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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam 10 presented by Volksbank
July 26 - 31, 2010

Rieke Brink-Abeler/Angelina Grun, Germany

Rieke Brink-Abeler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emsdetten

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$166,960.00

Angelina Grün
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Kristiansand 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$15,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	8	US$30,100.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Hella Jurich - 17th	Did not play
2006	Hella Jurich - 9th	Did not play
2007	Hella Jurich - 25th	Did not play
2008	Hella Jurich - 9th	Did not play
2009	Karla Borger - Country Quota	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	30, Q24	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q26	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	29, Q31	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	Q31	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/26/2010	Country Quota	Jana Kohler / Julia Sude, Germany (Q18)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	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	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	$16,700.00
Total	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	$30,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rieke Brink-Abeler												Angelina Grun
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	2	0	0	0	$13,150.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
29	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	6	0	$54,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
50	0	0	0	1	10	11	10	2	0	$98,910.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$8,350.00
82	0	0	0	1	12	18	15	8	0	$166,960.00	Total	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$15,050.00

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
2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$6,300.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$6,300.00	13	11	54.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rieke Brink-Abeler													Angelina Grun
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	1	0	1	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	3	$22,900.00	2005	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	2	0	$38,150.00	2006	FIVB
14	0	0	0	1	4	5	2	2	0	$51,300.00	2007	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	$34,100.00	2008	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	$4,200.00	2009	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$3,150.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$3,150.00
72	0	0	0	1	11	18	13	7	22	$155,060.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$3,150.00

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	20	69.0%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	2	8.3%	3	12.5%	19	79.2%	2-22	8.3%	20-19	51.3%	7-7	50.0%	0	1	27-27	50.0%
2009-2010	17	70.8%	3	12.5%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	12	80.0%	1-14	6.7%	17-12	58.6%	4-6	40.0%	0	1	21-19	52.5%
Against the Field	14	63.6%	4	18.2%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	14	82.4%	2-15	11.8%	28-26	51.9%	12-10	54.5%	0	1	20-19	51.3%

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	4	3	3	2	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	14
Total	10	8	8	3	2	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	27

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 10-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	3	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	21-15, 21-9	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	20	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	21-16, 15-21, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
6/8/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q31	Martins/Santanna	Q2	22-20, 24-22	0:40
Series tied with # 23, Q3 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	Baquerizo/Fernandez	19, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	26, Q7	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q26	18-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
6/29/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q2	28-26, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against Banck/Gunther, Germany 2-1
7/5/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q26	Banck/Gunther		24-22, 21-18	0:40
6/28/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	Banck/Gunther		21-19, 21-19	0:38
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against Madeira/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	Madeira/Maestrini	Q9	9-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # Q4 Lessard/Martin, Canada 0-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Lessard/Martin	20	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # Q10 Boulton/Johns, England 0-1
6/8/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Boulton/Johns	31, Q18	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q31	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # Q15 Mizoe/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	Mizoe/Tanaka	Q8	21-17, 21-15
Trail the series against # Q18 Kohler/Sude, Germany 1-2
7/26/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Kohler/Sude	Q18	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/7/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q31	Kohler/Sude		22-20, 21-17	0:40
5/25/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Country Quota	Kohler/Sude	Q12	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-12, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q25 Laboureur/Lubetz, Germany 2-0
7/19/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	Laboureur/Lubetz		25-23, 21-12	0:37
6/7/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q31	Laboureur/Lubetz		21-17, 27-29, 15-12	0:55