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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 3 - 8, 2011

Rieke Brink-Abeler/Angelina Grun, Germany

Rieke Brink-Abeler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emsdetten

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$175,587.44

Angelina Grün
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1979 (46 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Hella Jurich - 41st	Did not play
2006	Hella Jurich - 9th	Did not play
2007	Hella Jurich - 9th	Did not play
2008	Hella Jurich - 5th	Did not play
2010	Angelina Grun - Country Quota	Rieke Brink-Abeler - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/2-7/2010	Phuket Thailand Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2010	Sanya Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	24, Q6	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/3/2011	Country Quota	Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:39
Tue, 5/3/2011	Country Quota	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (Q6)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:39

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	1	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$8,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	$16,700.00
Total	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	12	$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	1	$13,150.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
29	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	6	11	$54,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$4,300.00
50	0	0	0	1	10	11	10	2	16	$98,910.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	$8,350.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$2,250.00	Confederation Championship
85	0	0	0	1	12	20	15	8	29	$169,210.00	Total	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	12	$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	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	8	$20,200.00	21	19	52.5 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	10	$20,200.00	25	21	54.3 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	CEV
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2008	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	$4,200.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	8	$10,100.00	2010	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	8	$10,100.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
85	0	0	0	1	12	21	15	8	28	$164,760.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	10	$10,100.00

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%
2010-2011	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%
Against the Field	14	70.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	0	0.0%	1	5.9%	16	94.1%	0-17	0.0%	28-30	48.3%	6-8	42.9%	0	1	17-20	45.9%

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 16-16 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 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 # 6 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	5	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 9 Huang/Yue, China 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Huang/Yue	21	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czechia 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Kolocova/Slukova	6	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	8	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	21-11, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 13 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
Trail the series against # 16, Q3 Fendrick/Niles, United States 0-1
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Fendrick/Niles	16, Q1	Brink-Abeler/Grun	17	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 23 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czechia 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 # 25 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
10/29/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Gioria/Momoli	15	Brink-Abeler/Grun	17	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 27 Kohler/Sude, Germany 1-3
8/2/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Country Quota	Kohler/Sude	30, Q21	Brink-Abeler/Grun		23-25, 21-19, 15-12	1:01
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 Borger/Buthe, Germany 2-1
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun		Borger/Buthe		23-21, 21-16	0:39
4/26/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q10	Borger/Buthe		22-20, 21-16	0:39
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 1	Borger/Buthe	28, Q20	Brink-Abeler/Grun	21	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q6 Banck/Gunther, Germany 3-2
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Banck/Gunther	Q6	Brink-Abeler/Grun		21-17, 21-16	0:39
4/26/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q10	Banck/Gunther		21-9, 15-21, 15-7	0:45
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
Trail the series against # Q9 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 0-1
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	27, Q7	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # Q10 Boulton/Johns, England 1-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Boulton/Johns	26	21-14, 21-13	0:30
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 # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q17 Aas/Kongshavn, Norway 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Aas/Kongshavn	9	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q24 Campisi/Hopf, Spain 1-0
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Grun	Q10	Campisi/Hopf	Q23	21-15, 26-24	0:41
Lead the series against # Q32 Jakob/Vodeb, Slovenia 1-0
8/10/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Grun	24, Q6	Jakob/Vodeb	Q27	21-18, 21-10	0:32