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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open Kristiansand 2010
August 9 - 14, 2010

(15) 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Anja Gunther - 13th	Geeske Banck - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q8	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	21	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	26	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open	23	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	21	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	23, Q3	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	11/3-8/2009	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	18	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/11/2010	Winner 1	Louise Bawden / Becchara Palmer, Australia (18)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:39
Wed, 8/11/2010	Winner 2	Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (2)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:37
Thu, 8/12/2010	Winner 3	Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (7)	Lost 17-21, 9-21	0:33
Fri, 8/13/2010	Contender 4	Ying Huang / Yuan Yue, China (21)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	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	9	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	$43,900.00	20	15	57.1 %
2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	2	$51,300.00	19	23	45.2 %
2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	4	$27,800.00	12	18	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	3	5	4	9	$129,000.00	53	58	47.7 %

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
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
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
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	4	$13,900.00	2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	4	$13,900.00
72	0	2	1	0	5	13	8	12	31	$94,360.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	1	0	4	10	5	4	14	$64,500.00

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%
2009-2010	17	53.1%	8	25.0%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	8	18.2%	5	11.4%	31	70.5%	8-36	18.2%	17-31	35.4%	16-12	57.1%	1	0	34-43	44.2%
Against the Field	9	52.9%	2	11.8%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	18-34	34.6%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	16-26	38.1%

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
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 14-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-2
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Banck/Gunther	15	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-19, 22-20	0:37
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Banck/Gunther	21	21-16, 21-16	0:40
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 # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
5/27/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	7	Banck/Gunther	23	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
5/8/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	9	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	7	Banck/Gunther	15	21-17, 21-9	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-4
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Salgado/Salgado	7	Banck/Gunther	26	21-14, 22-20	0:38
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	8	Banck/Gunther	23	21-17, 21-12	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 18 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-3
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	15	Bawden/Palmer	18	21-15, 21-17	0:39
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	Banck/Gunther	13	21-17, 21-19	0:44
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	Banck/Gunther	12	21-12, 17-21, 18-16	0:57
7/28/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	Banck/Gunther	Q2	27-25, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 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 # 21 Huang/Yue, China 2-1
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Huang/Yue	21	Banck/Gunther	15	21-18, 21-18	0:38
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Banck/Gunther	21	Huang/Yue	28, Q6	21-12, 21-17	0:49
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Huang/Yue	10	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Series tied with # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q6 Brink-Abeler/Grun, Germany 1-2
7/5/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q26	Banck/Gunther		24-22, 21-18	0:40
6/28/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	Banck/Gunther		21-19, 21-19	0:38
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 26 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Boulton/Johns	Q14	21-15, 18-21, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against Bednarczuk/Pellucci, Brazil 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Bednarczuk/Pellucci	Q30	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # Q9 Laboureur/Lubetz, Germany 0-1
7/26/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Laboureur/Lubetz	Q25	Banck/Gunther		14-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:48