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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004

(28, Q10) 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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q10	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	37	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	30, Q18	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q11	41st	10	US$0.00
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
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

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/23/2004	Qualifier 1	Farid Mussa / Jose Vasquez A., Venezuela (Q23)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:34
Wed, 3/24/2004	Qualifier 2	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (Q7)	Won 23-21, 24-22	0:53
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (5)	Lost 23-25, 13-21	0:43
Thu, 3/25/2004	Contender 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (21)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:40

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$9,875.00	13	15	46.4 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	$11,875.00	15	18	45.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$4,937.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$4,937.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	22	$10,957.50	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	12	$6,112.50

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%
2003-2004	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%
Against the Field	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	5.6%	1	5.6%	16	88.9%	1-17	5.6%	12-32	27.3%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	11-20	35.5%

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
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 6-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 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 # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	5	Backer/Boersma	28, Q10	25-23, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-2
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Rogers/Scott	12	Backer/Boersma	37	21-13, 21-19	0:39
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 # 16 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 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	21-16, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 1-2
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	21	Backer/Boersma	28, Q10	21-17, 21-11	0:40
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Canet/Hamel	19	21-18, 21-19	0:50
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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Hernandez/Papaleo	36	Backer/Boersma	37	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 26, Q11 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
Series tied with # 29, 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 # Q7 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	28, Q10	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q7	23-21, 24-22	0:53
Trail the series against # Q14 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 # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q23 Mussa/Vasquez A., Venezuela 1-0
3/23/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	28, Q10	Mussa/Vasquez A.	Q23	21-12, 21-15	0:34