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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2003

Axel Hager/Thomas Kroger, Germany

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

Thomas Kröger
Germany

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melle

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Klagenfurt 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$6,025.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$2,000.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Jorg Ahmann - 4th	Did not play
1995	Jorg Ahmann - 13th	Did not play
1996	Jorg Ahmann - 17th	Did not play
1997	Jorg Ahmann - 17th	Did not play
1998	Jorg Ahmann - 2nd	Did not play
1999	Jorg Ahmann - 13th	Did not play
2000	Jorg Ahmann - 25th	Did not play
2001	Jorg Ahmann - 17th	Did not play
2002	Jorg Ahmann - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	27, Q5	25th	30	US$2,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2003	Country Quota	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (Q11)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:44

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Axel Hager												Thomas Kroger
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	$24,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00
84	0	2	1	1	12	27	28	11	0	$152,555.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Goodwill Games
107	0	2	2	1	12	34	37	14	0	$187,380.00	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,025.00

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
2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Axel Hager													Thomas Kroger
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
17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00	1995	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00	1996	FIVB
10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00	1997	FIVB
9	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$34,850.00	1998	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00	1999	FIVB
13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$17,375.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$15,280.00	2002	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$4,500.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
98	0	2	2	1	12	33	36	11	1	$177,130.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2002-2003	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

Head to Head Results
Hager/Kroger trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Marques/Neto	6	Hager/Kroger	27, Q5	21-18, 28-26	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Hager/Kroger	27, Q5	21-9, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 32 Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Hager/Kroger	27, Q5	Ces/Salvetti	Q28	21-17, 21-16	0:51
Trail the series against # Q5 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	Hager/Kroger	27, Q5	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # Q11 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink/Schneider	Q11	Hager/Kroger		21-13, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q24 Gavrilov/Todorov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Hager/Kroger	27, Q5	Gavrilov/Todorov	Q21	21-17, 21-13	0:43