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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 World of TUI Open de Mallorca
September 3 - 7, 2003

(Q11) 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 (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$24,349.86

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:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$245,921.40

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,587.10
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	1	4	1	US$25,875.00
Overall	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	6	1	4	1	US$32,462.10

Previous Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Gijs Ronnes - 33rd	Bram Ronnes - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		5th	120	€ 4,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q12	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	30, Q18	25th	54	US$3,000.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2003	Qualifier 2	Riccardo Fenili / Fabio Galli, Italy (Q22)	Lost 10-21, 14-21	0:37

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	1	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$11,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	8	$13,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	12	$30,375.00

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	1	$937.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$15,387.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	0	0	1	5	0	11	7	15	$81,725.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	20	$9,020.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	63	0	0	0	1	4	14	13	8	23	$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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,925.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$15,750.00
40	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	5	25	$21,382.50	Total	118	1	1	0	3	12	18	28	15	40	$203,812.50

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$3,000.00	10	10	50.0 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$3,000.00	10	10	50.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	4	55.6 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$337.50	2000	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2002	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	20	$10,532.50	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	10	$4,675.00

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	10	55.6%	3	16.7%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	2	9.5%	1	4.8%	18	85.7%	2-19	9.5%	20-36	35.7%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	15-24	38.5%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	23	11	3	9	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	33

Head to Head Results
Backer/Boersma trail the series against the field 10-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Backer/Boersma		21-16, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		21-19, 21-15	0:40
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		17-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:58
Trail the series against # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Backer/Boersma		21-12, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	Backer/Boersma	Q15	19-21, 21-11, 15-7	0:57
Trail the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 23 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 # 24, Q2 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
Series tied with # Q7 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q15	21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny		Backer/Boersma		21-10, 14-21, 15-13	0:52
Series tied with # Q12 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	Backer/Boersma	Q12	21-15, 21-15	0:36
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 # Q17 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q15	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	Q18	21-16, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against # Q20 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q12	Asahi/Nishimura	Q21	25-23, 12-21, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # Q22 Fenili/Galli, Italy 0-1
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Fenili/Galli	Q22	Backer/Boersma	Q11	21-10, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q24 Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 2-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Backer/Boersma		Babich/Khudoley		21-17, 21-13	0:36
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q14	Babich/Khudoley	Q19	21-16, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # Q27 Petreaev/Shapranovich, Israel 0-1
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Petreaev/Shapranovich	Q50	Backer/Boersma	Q15	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # Q30 Cole/Jury, Australia 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	Q15	Cole/Jury	Q50	21-13, 21-17	0:38