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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

(14) Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$691,427.50

Mischa Urbatzka
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 29, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Elmshorn

Height:

189 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$238,675.00

Awards

Best Blocker 2009
Team of the Year 2009 (with Julius Brink)
Tour Champion 2009 (with Julius Brink)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	27	0	4	1	1	5	3	6	2	5	0	US$273,300.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Daniel Krug - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	19	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (19)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:35
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost 25-23, 20-22, 13-15	1:09
Fri, 5/25/2007	Contender 2	Jason Kruger / Wes Montgomery, Canada (29, Q10)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:41
Fri, 5/25/2007	Contender 3	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (27, Q8)	Lost 21-11, 17-21, 11-15	0:58

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	$122,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	3	1	1	1	3	1	2	4	0	0	$144,000.00
Total	27	0	4	1	1	5	3	6	2	5	0	0	$273,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonas Reckermann												Mischa Urbatzka
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$63,250.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,375.00
40	3	4	4	4	11	13	1	0	0	$324,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	0	1	0	0	5	15	4	7	0	$132,325.00
56	2	14	6	4	11	6	10	1	0	$303,252.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	3	1	1	4	6	5	8	0	$89,525.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,225.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
104	7	18	11	8	22	22	13	1	0	$691,427.50	Total	98	0	5	1	2	10	24	11	15	0	$238,675.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$15,500.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$20,000.00	8	8	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonas Reckermann													Mischa Urbatzka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	2	$19,000.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	$17,652.50	2002	FIVB
9	0	2	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$47,500.00	2003	FIVB
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	$78,500.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	3	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$65,625.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$4,125.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,975.00
											2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	$5,700.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,750.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,750.00
48	2	7	1	4	11	13	7	1	2	$236,027.50	Total	Total	20	0	1	0	1	2	5	1	2	8	$20,025.00

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	56	70.0%	13	16.3%	11	13.8%	69-11	86.3%	18	30.5%	10	16.9%	31	52.5%	18-41	30.5%	56-31	64.4%	31-21	59.6%	2	0	89-52	63.1%
2006-2007	25	71.4%	5	14.3%	5	14.3%	30-5	85.7%	11	34.4%	6	18.8%	15	46.9%	11-21	34.4%	25-15	62.5%	16-11	59.3%	0	0	41-26	61.2%
Against the Field	36	70.6%	7	13.7%	8	15.7%	43-8	84.3%	11	31.4%	6	17.1%	18	51.4%	11-24	31.4%	72-36	66.7%	36-28	56.3%	0	0	54-32	62.8%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	21	9	0	0	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	35	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	14	3	2	1	1	0	3	52	31
Total	0	0	1	0	23	10	0	0	35	24	4	2	1	1	0	4	89	52

Head to Head Results
Reckermann/Urbatzka trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Rego/Santos	1	21-18, 23-25, 15-13	0:58
Series tied with # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	23-25, 22-20, 15-13	1:09
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	15-21, 23-21, 15-5	0:53
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	21-16, 27-25	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	Reckermann/Urbatzka	20	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 15 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	21	Reckermann/Urbatzka	20	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	1:13
Lead the series against # 19 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	Gscheidle/Schnider	19	21-10, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	21, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 24 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	11-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Kruger/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	Kruger/Montgomery	29, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:41