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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open
March 25 - 30, 2008

(5) Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$800,573.76

Mischa Urbatzka
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 29, 1983 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Elmshorn

Height:

189 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Best:

2nd (6 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$252,075.06

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
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$9,220.88
FIVB	27	0	4	1	1	5	3	6	2	5	0	US$273,300.00
Overall	29	0	4	1	1	6	3	7	2	5	0	US$282,520.88

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	3	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	8	2nd	450	US$20,000.00
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

Adelaide Australia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 1	Stein Metzger / Mark Williams, United States (28)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:42
Thu, 3/27/2008	Contender 1	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (21, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 3/28/2008	Contender 2	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (22)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 13-15	1:00

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	28	0	4	1	1	5	3	7	2	5	0	0	$276,300.00

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	1	$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	17	$132,325.00
56	2	14	6	4	11	6	10	1	2	$303,252.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	3	1	1	4	6	5	8	12	$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
9	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$49,250.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$2,250.00
113	11	19	12	9	22	24	13	1	2	$740,677.50	Total	102	0	5	1	2	10	25	12	16	31	$240,925.00

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	13	0	2	0	0	1	3	3	1	3	0	0	$120,700.00	41	26	61.2 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	2	0	0	1	3	3	2	4	0	0	$127,700.00	44	30	59.5 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2002	CEV
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
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,375.00	2003	CEV
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
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2004	CEV	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
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,825.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$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
											2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00
13	0	2	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$60,350.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	2	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$60,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
67	4	12	2	4	16	16	10	1	2	$324,202.50	Total	Total	37	0	3	0	1	5	9	8	2	9	$75,850.00

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%
2007-2008	55	70.5%	12	15.4%	11	14.1%	67-11	85.9%	18	31.6%	10	17.5%	29	50.9%	18-39	31.6%	55-29	65.5%	30-21	58.8%	2	0	87-50	63.5%
Against the Field	29	65.9%	7	15.9%	8	18.2%	36-8	81.8%	10	28.6%	6	17.1%	19	54.3%	10-25	28.6%	58-36	61.7%	34-28	54.8%	1	0	47-32	59.5%

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	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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	1	0	23	10	0	0	37	25	4	2	1	1	0	4	91	54

Head to Head Results
Reckermann/Urbatzka lead the series against the field 24-20 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 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 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-3
8/19/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Gold Medal	Marques/Solberg	4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	21-18, 21-18	0:55
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
Series tied with # 6 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	15	21-18, 21-19	0:47
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Schacht/Slack	12	21-19, 21-17	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Wu/Xu, China 1-2
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Wu/Xu	1	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:56
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 # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	21-19, 22-20	0:45
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	21-12, 26-24	0:41
6/16/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 5	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	1:01
Trail the series against # 10 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Cunha/Neto	3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	21-11, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 2-0
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Doppler/Gartmayer	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-9	1:00
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	30-28, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 12 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	Gosch/Horst	10	21-18, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-1
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:54
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
Series tied with # 17 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Reckermann/Urbatzka	10	Boersma/Ronnes	26, Q14	21-14, 21-16	0:39
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 # 18 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Reckermann/Urbatzka	10	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 19, Q7 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 # 21, Q2 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 2-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q2	21-13, 21-19	0:38
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 # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	22	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:01
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 24, Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Lochhead/Pitman	27	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Asahi/Shiratori	15	21-17, 28-26	0:54
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-16, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # 26, Q13 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q17	21-16, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 28 Metzger/Williams, United States 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Williams	28	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-18, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q4 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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