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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(31) Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany

Geeske Banck
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1981 (43 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 (41 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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Anja Gunther - 17th	Geeske Banck - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	Q6	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	23	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool G

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)

Lost 18-21, 21-18, 9-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	Total	40	16	6	0.250	0	11	1	3
	1	13	5	4	0.077	0	4	0	0
	2	16	9	0	0.563	0	4	1	2
	3	11	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	1
Anja Gunther	Total	19	11	2	0.474	3	1	1	2
	1	9	4	1	0.333	1	0	1	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	2	1	0	0
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	0	0	1

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool G

Madelein Meppelink / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (42)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 16-14

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	Total	22	14	1	0.591	0	10	5	1
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	0	4	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	8	1	0
	3	7	2	1	0.143	0	2	0	0
Anja Gunther	Total	34	19	3	0.471	3	4	2	2
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	1	0	1
	2	15	7	2	0.333	1	2	0	0
	3	12	5	1	0.333	2	1	2	1

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool G

Louise Bawden / Becchara Palmer, Australia (18)

Lost 19-21, 20-22

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	Total	12	5	1	0.333	0	6	3	5
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	4	2	1
	2	6	2	1	0.167	0	2	1	4
Anja Gunther	Total	34	18	8	0.294	3	4	0	1
	1	15	7	5	0.133	2	1	0	1
	2	19	11	3	0.421	1	3	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (8)

Lost 12-21, 12-21

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	Total	8	2	5	-0.375	0	5	0	2
	1	4	1	3	-0.500	0	5	0	1
	2	4	1	2	-0.250	0	0	0	1
Anja Gunther	Total	31	12	8	0.129	1	0	0	3
	1	16	4	7	-0.188	1	0	0	2
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Geeske Banck	82	37	13	0.293	0	32	9	11
Anja Gunther	118	60	21	0.331	10	9	3	8
Total	200	97	34	0.315	10	41	12	19
Opponents	212	121	39	0.387	13	58	14	18

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Susanne Lahme - 17th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Anja Gunther - 17th	Geeske Banck - 17th

World Championships 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	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	31	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Banck/Gunther trail the series against the field 23-42 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 13 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 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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-7
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	Banck/Gunther	21	21-17, 21-15	0:43
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	21-15, 21-15	0:40
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	Banck/Gunther	13	21-4, 21-9	0:27
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Banck/Gunther	12	21-14, 21-16	0:36
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	Banck/Gunther	22	21-19, 21-15	0:44
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 # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-6
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Banck/Gunther	31	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 8 Xue/Zhang, China 0-4
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	8	Banck/Gunther	31	21-12, 21-12	0:30
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	3	Banck/Gunther	23	21-16, 21-16	0:34
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 # 10 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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 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 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 # 18 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-4
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Bawden/Palmer	18	Banck/Gunther	31	21-19, 22-20	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Banck/Gunther	21	21-11, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	10	Banck/Gunther	23	22-20, 15-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	Banck/Gunther	26	21-11, 19-21, 15-7	0:50
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Nystrom/Nystrom	24, Q4	21-11, 21-11	0:29
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 # 22 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
Lead the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-2
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	Banck/Gunther	21	21-10, 23-21	0:35
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	21-19, 21-13	0:38
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 # 28 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 # 30 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
Lead the series against # 32 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 # 33 Brink-Abeler/Grun, Germany 2-3
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	Q6	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-17, 21-16	0:39
4/26/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q10	Banck/Gunther		21-9, 15-21, 15-7	0:45
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 # 35 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	23	Jursone/Minusa	25, Q6	21-17, 21-14	0:37
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	12	Jursone/Minusa	22	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 36 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
Trail the series against # 40 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 # 41 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
Series tied with # 42 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Banck/Gunther	31	Meppelink/Wesselink	42	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:52
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/Wesselink	22, Q4	Banck/Gunther	6	23-21, 21-14	0:39