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

(31, Q16) Florian Gosch/Bernhard Strauss, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leoben

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$172,325.00

Bernhard Strauss
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Lopar Island 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	10	1	11	4	US$65,200.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,500.00
Overall	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	10	1	11	4	US$72,700.00

Previous Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	5	4th	42	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q22	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q25	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q22	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q30	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q24	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q22	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	30, Q5	25th	30	US$1,650.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2003	Qualifier 2	Yoyi Rodriguez / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (Q17)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:43
Thu, 9/4/2003	Qualifier 3	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (Q1)	Won 14-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool B	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (15)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 13-15	1:24
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool B	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (18)	Lost 21-23, 13-21	0:43
Sat, 9/6/2003	Pool B	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (2)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:39

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	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$13,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	9	0	$48,400.00
Challenger	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Total	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	0	$72,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Florian Gosch												Bernhard Strauss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,575.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	3	0	$60,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,025.00
63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	0	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	0	$24,200.00
5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,150.00	Challenger	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$575.00
106	1	0	2	3	6	20	26	16	0	$172,325.00	Total	62	0	0	1	2	1	5	8	11	0	$40,575.00

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
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,650.00	1	7	12.5 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$2,000.00	7	10	41.2 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$3,650.00	8	17	32.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	6	4	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Florian Gosch													Bernhard Strauss
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	1	0	$0.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	14	$3,075.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	17	$3,700.00

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	36	58.1%	9	14.5%	17	27.4%	45-17	72.6%	7	11.5%	8	13.1%	46	75.4%	7-54	11.5%	36-46	43.9%	16-25	39.0%	0	0	52-71	42.3%
2002-2003	7	63.6%	0	0.0%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	1	6.7%	1	6.7%	13	86.7%	1-14	6.7%	7-13	35.0%	1-5	16.7%	0	0	8-18	30.8%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	3	10.3%	3	10.3%	23	79.3%	3-26	10.3%	12-46	20.7%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	9-29	23.7%

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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	10	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	29	13	3	6	0	0	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	49
Challenger	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	13	8
Total	0	1	36	23	8	13	0	0	8	21	0	2	1	1	0	0	65	79

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Strauss trail the series against the field 8-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Semi-Finals	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	Gosch/Strauss	5	21-16, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Brenha/Maia	15	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:24
Trail the series against # 18 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	23-21, 21-13	0:43
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	24	Gosch/Strauss	48	21-18, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q8	Gosch/Strauss	Q25	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 26, Q9 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	Q24	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q56	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 30, Q5 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kais/Vesik	3	Gosch/Strauss	5	24-22, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q1 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	Holden/Leinemann	Q1	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # Q8 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Deulofeu/Molinier	27, Q11	Gosch/Strauss	Q22	21-15, 21-13	0:30
Trail the series against # Q13 Ces/Salvetti, France 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Salvetti	Q35	Gosch/Strauss	Q30	21-12, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # Q17 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	Q17	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # Q21 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
8/21/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool E	Gosch/Strauss	5	Gilbertsson/Svensson	8	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q23 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	Q18	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q24 Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 1-0
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 2	Gosch/Strauss	5	Babich/Khudoley	11	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # Q25 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
8/22/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	5	Grinbergs/Stals	14	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q27 Petreaev/Shapranovich, Israel 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Strauss	Q22	Petreaev/Shapranovich	Q43	21-18, 21-12	0:39