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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 3 - 8, 2009

(18) 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 Phuket Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Susanne Lahme - 9th	Did not play
2007	Anja Gunther - 9th	Geeske Banck - 9th
2008	Anja Gunther - 3rd	Geeske Banck - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2009	Sanya Open	6	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	13	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	13	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	19	33rd	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	22	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	24, Q2	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	21	17th	200	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	12, Q2	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	Q1	17th	120	€ 0.00
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
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	Q1	21st	60	€ 0.00
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

Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/5/2009	Winner 1	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (15)	Lost 28-26, 18-21, 11-15	1:15
Thu, 11/5/2009	Contender 1	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (31, Q5)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:37

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	9	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	$43,900.00	20	15	57.1 %
2008	CEV	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	$14,100.00	18	8	69.2 %
2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	2	$51,300.00	19	23	45.2 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,200.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	3	2	3	5	$101,200.00	41	40	50.6 %
Total	CEV	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	$15,300.00	23	12	65.7 %

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
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
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
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	2	$25,650.00	2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	2	$25,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$600.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$600.00
75	0	3	1	0	9	14	9	11	28	$94,235.00	Total	Total	39	0	1	1	0	5	10	6	3	13	$58,250.00

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	10	50.0%	6	30.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	13	65.0%	3-17	15.0%	20-26	43.5%	18-16	52.9%	0	0	19-21	47.5%

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 22-21 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 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 Akers/Turner, United States 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Banck/Gunther	22	23-25, 21-18, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-6
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Banck/Gunther	13	21-15, 21-12	0:37
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Banck/Gunther	22	21-14, 21-15	0:36
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
4/16/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Banck/Gunther		22-20, 21-13
Series tied with # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Banck/Gunther	11	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:53
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	7	Keizer/Van Iersel	10	21-15, 17-21, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	21-11, 21-9	0:30
Series tied with # 8 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-17, 21-18	0:45
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13, Q3	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	15-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Sannok/Tenpaksee, Thailand 2-0
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 2	Banck/Gunther	8	Sannok/Tenpaksee	9	21-13, 21-19	0:33
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Banck/Gunther	26	Sannok/Tenpaksee	10	21-10, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 11 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-2
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Banck/Gunther	13	21-16, 21-19	0:37
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Banck/Gunther	6	21-17, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 2-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	22	Gioria/Momoli	15, Q2	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
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 # 14, Q8 Kolocova/Slukova, Czechia 1-0
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 3	Banck/Gunther	7	Kolocova/Slukova	9	18-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:50
Series tied with # 15 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-1
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	15	Banck/Gunther	18	26-28, 21-18, 15-11	1:15
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	13	Mouha/Van Breedam	14	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 20 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 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
Lead the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q4	21-16, 21-19	0:40
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 # 25, Q1 Dampney/Mullin, England 2-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Banck/Gunther	21	Dampney/Mullin	45	21-17, 21-18	0:40
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Dampney/Mullin	Q18	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 26 Suzuki/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Suzuki/Tanaka	46, Q17	Banck/Gunther	19	21-14, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 27, Q4 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/Wesselink	22, Q4	Banck/Gunther	6	23-21, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 28 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Blundell/Harrison	27	Banck/Gunther	6	15-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	26, Q3	21-10, 21-15	0:35
5/29/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 3	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	Q10	22-24, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 31, Q5 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-2
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 1	Baburina/Osheyko	31, Q5	Banck/Gunther	18	21-19, 21-13	0:37
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baburina/Osheyko	27	Banck/Gunther	8	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # Q7 Boulton/Johns, England 1-1
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 3	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Boulton/Johns	Q7	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Boulton/Johns	16, Q17	Banck/Gunther	Q1	21-17, 16-21, 15-6	0:58
Lead the series against # Q24 Fischer/Grossner, Germany 1-0
5/21/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	Fischer/Grossner		25-23, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q25 Dudikova/Michalovicova, Slovakia 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Dudikova/Michalovicova	Q31	21-11, 21-11	0:33