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US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
July 28 - August 2, 2008

(8) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Susanne Lahme - Country Quota	Did not play
2007	Susanne Lahme - Country Quota	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	26	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/30/2008	Pool H	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (25)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:42
Wed, 7/30/2008	Pool H	Marleen Van Iersel / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (24, Q3)	Won 20-22, 21-14, 15-7	0:48
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool H	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (9)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 8-15	0:59
Thu, 7/31/2008	Winner 1	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (21, Q4)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 8/1/2008	Winner 2	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (27)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	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$)
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 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$8,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	$14,000.00	6	7	46.2 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$4,000.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$4,000.00
45	0	2	0	0	2	5	3	8	25	$36,860.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	8	$7,000.00

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%
2007-2008	14	70.0%	4	20.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	4	21.1%	4	21.1%	11	57.9%	4-15	21.1%	14-11	56.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	22-17	56.4%
Against the Field	6	46.2%	5	38.5%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	12-34	26.1%	20-10	66.7%	0	0	16-22	42.1%

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 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	9	Banck/Gunther	8	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	0:59
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	8	Petrova/Skalnikova	21, Q4	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	8	Van Iersel/Wesselink	24, Q3	20-22, 21-14, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 27 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baburina/Osheyko	27	Banck/Gunther	8	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q1	Banck/Gunther	Q16	21-16, 21-13	0:40