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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 KIA Open presented by Banco do Brazil
September 15 - 20, 2008

(6) Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany

Geeske Banck
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1981 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kiel

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

108

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Phuket 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$137,238.59

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:

2nd (CEV The Hague 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Phuket 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$82,234.03

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	US$23,305.38
FIVB	41	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	3	6	0	4	4	3	9	US$142,000.00
Overall	49	0	1	1	0	3	2	8	4	8	1	4	4	3	10	US$165,305.38

Previous Guarujá Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/10-14/2008	English Masters	7	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	8	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
CEV	7/10-12/2008	European Championship	15	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
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
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	12, Q2	2nd	540	€ 7,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	16, Q11	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters		Country Quota	0	€ 0.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	26	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Guarajà Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 1	Elizabeth Maloney / Katherine Zakrzewski, Canada (27)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:38
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 2	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czechia (11)	Won 21-13, 14-21, 15-11	0:46
Thu, 9/18/2008	Winner 3	Vivian Cunha / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (14)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:39
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 4	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (9)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 16-14	1:01
Fri, 9/19/2008	Contender 5	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (5)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:42

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	11	$34,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	3	3	3	5	$93,600.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	42	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	3	7	4	16	$143,000.00

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	24	$26,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	17	$17,200.00
54	0	0	1	0	5	11	7	10	20	$75,410.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	1	0	3	8	3	3	10	$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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,250.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
96	0	3	1	0	7	15	12	14	44	$120,260.00	Total	54	0	0	1	0	4	11	7	4	27	$71,500.00

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	$18,900.00	9	9	50.0 %
2008	CEV	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	$14,100.00	18	8	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	$24,900.00	11	11	50.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	$14,100.00	18	8	69.2 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,887.50	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	$9,450.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	$9,450.00
5	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$7,050.00	2008	CEV	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$7,050.00
57	0	3	0	0	8	7	5	8	26	$55,485.00	Total	Total	21	0	1	0	0	4	3	2	0	11	$19,500.00

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	5	50.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	4	28.6%	0	0.0%	10	71.4%	4-10	28.6%	10-20	33.3%	16-2	88.9%	0	0	13-11	54.2%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	4	9	5	6	9	12	0	0	22	26	0	1	1	0	0	0	60	72

Head to Head Results
Banck/Gunther lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 5 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Banck/Gunther	6	21-17, 21-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
7/10/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Martins/Santanna	32	Banck/Gunther	15	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 4	Banck/Gunther	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	1:01
Trail the series against # 10 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24	Banck/Gunther	8	21-18, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 2-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Banck/Gunther	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	21-13, 14-21, 15-11	0:46
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 # 13 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
5/28/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Lubetz/Sude		21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
Trail the series against # 14 Cunha/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Maestrini	14	Banck/Gunther	6	21-16, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Jirak/Rimser, Austria 1-0
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 1	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	Jirak/Rimser	Q22	21-16, 21-8	0:33
Lead the series against # 20 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 1	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	Gschweidl/Hansel	8	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Johns/Mullin, England 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	7	Johns/Mullin	5	15-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against # 25 Rodriguez/Zur, Israel 1-0
5/29/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 2	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Rodriguez/Zur	Q18	21-17, 19-21, 15-6	0:49
Lead the series against # 27 Maloney/Zakrzewski, Canada 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	6	Maloney/Zakrzewski	27	21-11, 21-18	0:38