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

(Q36) Andreas Gilbertsson/Robert Svensson, Sweden

Andreas Gilbertsson
Sweden

Photo: Simon Dahl

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ronneby

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

19th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,187.50

Robert Svensson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 26, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Huddinge

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$25,312.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	9	1	US$5,875.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	9	1	US$6,375.00

Previous Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q31	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q31	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q31	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	Q28	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	Q45	33rd	18	US$0.00

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2003	Country Quota	Mikael Oestberg / Staffan Sahlberg, Sweden	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:35
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 1	Ivaylo Gavrilov / Vladislav Todorov, Bulgaria (Q29)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:37
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 2	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (Q4)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:46
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 3	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (29, Q13)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:37

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	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andreas Gilbertsson												Robert Svensson
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	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,812.50
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,075.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	$15,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	$2,300.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$500.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,187.50	Total	54	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	6	0	$25,312.50

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	5	3	62.5 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	12	6	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andreas Gilbertsson													Robert Svensson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$150.00

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	12	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	2	9.1%	2	9.1%	18	81.8%	2-20	9.1%	12-18	40.0%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	18-23	43.9%
2002-2003	10	62.5%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	2	15.4%	2	15.4%	9	69.2%	2-11	15.4%	10-9	52.6%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	15-14	51.7%
Against the Field	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	14-22	38.9%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	11-15	42.3%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	8	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	6	0	11	16	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	26

Head to Head Results
Gilbertsson/Svensson lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 16 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Schacht/Slack	28, Q4	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q45	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Kogel/Mulder	23, Q2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q31	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 29, Q13 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Klemperer/Rademacher	29, Q13	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q36	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 31 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q31	Asahi/Nishimura	Q34	23-21, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against Oestberg/Sahlberg, Sweden 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Country Quota	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q36	Oestberg/Sahlberg		21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against Ottosson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
7/3/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q45	Ottosson/Svensson		21-16, 25-27, 15-7	0:54
Series tied with # Q4 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q36	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q4	21-18, 22-20	0:46
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q31	16-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:06
Lead the series against # Q15 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q45	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q13	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q29 Gavrilov/Todorov, Bulgaria 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q36	Gavrilov/Todorov	Q29	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # Q37 Andelhof/Coucke, Belgium 0-1
8/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Andelhof/Coucke	Q37	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q28	21-8, 16-21, 15-11	0:43
Lead the series against # Q39 Kavalenka/Mikanovich, Belarus 1-0
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q31	Kavalenka/Mikanovich	Q34	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:58