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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(4) 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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	2	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	4	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
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

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	Hamza Khalid / Marwan Mohammad, United Arab Emirates (29)	Won 21-11, 21-11	0:36
Thu, 10/9/2008	Winner 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (20)	Won 14-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:49
Thu, 10/9/2008	Winner 3	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (5)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:54
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 4	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (16)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:39
Fri, 10/10/2008	Contender 5	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (13)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:44
Fri, 10/10/2008	Contender 6	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (3)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 10/10/2008	Semi-Finals	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (5)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:44
Sat, 10/11/2008	Gold Medal	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Lost 21-12, 16-21, 10-15	1:01

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	13	0	2	1	1	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	$148,100.00	46	24	65.7 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	4	1	1	5	3	6	2	5	0	0	$273,300.00	89	52	63.1 %

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
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
13	0	2	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	$74,050.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	2	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	$74,050.00
71	2	11	2	5	18	19	11	1	2	$362,677.50	Total	Total	43	0	5	1	2	9	11	5	2	8	$146,675.00

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	11	84.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	7	50.0%	3-11	21.4%	22-12	64.7%	8-10	44.4%	1	0	16-11	59.3%

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 16-11 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-4
9/20/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Semi-Finals	Marques/Solberg	1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	2	21-17, 21-18	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-4
10/11/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	12-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:01
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 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
10/10/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 6	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Klemperer/Koreng	3	By Forfeit
9/7/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Semi-Finals	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	21-16, 19-21, 21-19	1:08
Lead the series against # 5 Ces/Ces, France 2-1
10/10/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Semi-Finals	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Ces/Ces	5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 3	Ces/Ces	5	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	22-20, 21-19	0:54
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Ces/Ces	20	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 3-1
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	21-19, 24-22	0:50
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 # 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 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/10/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 5	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	22-20, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 2-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Baracetti/Salema	16	21-10, 21-12	0:39
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	Baracetti/Salema	25	21-9, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 20 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Fijalek/Prudel	20	14-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	2	Hernandez/Villafane	15	21-13, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 29 Khalid/Mohammad, United Arab Emirates 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Khalid/Mohammad	29	21-11, 21-11	0:36