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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 6 - 11, 2009

(24, 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:

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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Martina Stein - 41st	Did not play
2003	Martina Stein - Country Quota	Did not play
2005	Mireya Kaup - Country Quota	Jana Kohler - Country Quota
2006	Susanne Lahme - 25th	Did not play
2007	Susanne Lahme - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	21	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	4	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	8	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	10/5-11/2008	Dubai Open	7	5th	360	US$8,500.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/6/2009	Country Quota	Karla Borger / Rieke Brink-Abeler, Germany	Won 20-22, 24-22, 15-13	1:01
Tue, 7/7/2009	Qualifier 2	Deborah Giaoui / Eva Hamzaoui, France (Q18)	Won 21-16, 9-1 Retired	0:26
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool H	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (9)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:45
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool H	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (8)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:44
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool H	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (25, Q1)	Won 21-12, 12-21, 15-12	0:44
Thu, 7/9/2009	Winner 1	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (27, Q9)	Won 14-21, 21-17, 15-5	0:48
Fri, 7/10/2009	Winner 2	Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (2)	Lost 11-21, 18-21	0:39

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	9	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	$43,900.00	20	15	57.1 %
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$21,250.00	9	8	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	2	1	3	$71,150.00	31	25	55.4 %

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
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	$21,950.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	$21,950.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$10,625.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$10,625.00
54	0	2	1	0	4	8	5	9	25	$65,435.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	1	0	3	5	2	1	8	$35,575.00

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%
2008-2009	17	51.5%	10	30.3%	6	18.2%	27-6	81.8%	11	25.6%	6	14.0%	26	60.5%	11-32	25.6%	17-26	39.5%	21-12	63.6%	1	0	39-38	50.6%
Against the Field	16	51.6%	10	32.3%	5	16.1%	26-5	83.9%	7	16.3%	7	16.3%	29	67.4%	7-36	16.3%	32-56	36.4%	34-24	58.6%	1	0	34-40	45.9%

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
Banck/Gunther trail the series against the field 18-19 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 12 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
11/8/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Banck/Gunther	8	21-15, 14-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	21-11, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-2
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Branagh/Youngs	4	Banck/Gunther	21	21-12, 21-17	0:38
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	4	Banck/Gunther	26	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
11/8/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 6	Banck/Gunther	8	Salgado/Salgado	1	19-21, 21-12, 19-17	1:13
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 # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	21-19, 21-19	0:44
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Banck/Gunther	21	21-12, 21-16	0:35
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Banck/Gunther	11	21-19, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Banck/Gunther	11	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 3	Banck/Gunther	8	Gioria/Momoli	16	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:59
Lead the series against # 22, Q3 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	Banck/Gunther	11	22-20, 21-12	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 23 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-2
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	13	Banck/Gunther	4	21-18, 21-15	0:41
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24	Banck/Gunther	8	21-18, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Martins/Santanna	25, Q1	21-12, 12-21, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Banck/Gunther	21	Lessard/Martin	28	16-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:05
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Candelas/Garcia	27, Q9	14-21, 21-17, 15-5	0:48
Trail the series against # 28 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q21 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 Borger/Brink-Abeler, Germany 2-0
7/6/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Borger/Brink-Abeler		20-22, 24-22, 15-13	1:01
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	11	Borger/Brink-Abeler	28, Q5	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 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
Trail the series against # Q7 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	Banck/Gunther	11	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # Q8 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	11	Jensen/Palmer	22, Q6	22-20, 20-22, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # Q10 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 0-1
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Andreasen/Vestergaard	19	Banck/Gunther	4	11-21, 21-14, 19-17	0:51
Lead the series against # Q14 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q4	21-16, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q17 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Banck/Gunther	21	Dampney/Mullin	45	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # Q18 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	Q18	21-16, 9-1 Retired	0:26
Lead the series against # Q19 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