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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2003

(30, Q18) Max Backer/Emiel Boersma, 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

Emiel Boersma
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 25, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Amsterdam

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Atlantida Beach 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$188,062.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	1	4	1	US$25,875.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Gijs Ronnes - 57th	Did not play
2002	Gijs Ronnes - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q15	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q15	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q14	33rd	18	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 1	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (Q15)	Won 21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (Q2)	Won 14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool C	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (14)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:39
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool C	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (19)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:40
Fri, 7/18/2003	Pool C	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:35

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	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$11,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	$13,000.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	$25,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Max Backer												Emiel Boersma
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,387.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	0	0	1	5	0	11	7	0	$81,725.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$9,020.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	63	0	0	0	1	4	14	13	8	0	$86,275.00
											Challenger	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
38	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	5	0	$18,457.50	Total	112	1	0	0	3	10	16	27	15	0	$188,062.50

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
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$3,000.00	8	7	53.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$3,000.00	8	7	53.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Max Backer													Emiel Boersma
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
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2001	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	$5,020.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17	$6,520.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	$1,675.00

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	18	62.1%	5	17.2%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	4	13.8%	2	6.9%	23	79.3%	4-25	13.8%	18-23	43.9%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	27-31	46.6%
2002-2003	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	14.3%	0	0.0%	12	85.7%	2-12	14.3%	8-12	40.0%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	13-15	46.4%
Against the Field	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	2	9.1%	1	4.5%	19	86.4%	2-20	9.1%	16-38	29.6%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	13-24	35.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	3	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	8	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	18
Total	0	0	23	11	1	8	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	31

Head to Head Results
Backer/Boersma trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Rego/Santos	3	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	21-14, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Berg/Dahl	14	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 19 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Rogers/Scott	19	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 21 Baxter/Henkel, United States 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Baxter/Henkel	19, Q6	Backer/Boersma	Q22	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 22, Q6 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Prosser/Williams	23, Q3	Backer/Boersma	Q14	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q2	Backer/Boersma	Q15	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 31, Q13 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q22	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q11	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q2 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Horrem/Maaseide	Q2	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # Q15 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q15	21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:51