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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 28 - August 1, 2004

(28, 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Gijs Ronnes - 25th	Did not play
2003	Emiel Boersma - 33rd	Max Backer - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	29, Q7	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	28, Q7	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q8	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q11	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	29, Q7	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	28, Q10	25th	36	US$2,000.00
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
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 1	Jussi Savio / Toni Tuominen, Finland (Q22)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 2	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (Q6)	Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:57
Thu, 7/29/2004	Winner 1	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (5)	Lost 15-21, 24-26	0:45
Fri, 7/30/2004	Contender 1	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (21)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:42

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$9,875.00	13	15	46.4 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$16,000.00	14	16	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	12	$25,875.00	27	31	46.6 %
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
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	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$8,000.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	$10,000.00
41	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	5	25	$21,970.00	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	15	$18,112.50

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	5	41.7%	2	16.7%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	3	13.0%	1	4.3%	19	82.6%	3-20	13.0%	10-38	20.8%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	10-25	28.6%

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 12-28 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 16 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Backer/Boersma	29, Q7	21-16, 28-26	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 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 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Backer/Boersma	28, Q11	21-15, 26-24	0:45
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	21-11, 21-12	0:30
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Backer/Boersma		21-16, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	4	Backer/Boersma	29, Q7	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
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 # 8 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 # 9 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-2
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	19	Backer/Boersma	29, Q7	16-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 13 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-4
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	5	Backer/Boersma	28, Q7	21-11, 21-18	0:40
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Rogers/Scott	3	Backer/Boersma	19	21-16, 21-15	0:48
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 # 14 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Klemperer/Rademacher	14	Backer/Boersma	29, Q7	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
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 # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Brenha/Maia	13	Backer/Boersma	37	19-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Horrem/Maaseide	Q2	21-17, 35-33	0:58
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Horrem/Maaseide	Q2	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
Series tied with # 21 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-2
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	21	Backer/Boersma	28, Q11	21-13, 21-16	0:42
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	21-16, 21-17	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 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 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Child/Heese	21	Backer/Boersma	28, Q7	21-14, 27-25	0:49
Trail the series against # 30, Q5 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 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 0-1
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Magalhaes/Silva	25, Q7	Backer/Boersma	Q10	19-21, 21-13, 22-20	1:23
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 3-2
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	28, Q11	Canet/Hamel	Q6	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:57
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Backer/Boersma	29, Q7	Canet/Hamel	20, Q2	21-17, 12-21, 15-13	0:53
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
Lead the series against # Q12 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
5/20/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	29, Q7	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q10	19-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:54
Trail the series against # Q14 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q25	Backer/Boersma	Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # Q18 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q22	Backer/Boersma	Q11	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q22 Savio/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	28, Q11	Savio/Tuominen	Q22	21-18, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q25 Dobeiner/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	29, Q7	Dobeiner/Mellitzer	Q26	23-21, 21-17	0:39