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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Swiss Open
June 20 - 24, 2001

(22) Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, Germany

Jörg Ahmann
Germany

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grevenbroich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$190,230.00

Axel Hager
Germany

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Burg auf Fehmarn

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$192,130.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	104	0	2	2	1	8	4	23	1	10	36	13	2	1	1	US$367,760.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	15	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	17	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	24	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	22	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	18	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	23	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	24	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	23	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/22/2001	Winner 1	Oliver Oetke / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (11)	Won 24-22, 21-8	0:42
Fri, 6/22/2001	Winner 2	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (6)	Lost 16-21, 21-16, 16-18	0:59
Fri, 6/22/2001	Contender 2	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (12)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 9-15	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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$17,150.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	3	0	$43,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	0	2	1	1	8	4	19	8	28	10	0	$303,110.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	104	0	2	2	1	8	4	24	10	36	13	0	$367,760.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jorg Ahmann												Axel Hager
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	0	$21,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	$24,250.00
84	0	2	1	1	12	28	28	10	0	$153,155.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	2	1	1	12	27	28	11	0	$152,555.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
105	0	2	2	1	12	35	36	13	0	$185,480.00	Total	107	0	2	2	1	12	34	37	14	0	$187,380.00

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
1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	4	0	0	$31,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	$45,000.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	4	0	$38,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	6	2	0	$32,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	50	0	1	1	0	0	1	15	5	20	7	0	$152,500.00	10	10	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jorg Ahmann													Axel Hager
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,125.00	1994	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,125.00
17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00	1995	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$36,450.00	1998	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$34,850.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00
13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00
80	0	2	2	1	9	31	27	8	0	$144,575.00	Total	Total	79	0	2	2	1	9	30	27	8	0	$142,975.00

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	23	56.1%	10	24.4%	8	19.5%	33-8	80.5%	11	20.4%	8	14.8%	35	64.8%	11-43	20.4%	23-35	39.7%	21-16	56.8%	0	2	51-58	46.8%
2000-2001	10	58.8%	5	29.4%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	10-14	41.7%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	12	50.0%	8	33.3%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	4	11.1%	5	13.9%	27	75.0%	4-32	11.1%	24-48	33.3%	24-16	60.0%	0	2	25-35	41.7%

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	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	2	1	5	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	2	8	13	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	31
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	2	1	6	3	15	20	0	0	13	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	51	58

Head to Head Results
Ahmann/Hager trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	6	Ahmann/Hager	22	21-16, 16-21, 18-16	0:59
Trail the series against # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Child/Heese	8	Ahmann/Hager	11	15-7	0:42
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ahmann/Hager	18	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
9/26/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Ahmann/Hager	15	Brenha/Maia	12	12-9, 12-6	1:10
Lead the series against # 11 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	22	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	11	24-22, 21-8	0:42
Trail the series against # 12 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Ferreira/de Melo	12	Ahmann/Hager	22	21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Series tied with # 19 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Holden/Leinemann	15	Ahmann/Hager	18	15-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:54
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Ahmann/Hager	15	Holden/Leinemann	18	15-6	0:38
Lead the series against # Q25 Kais/Kais, Estonia 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Ahmann/Hager	18	Kais/Kais	31, Q29	21-13, 21-13	0:35