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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 14 - 18, 2005

(30, Q25) Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, 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

Hella Jürich
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokio

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$146,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	52	0	0	0	1	10	1	14	4	8	6	4	2	2	US$292,900.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Hella Jurich - 41st	Rieke Brink-Abeler - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	Q17	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	Q16	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q16	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	9/20-25/2004	Brazil Open	Q12	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	Q30	41st	12	US$0.00

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 6/13/2005	Country Quota	Geeske Banck / Mireya Kaup, Germany	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:37
Tue, 6/14/2005	Qualifier 1	Anastasia-Maria Chounta / Polyxeni Kitsou, Greece (Q40)	Won 21-17, 21-8	0:35
Tue, 6/14/2005	Qualifier 2	Nicoletta Luciani / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:39
Tue, 6/14/2005	Qualifier 3	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (28, Q9)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:32
Wed, 6/15/2005	Winner 1	Agatha Bednarczuk / Sandra Pires, Brazil (3)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
Thu, 6/16/2005	Winner 2	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (14)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Thu, 6/16/2005	Winner 3	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (6)	Lost 19-21, 22-20, 12-15	0:57
Thu, 6/16/2005	Contender 4	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (16)	Lost 22-24, 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	4	5	0	$101,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	0	0	1	8	1	9	2	4	1	0	$170,200.00
Total	52	0	0	0	1	10	1	14	4	8	6	0	$292,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rieke Brink-Abeler												Hella Jurich
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$10,750.00
29	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	6	0	$54,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	5	0	$50,600.00
50	0	0	0	1	10	11	10	2	0	$98,910.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	0	0	1	9	11	4	1	0	$85,100.00
82	0	0	0	1	12	18	15	8	0	$166,960.00	Total	52	0	0	0	1	11	18	8	6	0	$146,450.00

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
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$6,000.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	$6,000.00	16	10	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rieke Brink-Abeler													Hella Jurich
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$3,000.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$3,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	$4,260.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	$3,000.00

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	76	65.0%	26	22.2%	15	12.8%	102-15	87.2%	12	12.8%	22	23.4%	60	63.8%	12-82	12.8%	76-60	55.9%	38-37	50.7%	1	2	115-99	53.7%
2004-2005	17	65.4%	6	23.1%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	3	12.0%	8	32.0%	14	56.0%	3-22	12.0%	17-14	54.8%	9-11	45.0%	0	0	26-25	51.0%
Against the Field	38	62.3%	13	21.3%	10	16.4%	51-10	83.6%	6	11.3%	13	24.5%	34	64.2%	6-47	11.3%	76-64	54.3%	38-46	45.2%	1	1	58-56	50.9%

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	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	4	1	16	17	0	0	6	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	8	5	0	0	0	0	40	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	79	59
Total	6	2	12	6	19	17	0	0	48	41	0	1	0	1	0	0	115	99

Head to Head Results
Brink-Abeler/Jurich lead the series against the field 8-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Barros/Connelly	17, Q1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q17	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	6	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	21-19, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
5/25/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q16	21-12, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # 14 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Kadijk/Mooren	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 16 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Clarke/Gerlic	16	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	24-22, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q9	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 32, Q26 Lu/Ren, China 0-1
5/17/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Lu/Ren	Q17	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q16	16-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:50
Lead the series against Banck/Kaup, Germany 1-0
6/13/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Banck/Kaup		21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against Barry/Lukiw, Canada 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q17	Barry/Lukiw	Q16	21-17, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against Gunther/Kohler, Germany 1-0
6/7/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q17	Gunther/Kohler		23-21, 21-15
Lead the series against # Q8 Luciani/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Luciani/Solazzi	Q8	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q40 Chounta/Kitsou, Greece 1-0
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Chounta/Kitsou	Q40	21-17, 21-8	0:35