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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open
August 8 - 12, 2007

(8) 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 Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	17	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	15	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	5	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	17, Q1	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	19	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	19	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	17	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/9/2007	Winner 1	Michal Biza / Martin Lebl, Czech Republic (25, Q9)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Thu, 8/9/2007	Winner 2	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (24)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
Fri, 8/10/2007	Winner 3	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (16)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:38
Sat, 8/11/2007	Winner 4	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (5)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:48
Sun, 8/12/2007	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-9	1:08
Sun, 8/12/2007	Gold Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 9-21	0:35

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	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	3	0	0	$98,700.00	34	24	58.6 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	3	0	0	$103,200.00	36	26	58.1 %

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
12	0	1	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$49,350.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$49,350.00
57	2	8	1	4	14	16	9	1	2	$277,627.50	Total	Total	29	0	2	0	1	5	8	3	2	8	$61,625.00

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	32	69.6%	9	19.6%	5	10.9%	41-5	89.1%	10	30.3%	5	15.2%	18	54.5%	10-23	30.3%	64-36	64.0%	38-20	65.5%	0	0	51-28	64.6%

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	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 lead the series against the field 20-16 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-3
8/12/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	21-15, 21-9	0:35
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:06
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	Rego/Santos	1	21-18, 21-16	0:36
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	21-16, 21-14	0:37
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Rego/Santos	1	21-18, 23-25, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-1
8/12/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	1:08
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 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	11	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:42
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-2
8/11/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	Marques/Solberg	5	21-17, 21-17	0:48
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	11, Q1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	10	21-14, 13-21, 15-8	0:50
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 # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	1:08
Series tied with # 9 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Reckermann/Urbatzka	10	Kjemperud/Skarlund	23	24-22, 22-20	0:41
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	Reckermann/Urbatzka	20	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool W	Reckermann/Urbatzka	15	Horrem/Maaseide	39	24-22, 22-20	0:45
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Horrem/Maaseide	14	21-13, 21-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 12 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	30-28, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 13 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Brenha/Maia	21	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Series tied with # 14 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	36-34, 21-15	0:57
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 # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-13, 21-17	0:38
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 17 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-16, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 19 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	15	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 1-0
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 21 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	Goranson/Hoidalen	32	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 2-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	Berg/Brinkborg	24	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q4	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:08
Lead the series against # 25, Q9 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 1-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	Biza/Lebl	25, Q9	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 26 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool W	Reckermann/Urbatzka	15	Plavins/Samoilovs	34	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:52
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 de Paula/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 5	Insfran/de Paula	15	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # Q3 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Deulofeu/Salvetti	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50