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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Brazil Open
October 1 - 6, 2002

(13) 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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Axel Hager - 13th	Jorg Ahmann - 13th
1995	Axel Hager - 17th	Jorg Ahmann - 17th
1996	Axel Hager - 7th	Jorg Ahmann - 7th
1997	Axel Hager - 9th	Jorg Ahmann - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	24	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	25	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	32	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	21, Q1	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	25, Q3	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	31	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	9	17th	60	US$2,520.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/3/2002	Pool D	Janis Grinbergs / Andris Krumins, Latvia (29, Q4)	Won 29-27, 21-19	0:52
Thu, 10/3/2002	Pool D	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (4)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:38
Fri, 10/4/2002	Pool D	Antonio Cotrino / Jose Luis Lobato, Spain (20)	Won 18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:53
Fri, 10/4/2002	Winner 1	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (14)	Won 21-16, 21-7	0:34
Fri, 10/4/2002	Winner 2	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Juca Dultra, Brazil (22, Q2)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 13-15	1:08

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	$34,750.00	15	18	45.5 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	0	$30,560.00	18	16	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	65	0	1	1	0	2	2	18	5	28	8	0	$211,810.00	41	40	50.6 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$17,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$17,375.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$15,280.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$15,280.00
95	0	2	2	1	12	34	35	9	0	$174,230.00	Total	Total	94	0	2	2	1	12	33	35	9	0	$172,630.00

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%
2001-2002	17	58.6%	8	27.6%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	8	21.6%	4	10.8%	25	67.6%	8-29	21.6%	17-25	40.5%	16-8	66.7%	0	1	33-34	49.3%
Against the Field	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	5	18.5%	4	14.8%	18	66.7%	5-22	18.5%	12-32	27.3%	16-12	57.1%	0	2	15-24	38.5%

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 14-15 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-2
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Ahmann/Hager	32	21-14, 21-13	0:31
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Ahmann/Hager	21, Q1	21-14, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 2-0
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	32	Ferreira/Marques	8	16-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:53
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Ferreira/Marques	8	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Ahmann/Hager	13	21-17, 21-13	0:38
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	13	Ahmann/Hager	10	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Laciga/Laciga	8	Ahmann/Hager	24	21-17, 25-23	0:39
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 7 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-2
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Holden/Leinemann	12	Ahmann/Hager	21, Q1	By Forfeit
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Ahmann/Hager	17	Holden/Leinemann	18	22-24, 21-16, 15-11	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Ahmann/Hager	10	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager	25	Schacht/Slack	24	25-23, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Ahmann/Hager	17	Horrem/Maaseide	23	23-21, 15-21, 16-14	1:14
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	10	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-17, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	9	21-14, 21-13	0:36
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ahmann/Hager	18	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Series tied with # 12 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Berg/Dahl	23	22-20, 22-24, 15-11	1:08
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	14	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	13	Rogers/Scott	14	21-16, 21-7	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 2	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	24	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	21-19, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 20 Cotrino /Lobato, Spain 1-0
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Hager	13	Cotrino /Lobato	20	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Dultra	22, Q2	Ahmann/Hager	13	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	1:08
Trail the series against # 24 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q13	Ahmann/Hager	24	11-21, 27-25, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	9	Klemperer/Rademacher	25	22-20, 22-24, 15-8	1:01
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Grinbergs/Krumins, Latvia 1-0
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Hager	13	Grinbergs/Krumins	29, Q4	29-27, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 30, Q5 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager	25	Gosch/Strauss	48	21-17, 21-19	0:41