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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open powered by ptt
October 31 - November 4, 2007

(26) Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, 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

Anja Günther
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Phuket 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$71,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	41	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	3	6	4	4	3	9	US$142,000.00

Previous Phuket Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Susanne Lahme - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Phuket Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/1/2007	Winner 1	Lu Wang / Man Zuo, China (7)	Won 27-25, 21-19	0:46
Thu, 11/1/2007	Winner 2	Jarunee Sannok / Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand (10)	Won 21-10, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 11/2/2007	Winner 3	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (2)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:37
Fri, 11/2/2007	Contender 4	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:37

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	$34,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	3	3	3	0	$93,600.00
Total	41	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	3	6	4	0	$142,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geeske Banck												Anja Gunther
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	$26,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$17,200.00
54	0	0	1	0	5	11	7	10	0	$75,410.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	1	0	3	8	3	3	0	$46,800.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
94	0	3	1	0	6	15	11	14	0	$117,010.00	Total	53	0	0	1	0	4	11	6	4	0	$71,000.00

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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geeske Banck													Anja Gunther
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	$11,500.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
41	0	2	0	0	2	4	3	8	22	$32,860.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	$3,000.00

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	33	58.9%	13	23.2%	10	17.9%	46-10	82.1%	12	16.7%	11	15.3%	49	68.1%	12-60	16.7%	33-49	40.2%	25-21	54.3%	1	0	59-70	45.7%
2006-2007	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	4	13.8%	5	17.2%	20	69.0%	4-25	13.8%	14-38	26.9%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	15-26	36.6%

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	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	7	1	3	6	9	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	24
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	18	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	44	41
Total	4	9	5	6	9	12	0	0	21	25	0	1	1	0	0	0	59	70

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	2	Banck/Gunther	26	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	4	Banck/Gunther	26	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Wang/Zuo, China 1-0
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	26	Wang/Zuo	7	27-25, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 10 Sannok/Tenpaksee, Thailand 1-0
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Banck/Gunther	26	Sannok/Tenpaksee	10	21-10, 21-18	0:35