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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Spain Open
July 7 - 11, 2004

(Q11) 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 Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	29	25th	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	Q9	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	26	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	39	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	25	25th	52	US$2,750.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/7/2004	Qualifier 1	Jussi Savio / Toni Tuominen, Finland (Q22)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	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	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 %
2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$9,750.00	4	9	30.8 %
2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$9,500.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	73	0	1	1	0	2	2	19	5	29	11	3	$231,060.00	50	55	47.6 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	$8,375.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$4,750.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$4,750.00
103	0	2	2	1	12	35	36	12	3	$183,855.00	Total	Total	105	0	2	2	1	12	34	37	13	4	$185,755.00

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%
2003-2004	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	9	56.3%	3-13	18.8%	5-9	35.7%	5-8	38.5%	0	1	10-18	35.7%
Against the Field	6	37.5%	4	25.0%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	2	9.5%	2	9.5%	17	81.0%	2-19	9.5%	12-28	30.0%	12-14	46.2%	0	2	13-24	35.1%

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 13-23 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Baracetti/Conde	10	Ahmann/Hager	39	21-15, 22-24, 15-12	1:08
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
Series tied with # 8 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Rogers/Scott	10, Q1	Ahmann/Hager	26	21-13, 21-10	0:35
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	13	Rogers/Scott	14	21-16, 21-7	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-3
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Ahmann/Hager	29	22-20, 21-15	0:45
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	Ahmann/Hager	21	By Forfeit
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Ahmann/Hager	10	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Series tied with # 14 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-1
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Klemperer/Rademacher	35	Ahmann/Hager	39	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	0:56
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 # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Ahmann/Hager	26	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	21-16, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 17 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Holdren/Metzger	15	Ahmann/Hager	39	31-33, 21-17, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against # 18 Child/Heese, Canada 1-2
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Ahmann/Hager	39	Child/Heese	34	21-13, 21-14	0:34
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Ahmann/Hager	21	21-13, 21-16	0:38
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Child/Heese	8	Ahmann/Hager	11	15-7	0:42
Trail the series against # 22, Q3 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Shiratori/Watanabe	41	Ahmann/Hager	32	27-25, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # 23 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-3
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	9	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-16, 21-14	0:40
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	10	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-13, 21-15	0:44
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	24	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	17-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:56
Series tied with # 25 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 # 26 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 3-0
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Ahmann/Hager	26	Horrem/Maaseide	16	13-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:57
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
Series tied with # 27, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-0
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brink/Schneider		26-24, 22-20	0:50
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brink/Schneider		21-18, 26-28, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # Q13 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 # Q17 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q24	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # Q19 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	24-26, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # Q22 Savio/Tuominen, Finland 0-1
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Savio/Tuominen	Q22	Ahmann/Hager	Q11	21-19, 21-17	0:39