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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Volksbank
August 1 - 6, 2011

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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Susanne Lahme - Country Quota	Did not play
2007	Susanne Lahme - Country Quota	Did not play
2008	Anja Gunther - 9th	Geeske Banck - 9th
2009	Anja Gunther - 33rd	Geeske Banck - 33rd
2010	Anja Gunther - Country Quota	Geeske Banck - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	31	17th	200	US$7,000.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 8/1/2011	Country Quota	Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (Q6)	Lost 21-15, 15-21, 12-15	0:43

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	4	$33,800.00	15	20	42.9 %
2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$7,000.00	3	10	23.1 %
Total	FIVB	41	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	3	6	4	16	$142,000.00	59	70	45.7 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	4	$16,900.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	4	$16,900.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	$4,900.00	2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$3,500.00
83	0	2	1	0	5	14	10	12	39	$102,260.00	Total	Total	47	0	0	1	0	4	11	6	4	21	$71,000.00

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%
2010-2011	14	66.7%	3	14.3%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	1	3.7%	5	18.5%	21	77.8%	1-26	3.7%	14-21	40.0%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	18-30	37.5%
Against the Field	10	55.6%	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	4	10.8%	7	18.9%	26	70.3%	4-33	10.8%	20-52	27.8%	16-22	42.1%	0	0	18-37	32.7%

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 18-37 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 12 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 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 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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 17 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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 23, Q4 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 # 27 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 # 28, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q3 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 # Q6 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-3
8/1/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Borger/Buthe	Q6	Banck/Gunther		15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:43
6/27/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Borger/Buthe	Q13	Banck/Gunther		21-16, 24-22	0:37
4/17/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Country Quota	Borger/Buthe	Q19	Banck/Gunther		21-14, 21-8	0:29
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q10 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 # Q17 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