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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open
March 25 - 30, 2008

(17) Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands

Emiel Boersma
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

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

Photo: FIVB

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 Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	14	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20, Q5	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Adelaide Australia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (16)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:38
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (1)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 3/28/2008	Winner 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 15-17	0:55
Fri, 3/28/2008	Contender 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-10	0:53
Sat, 3/29/2008	Contender 5	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:42

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	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	2	$54,200.00	29	24	54.7 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	1	8	$61,200.00	36	32	52.9 %
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
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	2	$27,100.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	2	$27,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
62	1	0	0	1	3	7	12	9	29	$67,037.50	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	1	2	5	5	3	13	$33,200.00

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%
2007-2008	35	68.6%	9	17.6%	7	13.7%	44-7	86.3%	9	19.6%	7	15.2%	30	65.2%	9-37	19.6%	35-30	53.8%	18-14	56.3%	0	0	53-44	54.6%
Against the Field	21	60.0%	8	22.9%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	5	14.3%	7	20.0%	23	65.7%	5-30	14.3%	42-46	47.7%	26-26	50.0%	0	0	34-36	48.6%

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	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 20-24 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Boersma/Ronnes	17	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	1	21-17, 21-18	0:35
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 # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 5	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Boersma/Ronnes	17	21-19, 21-13	0:42
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 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 4	Boersma/Ronnes	17	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-19, 13-21, 15-10	0:53
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Boersma/Ronnes	14	21-17, 21-11	0:41
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 # 4 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	4, Q1	Boersma/Ronnes	13	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 5 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 # 6 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	Boersma/Ronnes	Q16	21-13, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Boersma/Ronnes	17	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	0:55
Trail the series against # 10 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-2
9/29/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Cunha/Neto	5	21-15, 21-19	0:43
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	Boersma/Ronnes	14	30-28, 21-18	0:55
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Boersma/Ronnes	29, Q11	21-14, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
9/29/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Laciga/Schnider	18	Boersma/Ronnes	14	15-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-5
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	17	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	16	21-13, 21-19	0:38
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	Boersma/Ronnes	14	21-18, 24-26, 15-13	1:01
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 # 18 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 3-0
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	11-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
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
Lead the series against # 19, Q7 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 2-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Berg/Brinkborg	19	21-23, 21-15, 15-9	1:00
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
Trail the series against # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-3
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:52
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
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Asahi/Shiratori	13	21-18, 25-23	0:46
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Boersma/Ronnes	29, Q11	Asahi/Shiratori	Q6	21-11, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Boersma/Ronnes	Q15	Henriquez/Hernandez	Q18	21-16, 21-23, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Boersma/Ronnes	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25	21-19, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q6 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 2-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Dugrip/Gagliano	19	21-13, 21-16	0:34
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	13	Dugrip/Gagliano	20	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # Q8 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 0-1
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Amore/Bizzotto	19	Boersma/Ronnes	13	14-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # Q10 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 # Q12 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