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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Dutch Masters
May 28 - June 1, 2008

(12, Q2) 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:

112

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (The Hague 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$137,348.73

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 Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Myslowice 2005)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (The Hague 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Katrin Holtwick - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Dutch Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/28/2008	Country Quota	Claudia Lubetz / Julia Sude, Germany	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
Thu, 5/29/2008	Qualifier 2	Gisela Rodriguez / Moran Zur, Israel (Q18)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-6	0:49
Thu, 5/29/2008	Qualifier 3	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (Q10)	Won 22-24, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Fri, 5/30/2008	Winner 1	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (5)	Won 23-21, 18-21, 15-8	0:56
Fri, 5/30/2008	Winner 2	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (4)	Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
Sat, 5/31/2008	Winner 3	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (9)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Sat, 5/31/2008	Semi-Finals	Marleen Van Iersel / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (15)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:47
Sun, 6/1/2008	Gold Medal	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (5)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:35

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$120,260.00	Total	54	0	0	1	0	4	11	7	4	0	$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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2008	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$10,300.00	14	4	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$6,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$10,300.00	14	4	77.8 %

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	1999	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age
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
											2002	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
											2005	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$5,150.00	2008	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$5,150.00
53	0	4	0	0	7	6	4	8	24	$44,135.00	Total	Total	17	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	9	$8,150.00

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	50.0%	6	30.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	7	50.0%	1	7.1%	6	42.9%	7-7	50.0%	10-6	62.5%	13-5	72.2%	0	1	23-12	65.7%
2007-2008	7	50.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	7	63.6%	0	0.0%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	7-4	63.6%	11-3	78.6%	0	1	18-8	69.2%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	6-2	75.0%	16-0	100.0%	0	1	11-2	84.6%

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
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 9-1 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 2	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Jursone/Minusa	4	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
Series tied with # 5 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-1
6/1/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Gold Medal	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	21-17, 21-12	0:35
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Kadijk/Mooren	5	23-21, 18-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 7 Gemise Fareau/Giordano, France 1-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	7	19-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:59
Lead the series against # 9 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 3	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Semi-Finals	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Van Iersel/Wesselink	15	21-15, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q10 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
5/29/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 3	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	Q10	22-24, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # Q12 Pol Borras/Simon, Spain 1-0
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	Pol Borras/Simon	Q6	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q18 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