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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Belgium Open
August 8 - 12, 2001

(Q25) 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 Ostende Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Ralph Backer - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	Q24	41st	14	US$0.00
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

Belgium Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/8/2001	Qualifier 1	Giulio Mosci / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (Q40)	Lost 22-24, 21-18, 10-15	0:56

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	3	10	23.1 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	3	10	23.1 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$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%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	0-12	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	1-9	10.0%

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 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q5 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 # Q11 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 # Q31 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 # Q40 Mosci/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/8/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 1	Mosci/Tomatis	Q40	Backer/Ronnes	Q25	24-22, 18-21, 15-10	0:56