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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Spain Open
September 3 - 7, 2002

(32, Q27) Rieke Brink-Abeler/Mireya Kaup, 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 (FIVB Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$166,960.00

Mireya Kaup
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 11, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Munich

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Modena 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$9,810.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$2,520.00

Previous Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	Q37	41st	10	US$0.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/3/2002	Country Quota	Geeske Banck / Martina Stein, Germany	Won 21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Tue, 9/3/2002	Qualifier 1	Denise Austin / Amanda Glover, England (Q38)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:38
Wed, 9/4/2002	Qualifier 2	Teresa Galindo / Myrna Serrano Ochoa, Mexico (Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:40
Wed, 9/4/2002	Qualifier 3	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (Q11)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:34
Thu, 9/5/2002	Pool A	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (16)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:36
Thu, 9/5/2002	Pool A	Annette Huygens Tholen / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (17, Q2)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:39
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool A	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:32

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,520.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,520.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rieke Brink-Abeler												Mireya Kaup
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
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	0	0	0	$0.00
50	0	0	0	1	10	11	10	2	0	$98,910.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$6,010.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00
											Satellite	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
82	0	0	0	1	12	18	15	8	0	$166,960.00	Total	26	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	$9,810.00

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
2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,520.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,520.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rieke Brink-Abeler													Mireya Kaup
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,260.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,260.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	$1,860.00

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	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
2001-2002	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	12-4	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-2	77.8%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Total	2	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3

Head to Head Results
Brink-Abeler/Kaup lead the series against the field 7-2 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	32, Q27	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Pohl/Rau	16	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	32, Q27	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Huygens Tholen/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	32, Q27	Huygens Tholen/Sanderson	17, Q2	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against Banck/Stein, Germany 1-0
9/3/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	32, Q27	Banck/Stein		21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # Q6 Galindo/Serrano Ochoa, Mexico 1-0
9/4/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	32, Q27	Galindo/Serrano Ochoa	Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
9/4/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	32, Q27	Hakedal/Torlen	Q11	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # Q13 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
7/24/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	Q37	Augoustides/Claasen		21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q22 Van Breedam/Van Lierop, Belgium 1-0
7/24/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	Q37	Van Breedam/Van Lierop	Q28	21-14, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # Q38 Austin/Glover, England 1-0
9/3/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Brink-Abeler/Kaup	32, Q27	Austin/Glover	Q38	21-19, 21-16	0:38