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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by ERGO
July 17 - 22, 2012

(Q25) Ward Coucke/Tom van Walle, Belgium

Ward Coucke
Belgium

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 8, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Waregem

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Novi Sad 2011)

Career FIVB WT Best:

41st (10 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,148.31

Tom van Walle
Belgium

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ekeren

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Leuven 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$100,250.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	US$8,765.33
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	US$0.00
Overall	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	US$8,765.33

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q13	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	22	25th	80	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q22	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	28	25th	80	€ 500.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	Q1	25th	60	€ 0.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2012	Qualifier 1	Christian Redmann / Ben Saxton, Canada (25, Q8)	Lost 26-24, 22-24, 2-15	0:56

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$1,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ward Coucke												Tom van Walle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	9	$26,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	4	12	$29,087.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	1	1	1	4	2	1	0	$11,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$675.00	Challenger
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$150.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,000.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	$8,375.00
28	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	20	$1,825.00	Total	74	1	0	1	2	5	15	16	12	22	$84,412.50

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
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,750.00	9	6	60.0 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,250.00	10	8	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ward Coucke													Tom van Walle
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	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00	2002	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$225.00	2004	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,875.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,875.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
31	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	3	21	$4,450.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	$3,125.00

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	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	2-2	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	0	0	3-7	30.0%
2011-2012	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	2-2	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	0	0	3-7	30.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-0		0-10	0.0%	0	0	0-5	0.0%

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	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Total	0	0	3	7	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12

Head to Head Results
Coucke/van Walle trail the series against the field 3-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 9 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-1
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Huber/Seidl	Q9	Coucke/van Walle	Q24	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
7/17/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Bronze Medal	Coucke/van Walle	20, Q12	Huber/Seidl	8	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Doppler/Horst	11	Coucke/van Walle	22	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 16 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool N	Plavins/Smedins	5	Coucke/van Walle	28	21-17, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # 18 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Coucke/van Walle	22	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	21-17, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 25, Q8 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 0-1
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Redmann/Saxton	25, Q8	Coucke/van Walle	Q25	24-26, 24-22, 15-2	0:56
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	Coucke/van Walle	28	23-21, 19-21, 25-23	1:02
Trail the series against # Q9 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-2
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 5	Coucke/van Walle	20, Q12	Gabathuler/Schnider	4	24-22, 25-23	0:49
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	4	Coucke/van Walle	20, Q12	21-19, 24-26, 15-11	0:53
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q3	Coucke/van Walle	Q30	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # Q10 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	18, Q5	Coucke/van Walle	Q37	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # Q22 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 0-1
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Henriquez/Mussa	32, Q20	Coucke/van Walle	Q13	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	1:03