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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open
June 5 - 10, 2007

(20) Geeske Banck/Susanne Lahme, 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

Susanne Lahme
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Luckenwalde

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$125,710.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	8	1	7	US$50,300.00

Previous Warsaw Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	20	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	21, Q3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	27, Q10	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	31, Q11	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/19-22/2006	St. Petersburg Open	25	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	29	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	29	25th	80	US$3,400.00

Warsaw Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/7/2007	Winner 1	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (13)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
Thu, 6/7/2007	Winner 2	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (4)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:34
Fri, 6/8/2007	Contender 2	Marleen Van Iersel / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (30, Q31)	Won 24-22, 21-16	0:39
Fri, 6/8/2007	Contender 3	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (11)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:33
Fri, 6/8/2007	Contender 4	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 8-21	0:31

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	6	0	$36,500.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	8	0	$50,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geeske Banck												Susanne Lahme
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,250.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	$26,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	2	0	$42,700.00
54	0	0	1	0	5	11	7	10	0	$75,410.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	2	0	0	7	7	2	6	0	$71,760.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	Challenger
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	0	2	0	1	7	17	4	8	0	$125,710.00

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
2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	6	3	$33,300.00	13	21	38.2 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$8,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	7	4	$41,300.00	16	26	38.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geeske Banck													Susanne Lahme
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,260.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	3	$28,000.00
											2004	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	$40,800.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$30,500.00
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	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	3	$16,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$4,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$4,000.00
34	0	2	0	0	2	3	2	7	18	$25,360.00	Total	Total	46	0	2	0	1	7	17	3	7	9	$121,210.00

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	10	45.5%	6	27.3%	6	27.3%	16-6	72.7%	3	10.7%	8	28.6%	17	60.7%	3-25	10.7%	10-17	37.0%	9-14	39.1%	0	3	19-34	35.8%
2006-2007	10	45.5%	6	27.3%	6	27.3%	16-6	72.7%	3	10.7%	8	28.6%	17	60.7%	3-25	10.7%	10-17	37.0%	9-14	39.1%	0	3	19-34	35.8%
Against the Field	7	50.0%	5	35.7%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	11	64.7%	3-14	17.6%	14-20	41.2%	16-10	61.5%	0	1	15-16	48.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	22
Total	1	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	34

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 12-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Banck/Lahme	29	21-11, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Banck/Lahme	20	21-16, 21-8	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Banck/Lahme	20	21-17, 21-11	0:34
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	4	Banck/Lahme	29	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 8 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-1
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 2	Banck/Lahme	21, Q3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	5	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:57
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 5	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	21-19, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Banck/Lahme	20	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	21-14, 21-12	0:33
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	21-19, 27-25	0:56
Lead the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	18	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Banck/Lahme	20	Moiseeva/Uryadova	13	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 14 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-3
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	13	Banck/Lahme	20	21-17, 18-21, 15-6	0:44
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	18	Banck/Lahme	21, Q3	21-10, 21-12	0:34
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Kadijk/Mooren	11	Banck/Lahme	27	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Banck/Lahme	31, Q11	Jursone/Minusa	Q27	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	20, Q6	Banck/Lahme	29	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 22 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	17-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 24 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Banck/Lahme	25	Petrova/Skalnikova	26	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 30, Q31 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 2-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Banck/Lahme	20	Van Iersel/Wesselink	30, Q31	24-22, 21-16	0:39
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 1	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Van Iersel/Wesselink	Q23	21-16, 28-30, 16-14	1:17
Trail the series against # Q4 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q6	Banck/Lahme	20	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q7 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 1-0
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Labee/de Vries	Q7	21-11, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # Q8 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
5/22/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler	28, Q13	Banck/Lahme		21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q13 Erni/Graessli, Switzerland 1-0
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Banck/Lahme	31, Q11	Erni/Graessli	Q22	21-14, 25-27, 15-12	1:10