q33	Backer/Ronnes	Q32	21-13, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # Q17 Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal, Cuba 0-1
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal	Q25	Backer/Ronnes	Q40	21-11, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q22 Doppler/Maderbock, Austria 1-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 6	Backer/Ronnes	Q24	Doppler/Maderbock	Q22	15-21, 21-15, 15-5	0:54
Lead the series against # Q27 Cole/Lukowicz, Australia 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 7	Backer/Ronnes	Q24	Cole/Lukowicz	Q27	13-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:54
Trail the series against # Q41 Marnics/Marnics, Latvia 0-1
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 1	Marnics/Marnics	Q41	Backer/Ronnes	Q24	21-19, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # Q44 Rosas/Silva Reis, Portugal 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 8	Rosas/Silva Reis	Q44	Backer/Ronnes	Q24	21-17, 25-27, 18-16	1:00