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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(28, Q14) Kay Matysik/Stefan Uhmann, Germany

Kay Matysik
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1980 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ahrensfelde

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Fortaleza 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$469,152.86

Stefan Uhmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perleberg

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$85,304.34

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
CEV	12	3	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	US$103,785.06
FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	US$55,100.00
Overall	21	3	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	0	1	3	1	US$158,885.06

Previous Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	9, Q1	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	8/24-26/2007	European Championship	6	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	4	3rd	480	€ 5,850.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	26, Q15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	32, Q25	9th	320	US$8,000.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	6	4th	420	€ 4,250.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	31, Q25	25th	80	US$3,500.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters	5	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 1	Viktor Pak / Petr Sedlacek, Czechia (Q51)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:42
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 2	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (Q19)	Won 21-14, 25-23	0:52
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 3	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (Q3)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:46
Thu, 5/8/2008	Winner 1	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (5)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 12-15	1:00
Thu, 5/8/2008	Contender 1	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (21)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-7	1:10
Fri, 5/9/2008	Contender 2	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (6, Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:57
Fri, 5/9/2008	Contender 3	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (20)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:35

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	$31,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$23,400.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$17,000.00
Total	11	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	$72,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kay Matysik												Stefan Uhmann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	$30,900.00	World Championships
65	0	0	2	3	12	18	12	11	7	$280,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	2	$22,150.00
34	0	1	1	0	6	9	5	5	7	$63,362.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	$11,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,875.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$850.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	2	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	$22,750.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,500.00
117	1	3	4	3	19	35	19	16	17	$400,837.50	Total	24	0	1	1	2	4	4	3	4	5	$43,600.00

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
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$15,000.00	9	8	52.9 %
2007	CEV	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$14,575.00	13	9	59.1 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,900.00	5	2	71.4 %
2008	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,200.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	$18,900.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	CEV	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$26,775.00	21	12	63.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kay Matysik													Stefan Uhmann
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	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,875.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$850.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	$10,800.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$9,175.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$7,500.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$7,500.00
6	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$8,787.50	2007	CEV	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$7,287.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,100.00	2008	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,100.00
34	2	1	1	1	3	9	4	4	9	$47,187.50	Total	Total	21	1	0	1	3	4	4	2	2	4	$24,087.50

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	14	66.7%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	8	33.3%	8	33.3%	8	33.3%	8-16	33.3%	14-8	63.6%	12-11	52.2%	0	0	26-19	57.8%
2007-2008	14	66.7%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	8	33.3%	8	33.3%	8	33.3%	8-16	33.3%	14-8	63.6%	12-11	52.2%	0	0	26-19	57.8%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	8	40.0%	7	35.0%	5	25.0%	8-12	40.0%	18-10	64.3%	20-20	50.0%	0	0	19-15	55.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	6	1	5	10	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	6
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
Total	1	0	9	1	5	10	0	0	11	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	32	22

Head to Head Results
Matysik/Uhmann lead the series against the field 19-15 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	8	Matysik/Uhmann	9, Q1	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 5 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	5	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 6, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-0
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	Cunha/Neto	6, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:57
Lead the series against # 9 Kubala/Pavlas, Czechia 1-0
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Matysik/Uhmann	26, Q15	Kubala/Pavlas	Q18	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Brink/Dieckmann	7	Matysik/Uhmann	26, Q15	26-28, 24-22, 15-12	1:17
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	9	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	21-19, 21-15	0:47
Trail the series against # 13 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Matysik/Uhmann	31, Q25	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Matysik/Uhmann	6	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	11	Matysik/Uhmann	6	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
8/11/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Semi-Finals	Boersma/Ronnes	2	Matysik/Uhmann	4	18-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:57
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Boersma/Ronnes	4	Matysik/Uhmann	6	19-21, 21-16, 17-15	1:00
Lead the series against # 17 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/5/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Matysik/Uhmann	6	Deulofeu/Salvetti		21-17, 25-23	0:43
Lead the series against # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Matysik/Uhmann	31, Q25	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15, Q2	21-19, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 19 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-2
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Gosch/Horst	6	Matysik/Uhmann	2	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	1:00
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	10	Matysik/Uhmann	26, Q15	21-17, 19-21, 21-19	1:07
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann		Gosch/Horst		21-10, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 20 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	20	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 21 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-17, 18-21, 15-7	1:10
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	26, Q15	Horrem/Maaseide	Q2	24-22, 21-11	0:44
Series tied with # 22 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Cadieux/Heese	23	Matysik/Uhmann	26, Q15	18-21, 23-21, 18-16	1:08
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Cadieux/Heese	17	20-22, 21-15, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	9, Q1	Dugrip/Gagliano	Q17	24-22, 21-17	0:52
Lead the series against # 26 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Li/Zhou	Q8	17-21, 21-18, 28-26	1:10
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	Matysik/Uhmann	9, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 31 Kufa/Rotrekl, Czechia 1-0
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	6	Kufa/Rotrekl	11	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # Q3 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 2-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:46
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	21-15, 14-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q11 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	2	Hoyer/Soderberg	15, Q6	21-14, 21-15	0:43
6/15/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	5	Hoyer/Soderberg	12	21-17, 21-10	0:39
Lead the series against # Q12 Huth/Schneider, Germany 1-0
4/16/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Country Quota	Matysik/Uhmann	9, Q1	Huth/Schneider		21-16, 21-18
Lead the series against # Q19 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q19	21-14, 25-23	0:52
Lead the series against # Q24 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/5/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	6	Hupfer/Schroffenegger		26-28, 23-21, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # Q51 Pak/Sedlacek, Czechia 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	Pak/Sedlacek	Q51	21-18, 21-13	0:42