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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Vodafone Grand Slam
June 25 - 29, 2003

(Q51) Thomas Hikel/Marvin Polte, Germany

Thomas Hikel
Germany

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Eberbach

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

33rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Marvin Polte
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paderborn

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$30,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$0.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Marvin Polte - 33rd	Thomas Hikel - 33rd

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2003	Country Quota	Matthias Karger / Maarten Lammens, Germany	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:40
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 1	Guilherm Deulofeu / Ogier Molinier, France (Q14)	Won 21-15, 12-21, 15-11	0:45
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 2	Haroldas Cyvas / Marius Vasiliauskas, Lithuania (Q46)	Won 23-25, 21-13, 15-11	0:49
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 3	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (25, Q3)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 9-15	0:44

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Hikel												Marvin Polte
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	$11,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	16	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	8	0	$30,000.00

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
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Hikel													Marvin Polte
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	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00

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	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-1	50.0%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	6-2	75.0%
2002-2003	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-1	50.0%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	6-2	75.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2

Head to Head Results
Hikel/Polte lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	Hikel/Polte	Q52	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q3	Hikel/Polte	Q51	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against Karger/Lammens, Germany 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Country Quota	Hikel/Polte	Q51	Karger/Lammens		17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:40
Lead the series against # Q14 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hikel/Polte	Q51	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q14	21-15, 12-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # Q46 Cyvas/Vasiliauskas, Lithuania 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hikel/Polte	Q51	Cyvas/Vasiliauskas	Q46	23-25, 21-13, 15-11	0:49