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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 24 - 29, 2009

(20) 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:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$163,350.00

Marloes Wesselink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Doetinchem

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S San Sebastiàn 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (The Hague 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$101,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	US$21,550.00

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	24	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	24	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	28, Q5	17th	160	US$4,000.00
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

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2009	Winner 1	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (13, Q5)	Lost 23-25, 21-17, 15-17	1:00
Wed, 8/26/2009	Contender 1	Tora Hansson / Camilla Nilsson, Sweden (29, Q7)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 8/27/2009	Contender 2	Madelein Meppelink / Margo Wiltens, Netherlands (30, Q9)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:44
Thu, 8/27/2009	Contender 3	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (6)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:41

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	0	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,050.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$21,550.00

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	0	$16,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,600.00
34	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	6	0	$58,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	8	0	$50,725.00
58	0	0	0	0	8	10	13	8	0	$86,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	0	0	0	1	5	14	8	0	$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
99	1	0	0	0	13	15	20	14	0	$163,350.00	Total	95	1	0	3	1	4	10	21	16	0	$101,600.00

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
2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	$21,550.00	8	15	34.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	$21,550.00	8	15	34.8 %

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
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
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
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
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
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	$10,775.00	2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	4	$14,975.00
75	1	0	0	0	13	12	16	11	22	$144,650.00	Total	Total	42	1	0	3	0	2	6	8	4	18	$34,450.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	9	75.0%	1-11	8.3%	6-18	25.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	4-12	25.0%

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
Total	0	0	3	4	1	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	15

Head to Head Results
Mooren/Wesselink trail the series against the field 4-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 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 # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Mooren/Wesselink	20	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-1
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Mooren/Wesselink	24	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	9	Mooren/Wesselink	24	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 11 Cunha/Lavalle, Brazil 0-2
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Lavalle	7, Q3	Mooren/Wesselink	24	21-17, 21-13	0:35
8/4/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Cunha/Lavalle	11, Q9	Mooren/Wesselink	Q8	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 13, Q5 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	13, Q5	Mooren/Wesselink	20	25-23, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 26, Q1 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 # 28, Q3 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 0-1
8/18/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Blundell/Harrison	30, Q7	Mooren/Wesselink	Q10	17-21, 21-17, 15-8
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Hansson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Mooren/Wesselink	20	Hansson/Nilsson	29, Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Meppelink/Wiltens, Netherlands 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Mooren/Wesselink	20	Meppelink/Wiltens	30, Q9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Bede/Connelly	8	Mooren/Wesselink	24	21-14, 21-13	0:31
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 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Herredsvela/Treland, Norway 1-0
8/18/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 1	Mooren/Wesselink	Q10	Herredsvela/Treland	Q23	21-14, 21-12	0:31