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European Championship Tour
€ 70,000 Austrian Masters presented by Autohaus Bierbaum
June 3 - 7, 2009

(Q1) 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 Baden Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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
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

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/4/2009	Qualifier 2	Madelein Meppelink / Margo Wiltens, Netherlands (Q17)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:33
Thu, 6/4/2009	Qualifier 3	Monika Brzostek / Karolina Marciniak, Poland (16, Q25)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:33

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	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,250.00	2	4	33.3 %
2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	$56,150.00	24	21	53.3 %
Total	CEV	7	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	$14,100.00	19	10	65.5 %

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
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,125.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
67	0	4	1	0	10	9	8	9	26	$71,110.00	Total	Total	31	1	1	1	0	5	6	5	1	11	$35,125.00

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%
2008-2009	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%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	4-5	44.4%	6-6	50.0%	10-4	71.4%	0	1	8-6	57.1%

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 13-12 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-2
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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 4	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	Banck/Gunther	7	By Forfeit
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 13, Q4 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 3	Banck/Gunther	7	Kolocova/Slukova	9	18-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 15, Q15 Boulton/Johns, England 0-1
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Boulton/Johns	16, Q17	Banck/Gunther	Q1	21-17, 16-21, 15-6	0:58
Series tied with # 16, Q25 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 1-1
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	Banck/Gunther	Q1	21-19, 21-14	0:33
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # Q5 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 # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q12 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
Lead the series against # Q17 Meppelink/Wiltens, Netherlands 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Banck/Gunther	Q1	Meppelink/Wiltens	Q17	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q20 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
Trail the series against # Q22 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 # Q28 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