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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam
June 10 - 15, 2008

(23) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Karl Strempel - 57th	Did not play
2003	Thomas Kroger - Country Quota	Did not play
2004	Thomas Kroger - 41st	Did not play
2007	Stefan Uhmann - 9th	Kay Matysik - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	24	9th	240	US$5,500.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	1	1st	600	€ 11,000.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	1	1st	600	€ 11,000.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	2	1st	600	€ 11,000.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	28, Q14	13th	180	US$3,900.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/12/2008	Pool G	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (10)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
Thu, 6/12/2008	Pool G	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (7)	Lost 21-23, 15-21	0:46
Fri, 6/13/2008	Pool G	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (26)	Lost 23-25, 18-21	0:54

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$12,900.00	8	6	57.1 %
2008	CEV	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$34,200.00	18	4	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	$27,900.00	17	14	54.8 %
Total	CEV	9	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$48,775.00	31	13	70.5 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$6,450.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$6,450.00
4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$17,100.00	2008	CEV	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$17,100.00
38	4	1	1	1	3	10	4	5	9	$62,687.50	Total	Total	25	3	0	1	3	4	5	2	3	4	$39,587.50

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	11	61.1%	4	22.2%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	8	38.1%	7	33.3%	6	28.6%	8-13	38.1%	22-12	64.7%	24-20	54.5%	0	0	23-16	59.0%

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 29-20 (Lead 18 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Matysik/Uhmann	24	21-12, 23-21	0:44
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 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 # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Semi-Finals	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	21-19, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-2
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Matysik/Uhmann	23	23-21, 21-15	0:46
6/1/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Gold Medal	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Klemperer/Koreng	2	By Forfeit
5/12/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Matysik/Uhmann	2	Klemperer/Koreng	1	21-17, 21-11	0:46
8/12/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Bronze Medal	Matysik/Uhmann	4	Klemperer/Koreng	1	By Forfeit
8/11/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 3	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Matysik/Uhmann	4	21-17, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-2
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 4	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Boersma/Ronnes	10	21-16, 21-16	0:35
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 # 10 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-0
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Matysik/Uhmann	23	Fuerbringer/Jennings	10	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 13, 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
Series tied with # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
5/12/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Matysik/Uhmann	2	Laciga/Schnider	9	22-20, 23-21	0:45
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	11	Matysik/Uhmann	6	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Matysik/Uhmann	6	Herrera/Mesa	7	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	6	Matysik/Uhmann	24	9-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:52
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	20	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 21 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Heuscher/Heyer	2	23-21, 21-14	0:48
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Matysik/Uhmann	6	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:44
Series tied with # 24, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 26 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-4
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	26	Matysik/Uhmann	23	25-23, 21-18	0:54
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 3	Gosch/Horst	4	Matysik/Uhmann	1	21-16, 21-18	0:47
5/12/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Gold Medal	Matysik/Uhmann	2	Gosch/Horst	6	21-11, 21-17	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q19 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 # 29, Q5 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 # 30, Q8 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 # Q2 "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
Lead the series against # Q3 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Matysik/Uhmann	24	De Gruijter/Ronnes	8	16-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # Q9 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 # Q10 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	31, Q25	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q14 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Amore/Bizzotto	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q18 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
Lead the series against # Q21 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 # Q24 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