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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 CEV Polish Masters
July 19 - 23, 2011

(16) Rieke Brink-Abeler/Melanie Gernert, 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 (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (Niechorze 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$175,587.44

Melanie Gernert
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV Niechorze 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$4,589.06

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$8,946.13

Previous Niechorze Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

CEV Polish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/19/2011	Country Quota	Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner, Germany (18)	Lost 21-15, 21-23, 10-15	0:53
Thu, 7/21/2011	Winner 1	Martyna Wardak / Joanna Wiatr, Poland (17)	Lost 15-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:42
Thu, 7/21/2011	Contender 1	Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner, Germany (18)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:29
Thu, 7/21/2011	Contender 2	Natalja Bratuhhina / Polina Bratuhhina, Estonia (10)	Won 16-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:33
Fri, 7/22/2011	Contender 3	Karolina Marciniak / Katarzyna Urban, Poland (4)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:33
Fri, 7/22/2011	Contender 4	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (8)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:43
Fri, 7/22/2011	Contender 5	Erika Fabjan / Simona Fabjan, Slovenia (6)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:48
Sat, 7/23/2011	Semi-Finals	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (1)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 10-15	0:43
Sat, 7/23/2011	Bronze Medal	Madelein Meppelink / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (5)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 21-23	0:53

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$)
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rieke Brink-Abeler												Melanie Gernert
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	5	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
85	0	0	0	1	12	20	15	8	0	$169,210.00	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,250.00

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
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rieke Brink-Abeler													Melanie Gernert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age
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
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	$4,200.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$4,950.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
89	0	0	0	2	12	22	16	8	29	$171,585.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	$1,875.00

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	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	5-2	71.4%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	8-6	57.1%
2010-2011	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	5-2	71.4%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	8-6	57.1%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	8-0	100.0%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	7-4	63.6%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Head to Head Results
Brink-Abeler/Gernert lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Semi-Finals	Kolocova/Slukova	1	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	21-19, 15-21, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 Marciniak/Urban, Poland 1-0
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	Marciniak/Urban	4	21-19, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Bronze Medal	Meppelink/Wesselink	5	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	19-21, 21-17, 23-21	0:53
Lead the series against # 6 Fabjan/Fabjan, Slovenia 1-0
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	Fabjan/Fabjan	6	18-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 8 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 4	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	Nestarcova/Pridalova	8	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina, Estonia 1-0
7/21/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina	10	16-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Wardak/Wiatr, Poland 0-1
7/21/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 1	Wardak/Wiatr	17	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:42
Series tied with # 18 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-1
7/21/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	Bieneck/Grossner	18	21-14, 21-18	0:29
7/19/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Country Quota	Bieneck/Grossner	18	Brink-Abeler/Gernert	16	15-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:53