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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 1 - 5, 2006

(6) Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, 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

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 Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	8	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	12	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/19-22/2006	St. Petersburg Open	6	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	15	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	19	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	21	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	23	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Thailand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 1	Nancy Reynolds / April Ross, United States (27, Q7)	Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:58
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 2	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (11)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 11/3/2006	Winner 3	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Lost 29-31, 11-21	0:47
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 4	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (10)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 13-15	0:52

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	3	$45,800.00	23	21	52.3 %
2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	2	0	$76,300.00	28	23	54.9 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	3	5	2	8	$122,100.00	57	49	53.8 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	3	$22,900.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	3	$22,900.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	2	0	$38,150.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	2	0	$38,150.00
30	0	0	0	0	3	10	6	2	9	$62,310.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	3	10	5	2	8	$61,050.00

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%
2005-2006	28	52.8%	17	32.1%	8	15.1%	45-8	84.9%	6	14.3%	12	28.6%	24	57.1%	6-36	14.3%	28-24	53.8%	23-20	53.5%	0	0	51-44	53.7%
Against the Field	19	57.6%	9	27.3%	5	15.2%	28-5	84.8%	2	6.1%	8	24.2%	23	69.7%	2-31	6.1%	38-46	45.2%	22-26	45.8%	0	0	30-36	45.5%

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 trail the series against the field 13-14 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:50
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Tian/Wang	2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 1-2
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	31-29, 21-11	0:47
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	21-9, 21-17	0:34
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Xue/Zhang	4	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-3
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 3	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	4	21-17, 18-21, 15-7	1:03
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Hakedal/Torlen	13	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	20	26-28, 21-17, 15-13	1:01
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	18	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-3
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	22-20, 21-17	0:36
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	18	21-14, 21-18	0:36
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	14, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	10	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 3-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	21-15, 21-18	0:39
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	4	Petrova/Skalnikova	13	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Petrova/Skalnikova	31, Q22	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Cook/Sanderson	10	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	21	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 3-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Kadijk/Mooren	8	21-19, 14-21, 18-16	0:53
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	19	21-18, 21-19	0:36
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	24	Kadijk/Mooren	7	21-14, 21-14	0:29
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Kadijk/Mooren	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	21	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	22-20, 21-17	0:40
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	17	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 22 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	8	Koizumi/Tanaka	24, Q2	22-20, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Reynolds/Ross, United States 1-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Reynolds/Ross	27, Q7	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q1 Zhang/Zuo, China 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Zhang/Zuo	18	23-21, 21-23, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # Q8 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	4	Campisi/Lozano	29, Q14	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:51