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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 20 - 26, 2009

(28, Q5) Merel Mooren/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands

Merel Mooren
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Haarlem

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

127

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$252,157.54

Marloes Wesselink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Doetinchem

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S San Sebastiàn 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (The Hague 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$141,212.79

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	US$8,963.25
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	US$21,550.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	1	3	1	US$30,513.25

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Sanne Keizer - 13th	Did not play
2006	Rebekka Kadijk - 7th	Marleen Van Iersel - 41st
2007	Did not play	Marleen Van Iersel - 41st
2008	Rebekka Kadijk - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q11	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	41	17th	200	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	10	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	8	13th	180	€ 800.00
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	5	5th	720	€ 2,400.00

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/21/2009	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (37)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:30
Thu, 7/23/2009	Winner 2	Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (5)	Lost 14-21, 10-21	0:35

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$7,050.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	$22,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Merel Mooren												Marloes Wesselink
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$16,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$7,600.00
34	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	6	16	$58,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	8	24	$50,725.00
58	0	0	0	0	8	10	13	8	19	$86,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	0	0	0	1	5	14	8	13	$40,200.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,575.00	Satellite	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,325.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	$20,375.00	Confederation Championship	10	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	$12,000.00
107	1	2	0	0	13	19	21	14	37	$183,725.00	Total	105	1	0	3	1	8	12	24	17	39	$113,600.00

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
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	1	2	33.3 %
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$11,000.00	3	6	33.3 %
2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,600.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$11,000.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	6	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Merel Mooren													Marloes Wesselink
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	$6,650.00	2004	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,575.00	2004	FIVB C&S
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$250.00	2004	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	6	5	2	0	0	$54,300.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,737.50	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	4	2	5	1	0	$33,950.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$16,712.50	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	1	$25,500.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$13,200.00	2007	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$6,150.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	$10,900.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	7	$12,900.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
5	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$9,900.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	$5,100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$5,500.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$9,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$2,700.00
94	4	3	3	1	17	17	16	10	23	$196,475.00	Total	Total	52	1	0	4	2	5	9	9	3	19	$43,775.00

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	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	11	78.6%	1-13	7.1%	6-11	35.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	8-15	34.8%
2008-2009	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	11	78.6%	1-13	7.1%	6-11	35.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	8-15	34.8%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	4-18	18.2%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	3-12	20.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	3	4	1	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	18

Head to Head Results
Mooren/Wesselink trail the series against the field 3-10 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Mooren/Wesselink	41	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Mooren/Wesselink	28, Q5	21-14, 21-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Salgado/Salgado	8	Mooren/Wesselink	41	23-21, 21-8	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-2
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	Mooren/Wesselink	10	21-16, 21-15	0:33
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Mooren/Wesselink	5	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	Mooren/Wesselink	41	21-14, 16-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 24, Q18 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-0
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Mooren/Wesselink	Q10	Urban/Wiatr	Q23	21-19, 18-21, 20-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 30 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	Mooren/Wesselink	Q10	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 31, Q12 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 0-1
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	Mooren/Wesselink	8	21-19, 21-17	0:32
Series tied with # 32 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Mooren/Wesselink	10	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-18, 21-15	0:38
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	4	Mooren/Wesselink	5	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 37 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Mooren/Wesselink	28, Q5	Nystrom/Nystrom	37	21-15, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 41, Q10 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	Mooren/Wesselink	8	21-15, 21-19	0:31