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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(5) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Markus Dieckmann - 57th	Did not play
2002	Markus Dieckmann - 17th	Did not play
2003	Markus Dieckmann - 2nd	Did not play
2004	Markus Dieckmann - 2nd	Did not play
2005	Mischa Urbatzka - 13th	Jonas Reckermann - 13th
2007	Mischa Urbatzka - 17th	Jonas Reckermann - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	12	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	14	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	4	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	8	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	5	17th	120	US$2,500.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool E	Riccardo Bizzotto / Fosco Cicola, Italy (28)	Won 18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:49
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool E	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (21)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool E	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (12)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:42
Sat, 7/26/2008	Winner 2	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (19, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:47
Sat, 7/26/2008	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (16)	Lost 20-22, 20-22	0:46

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	13	0	2	0	0	1	3	3	1	3	0	0	$120,700.00	41	26	61.2 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	$90,900.00	28	17	62.2 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	3	0	0	4	3	6	2	5	0	0	$216,100.00	71	45	61.2 %

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
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
9	0	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	$45,450.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	$45,450.00
67	2	10	1	4	17	19	11	1	2	$334,077.50	Total	Total	39	0	4	0	1	8	11	5	2	8	$118,075.00

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	21	63.6%	4	12.1%	8	24.2%	25-8	75.8%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	14	58.3%	6-18	25.0%	42-26	61.8%	20-24	45.5%	1	0	32-25	56.1%

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 23-20 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-1
6/29/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	1:02
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	1:08
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-3
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	24-22, 24-22	0:49
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
Series tied with # 3 Wu/Xu, China 2-2
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	Wu/Xu	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/5/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Neto	19, Q2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	7	15-21, 21-12, 15-11	1:03
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Neto	7	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	22-20, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	16	Laciga/Schnider	17	21-19, 30-32, 15-6	1:08
Lead the series against # 11 "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 # 12 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 3-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	12	21-19, 21-15	0:42
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 # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-2
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Boersma/Ronnes	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	21-19, 21-14	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 14 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-2
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	16	Herrera/Mesa	13	24-22, 21-15	0:49
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 # 16 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	22-20, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 19, Q3 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 4-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Deulofeu/Salvetti	21	21-16, 21-17	0:39
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	Deulofeu/Salvetti	30, Q8	21-18, 25-23	0:48
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Deulofeu/Salvetti	29	21-19, 21-12	0:39
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 # 25, Q2 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 # 28 Bizzotto/Cicola, Italy 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Bizzotto/Cicola	28	18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	Blauel/Huber	32	21-19, 21-15	0:39