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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 27 - November 1, 2009

(20, Q2) Rieke Brink-Abeler/Claudia Lubetz, 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

Claudia Lehmann Lubetz
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 5, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Suhl

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$27,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$2,800.00

Previous Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Julia Sude - 9th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/27/2009	Country Quota	Frederike Fischer / Julia Grossner, Germany	Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Wed, 10/28/2009	Qualifier 2	Erika Fabjan / Simona Fabjan, Slovenia (Q18)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:43
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 1	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (13)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:51
Thu, 10/29/2009	Contender 1	Lucy Boulton / Denise Johns, England (29, Q5)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 10/30/2009	Contender 2	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (14)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rieke Brink-Abeler												Claudia Lubetz
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	$1,700.00
29	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	6	0	$54,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,050.00
50	0	0	0	1	10	11	10	2	0	$98,910.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$19,100.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											Satellite	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
82	0	0	0	1	12	18	15	8	0	$166,960.00	Total	36	0	3	0	0	0	6	4	5	0	$27,700.00

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rieke Brink-Abeler													Claudia Lubetz
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
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	3	$22,900.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
10	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	$34,100.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	$7,900.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$4,200.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	$14,200.00
63	0	0	0	1	11	18	12	6	15	$151,910.00	Total	Total	24	0	3	0	0	0	5	4	4	8	$26,350.00

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	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
2008-2009	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3

Head to Head Results
Brink-Abeler/Lubetz lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 13 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	13	Brink-Abeler/Lubetz	20, Q2	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 14 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Kolocova/Slukova	14	Brink-Abeler/Lubetz	20, Q2	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Lubetz	20, Q2	Boulton/Johns	29, Q5	21-13, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against Fischer/Grossner, Germany 1-0
10/27/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Country Quota	Brink-Abeler/Lubetz	20, Q2	Fischer/Grossner		21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # Q18 Fabjan/Fabjan, Slovenia 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Lubetz	20, Q2	Fabjan/Fabjan	Q18	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:43