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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012
July 11 - 15, 2012

(Q18) Geeske Banck/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

Geeske Banck
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kiel

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Phuket 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$117,010.00

Kira Walkenhorst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$513,387.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2013
Top Rookie 2013
Best Blocker 2016
Team of the Year 2016 (with Laura Ludwig)
Tour Champion 2016 (with Laura Ludwig)
Best Hitter 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	US$19,100.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,600.00
Overall	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	US$24,700.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Martina Stein - Country Quota	Did not play
2007	Susanne Lahme - 33rd	Did not play
2008	Anja Gunther - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	24, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q21	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	5/31-6/3/2012	Seoul Challenger	3	2nd	72	US$5,600.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/10/2012	Country Quota	Teresa Mersmann / Cinja Tillmann, Germany	Won 21-14, 23-21	0:36
Wed, 7/11/2012	Qualifier 1	Melody Benhamou / Deborah Giaoui, France (Q15)	Won 22-20, 24-22	0:46
Wed, 7/11/2012	Qualifier 2	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (28, Q2)	Lost 21-17, 13-21, 12-15	0:48

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,600.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00
Total	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	$24,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geeske Banck												Kira Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$42,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$130,000.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	$26,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	5	2	3	3	5	5	4	1	0	$306,450.00
54	0	0	1	0	5	11	7	10	0	$75,410.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	2	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$27,237.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	Challenger	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
94	0	3	1	0	6	15	11	14	0	$117,010.00	Total	52	12	4	4	3	9	10	5	2	0	$513,387.50

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
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geeske Banck													Kira Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2005	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	3	$16,650.00	2006	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	$11,500.00	2007	FIVB
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	$21,950.00	2008	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	2	$25,650.00	2009	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	4	$16,900.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	$4,900.00	2011	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,750.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00
90	0	3	1	0	5	14	10	14	43	$107,810.00	Total	Total	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$6,950.00

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	12	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	3	25.0%	0	0.0%	9	75.0%	3-9	25.0%	12-9	57.1%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	17-10	63.0%
2011-2012	12	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	3	25.0%	0	0.0%	9	75.0%	3-9	25.0%	12-9	57.1%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	17-10	63.0%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	7	70.0%	3-7	30.0%	14-14	50.0%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	12-8	60.0%

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	5	1	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	5	1	6	2	2	4	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	11

Head to Head Results
Banck/Walkenhorst lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/12/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Lavalle/Maestrini	22, Q5	Banck/Walkenhorst	Q21	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 27 Kohler/Schumacher, Germany 1-0
7/2/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	Kohler/Schumacher		21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q2	Banck/Walkenhorst	Q18	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 30, Q7 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Forrer/Verge-Depre	25	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	22-20, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 32, Q21 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-1
7/2/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	Bieneck/Grossner		21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:44
6/6/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Bieneck/Grossner	Q18	Banck/Walkenhorst		24-22, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against Gernert/Gunther, Germany 1-0
6/12/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Country Quota	Banck/Walkenhorst	Q21	Gernert/Gunther		21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against Huttermann/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
5/31/12	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Winner 2	Banck/Walkenhorst	3	Huttermann/Van de Velde	14	21-9, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against Mersmann/Tillmann, Germany 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Country Quota	Banck/Walkenhorst	Q18	Mersmann/Tillmann		21-14, 23-21	0:36
Trail the series against # Q6 Goricanec/Graessli, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Goricanec/Graessli	9	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	21-15, 28-26	0:40
Lead the series against # Q15 Benhamou/Giaoui, France 1-0
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Banck/Walkenhorst	Q18	Benhamou/Giaoui	Q15	22-20, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # Q25 Aulenbrock/Laboureur, Germany 1-0
6/2/12	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Winner 4	Banck/Walkenhorst	3	Aulenbrock/Laboureur	2	21-13, 24-22	0:39