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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Patria Direct Open
June 15 - 21, 2010

(21) Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway

Tarjei Viken Skarlund
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alesund

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$286,217.50

Martin Spinnangr
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Farsund

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$122,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	45	0	1	0	1	2	2	9	4	13	8	2	1	2	US$241,050.00

Previous Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	16	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	13	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2009	Sanya Open	4	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	18, Q6	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	9	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	23	33rd	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	13	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/17/2010	Winner 1	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (12, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:42
Thu, 6/17/2010	Contender 1	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (28, Q10)	Won 21-18, 13-21, 15-9	0:52
Fri, 6/18/2010	Contender 2	Benjamin Insfran / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (11)	Lost 23-25, 20-22	0:53

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	5	4	0	$150,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	7	4	0	$80,250.00
Total	45	0	1	0	1	2	2	9	4	13	8	0	$241,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tarjei Skarlund												Martin Spinnangr
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,650.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00
44	0	1	0	1	1	11	13	8	0	$120,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	1	0	1	1	6	5	5	0	$76,950.00
90	0	0	0	1	11	24	21	9	0	$149,325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	4	0	$40,125.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,242.50	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	Satellite
148	1	1	0	2	18	36	37	17	0	$286,217.50	Total	50	0	1	0	1	4	14	13	9	0	$122,875.00

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
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00	3	4	42.9 %
2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	$35,750.00	16	15	51.6 %
2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	$19,100.00	5	11	31.3 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	2	4	$61,250.00	24	30	44.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tarjei Skarlund													Martin Spinnangr
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$425.00	2001	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$825.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,142.50	2002	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	5	$13,625.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2004	FIVB C&S
15	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	1	0	$33,500.00	2005	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2005	FIVB C&S
14	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	2	0	$38,025.00	2006	FIVB
16	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	4	1	$38,850.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	0	0	$38,750.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$4,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	$17,875.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	$17,875.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$9,550.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$9,550.00
119	1	0	0	1	16	27	28	11	35	$196,317.50	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	3	7	$32,975.00

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	40	54.8%	13	17.8%	20	27.4%	53-20	72.6%	16	17.6%	14	15.4%	61	67.0%	16-75	17.6%	40-61	39.6%	29-34	46.0%	3	4	72-99	42.1%
2009-2010	24	64.9%	4	10.8%	9	24.3%	28-9	75.7%	7	17.5%	6	15.0%	27	67.5%	7-33	17.5%	24-27	47.1%	11-15	42.3%	1	1	36-43	45.6%
Against the Field	20	51.3%	8	20.5%	11	28.2%	28-11	71.8%	9	14.5%	13	21.0%	40	64.5%	9-53	14.5%	40-72	35.7%	34-48	41.5%	0	4	37-64	36.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	22	32	0	0	13	13	1	1	0	1	0	1	36	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	17	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	41
Total	0	0	3	3	25	38	0	0	30	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	72	99

Head to Head Results
Skarlund/Spinnangr trail the series against the field 12-20 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-13	0:42
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-14, 21-8	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	9	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	27-25, 21-15	0:46
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 17-9 Retired	0:31
Trail the series against # 11 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	25-23, 22-20	0:53
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Jennings/Keenan, United States 0-2
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Jennings/Keenan	17	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	21-15, 21-17	0:36
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Jennings/Keenan	19	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
Series tied with # 15 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	24-22, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Gosch/Horst	7	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 16 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Bogatov/Prokopiev	20	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	21-13, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 20 Ingrosso/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Ingrosso/Nicolai	18	16-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Ingrosso/Nicolai	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	21-13, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-2
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-17, 21-16	0:37
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 26, Q29 Belov/Daianov, Russia 0-1
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Belov/Daianov	31, Q35	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 2-0
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Doppler/Mellitzer	28, Q10	21-18, 13-21, 15-9	0:52
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Doppler/Mellitzer	Q11	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 29 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	31, Q11	16-21, 27-25, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # Q5 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Lario/Mesa	17	21-16, 20-22, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # Q6 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Redmann/VanHuizen	37	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q8 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Hoyer/Soderberg	25	21-17, 21-19	0:50
Series tied with # Q14 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	Skarlund/Spinnangr	Q9	21-17, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # Q25 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	32, Q31	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51