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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 5 - 11, 2008

(7) 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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	6	7th	300	US$7,000.00
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
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

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2008	Winner 1	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (26, Q3)	Won 21-10, 21-15	0:35
Tue, 10/7/2008	Winner 2	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (10)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:44
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 2	Monika Brzostek / Karolina Marciniak, Poland (24, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:34
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 3	Sara Montagnolli / Kerstin Pichler, Austria (16)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:41
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 4	Mathilde Giordano / Virginie Sarpaux, France (20)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:48
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 5	Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (27, Q4)	Won 22-20, 23-25, 15-10	1:03
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 6	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (2)	Lost 10-21, 19-21	0:38

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	$27,400.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	$33,400.00	16	13	55.2 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	$13,700.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	$13,700.00
48	0	2	0	0	4	6	3	8	25	$46,560.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	8	$16,700.00

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%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	14	66.7%	4-17	19.0%	12-28	30.0%	16-12	57.1%	0	0	14-20	41.2%

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
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 6-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 6	Salgado/Salgado	2	Banck/Gunther	7	21-10, 21-19	0:38
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 # 4 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Banck/Gunther	7	21-16, 21-15	0:44
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 # 16 Montagnolli/Pichler, Austria 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 3	Banck/Gunther	7	Montagnolli/Pichler	16	21-13, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 20 Giordano/Sarpaux, France 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Banck/Gunther	7	Giordano/Sarpaux	20	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	26, Q3	21-10, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 5	Banck/Gunther	7	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	27, Q4	22-20, 23-25, 15-10	1:03