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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Greek Open
July 9 - 13, 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:

119

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Zagreb 2004)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$210,816.66

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:

3rd (CEV Under Age Schinias 1999)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Rethymnon 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$7,934.05

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$1,694.70
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$2,000.00
Overall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	US$3,694.70

Previous Rethymnon Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

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

Greek Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/9/2003		Kristians Marnics / Tomass Marnics, Latvia	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:42
Thu, 7/10/2003		Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:48
Fri, 7/11/2003	Pool C	Andris Krumins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia	Won 22-24, 21-14, 15-12	1:04
Fri, 7/11/2003	Pool C	Roman Arkaev / Dmitry Karasev, Russia	Won 21-16, 16-21, 17-15	1:10
Sat, 7/12/2003	Pool C	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria	Lost 22-20, 13-21, 13-15	1:07
Sat, 7/12/2003	Winner 1	Guilherm Deulofeu / Ogier Molinier, France	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 10-15	0:58

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$6,850.00	Confederation Championship
113	0	2	2	1	13	37	39	14	0	$194,230.00	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %

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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1994	CEV
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1996	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	1999	CEV
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$15,280.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$4,500.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
104	0	3	3	1	12	36	38	11	0	$180,980.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	$2,300.00

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	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
2002-2003	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
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 lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Arkaev/Karasev, Russia 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Hager/Kroger		Arkaev/Karasev		21-16, 16-21, 17-15	1:10
Trail the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler		Hager/Kroger		20-22, 21-13, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against 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 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Deulofeu/Molinier		Hager/Kroger		15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open		Hager/Kroger		Kogel/Mulder		21-17, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Hager/Kroger		Krumins/Sorokins		22-24, 21-14, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against Marnics/Marnics, Latvia 1-0
7/9/03	CEV	Greek Open		Hager/Kroger		Marnics/Marnics		21-13, 21-16	0:42