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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
April 28 - May 3, 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Markus Dieckmann - 7th	Did not play
2007	Mischa Urbatzka - 17th	Jonas Reckermann - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	13	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	5	17th	120	US$2,500.00
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

China Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/30/2008	Winner 1	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (28, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:43
Wed, 4/30/2008	Winner 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (21)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:38
Thu, 5/1/2008	Contender 2	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (22)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 13-15	1:02

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	2	0	0	1	3	3	2	5	0	0	$130,200.00	45	32	58.4 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	2	2	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
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00
69	4	12	2	4	17	16	11	1	2	$326,852.50	Total	Total	39	0	3	0	1	6	9	9	2	9	$78,500.00

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	32	78.0%	5	12.2%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	10	28.6%	5	14.3%	20	57.1%	10-25	28.6%	64-38	62.7%	30-18	62.5%	1	0	48-28	63.2%

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 29-21 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 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
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 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
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, Q1 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 # 10 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 # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-2
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	13	Herrera/Mesa	5	21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 13 "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
Lead the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 17 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 # 18 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 # 20, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 21 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-3
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-13, 21-16	0:38
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	30	21-13, 21-19	0:54
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	30	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 22 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Cadieux/Heese	22	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Pedrosa/Rosas	28, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q3 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 2-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Goranson/Hoidalen	19	24-22, 21-17	0:52
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	Goranson/Hoidalen	32	21-14, 21-15	0:36