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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 1 - 5, 2007

(20, Q5) Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands

Emiel Boersma
Netherlands

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 25, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Amsterdam

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Atlantida Beach 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$188,062.50

Bram Ronnes
Netherlands

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Enschede

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Stavanger 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$68,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	27	0	0	0	1	4	1	3	2	7	1	4	2	2	US$127,600.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,500.00
Overall	28	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	2	7	1	4	2	2	US$130,100.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Max Backer - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Max Backer - 25th	Richard Kogel - 33rd
2005	Bram Ronnes - 33rd	Emiel Boersma - 33rd
2006	Mathijs Mast - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	28	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	20	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	26, Q14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q18	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	27, Q8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	31, Q15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	29, Q11	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2007	Qualifier 2	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (Q12)	Won 21-16, 21-23, 15-13	1:04
Thu, 8/2/2007	Pool D	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (13)	Won 22-24, 21-18, 15-8	1:01
Fri, 8/3/2007	Pool D	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (4)	Lost 21-23, 22-24	0:54
Fri, 8/3/2007	Pool D	Roman Arkaev / Alexander Kuzmichev, Russia (29, Q23)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 8/3/2007	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (21)	Lost 12-21, 20-22	0:39

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	$60,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	1	0	$56,500.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	28	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	2	7	1	0	$130,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Emiel Boersma												Bram Ronnes
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,387.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,200.00
39	0	0	0	1	5	0	11	7	0	$81,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$30,050.00
63	0	0	0	1	4	14	13	8	0	$86,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	$29,250.00
3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
112	1	0	0	3	10	16	27	15	0	$188,062.50	Total	38	0	0	0	2	5	6	8	3	0	$68,100.00

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
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	2	$36,700.00	21	18	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	8	$36,700.00	25	24	51.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Emiel Boersma													Bram Ronnes
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	1	0	0	0	$175.00	1999	FIVB C&S
											2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$4,937.50	2003	FIVB
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	4	$11,500.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	$11,125.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	$4,200.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	$18,350.00	2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	$18,350.00
58	1	0	0	1	1	6	11	9	29	$54,787.50	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	3	13	$20,950.00

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	38	70.4%	9	16.7%	7	13.0%	47-7	87.0%	10	18.9%	9	17.0%	34	64.2%	10-43	18.9%	38-34	52.8%	19-16	54.3%	0	0	57-50	53.3%
2006-2007	18	69.2%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	8	29.6%	4	14.8%	15	55.6%	8-19	29.6%	18-15	54.5%	11-9	55.0%	0	0	29-24	54.7%
Against the Field	26	63.4%	8	19.5%	7	17.1%	34-7	82.9%	7	17.1%	6	14.6%	28	68.3%	7-34	17.1%	52-56	48.1%	30-26	53.6%	0	0	41-41	50.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	3	11	7	0	0	6	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	5	0	0	0	0	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	27
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	14	8	13	11	0	1	23	17	0	2	0	2	0	0	60	52

Head to Head Results
Boersma/Ronnes trail the series against the field 16-18 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	1	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	21-13, 23-21	0:42
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Rego/Santos	1	Boersma/Ronnes	31, Q15	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool Q	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Boersma/Ronnes	28	21-23, 21-15, 15-7	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Boersma/Ronnes	29, Q11	21-14, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Boersma/Ronnes	20, Q5	23-21, 24-22	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	12	Boersma/Ronnes	26, Q14	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Boersma/Ronnes	28	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Boersma/Ronnes	31, Q15	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	Heuscher/Heyer	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 13 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-0
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Boersma/Ronnes	20, Q5	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	22-24, 21-18, 15-8	1:01
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Boersma/Ronnes	26, Q14	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # 17 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Reckermann/Urbatzka	10	Boersma/Ronnes	26, Q14	21-14, 21-16	0:39
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	11-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 18 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-3
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	11	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	21-10, 21-19	0:38
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Boersma/Ronnes	29, Q11	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:55
9/10/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Bronze Medal	Herrera/Mesa	2	Boersma/Ronnes	5	21-14, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # 21 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-4
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21	Boersma/Ronnes	20, Q5	21-12, 22-20	0:39
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool Q	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21	Boersma/Ronnes	28	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:52
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	12	Boersma/Ronnes	20	21-14, 20-22, 15-11	1:04
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15, Q2	Boersma/Ronnes	Q15	21-18, 20-22, 23-21	1:10
Lead the series against # 23 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 2-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	20	Cadieux/Heese	13	21-14, 21-19	0:44
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Boersma/Ronnes	31, Q15	Cadieux/Heese	18	21-19, 21-13	0:46
Series tied with # 24 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Kjemperud/Skarlund	23	Boersma/Ronnes	26, Q14	21-14, 21-19	0:35
9/9/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Winner 3	Boersma/Ronnes	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	1	25-23, 25-23	0:49
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 2-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	Pedrosa/Rosas	21	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:04
9/9/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Winner 2	Boersma/Ronnes	5	Pedrosa/Rosas	4	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 29, Q23 Arkaev/Kuzmichev, Russia 1-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Boersma/Ronnes	20, Q5	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	29, Q23	21-16, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # Q3 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Boersma/Ronnes	26, Q14	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q3	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Series tied with # Q12 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Boersma/Ronnes	20, Q5	Berg/Brinkborg	Q12	21-16, 21-23, 15-13	1:04
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q8	Boersma/Ronnes	20	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q16 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Boersma/Ronnes	26, Q14	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q19	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # Q19 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool Q	Boersma/Ronnes	28	Gabathuler/Wenger	45	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q21 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Boersma/Ronnes	31, Q15	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q18	15-21, 24-22, 20-18	1:01
Lead the series against # Q22 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Boersma/Ronnes	29, Q11	Rovkin/Saulko	Q22	21-16, 21-17	0:43