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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(24, Q7) Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden

Hannes Brinkborg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 9, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

A Engelbrekt

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$81,150.00

Stefan Gunnarsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urshult

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Brno 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Québec 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$57,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	11	16	2	9	1	US$99,500.00

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	28	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	40, Q13	33rd	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	29, Q20	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	27, Q24	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	24	9th	240	US$5,500.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 2	Domenico Apicella / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (Q26)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:41
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 3	Oivind Hordvik / Iver Horrem, Norway (Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 1	Emiel Boersma / Joppe Paulides, Netherlands (9)	Lost 13-21, 30-28, 15-17	1:06
Thu, 8/27/2009	Contender 1	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (25)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:42
Fri, 8/28/2009	Contender 2	Gianluca Casadei / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (26, Q14)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
Fri, 8/28/2009	Contender 3	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (15)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 13-15	0:56

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	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	$41,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	2	0	$51,350.00
Total	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	11	0	$99,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hannes Brinkborg												Stefan Gunnarsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	$22,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	$22,375.00
57	0	0	0	0	2	8	11	7	0	$51,175.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	4	0	$29,075.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,900.00	Challenger	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,200.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
111	1	0	1	0	2	10	15	17	0	$81,150.00	Total	77	0	1	0	0	1	6	9	13	0	$57,050.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$15,850.00	13	14	48.1 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	$21,350.00	15	16	48.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hannes Brinkborg													Stefan Gunnarsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$4,200.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	$15,500.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$250.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	6	$13,500.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$7,925.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	$7,925.00
68	1	0	1	0	1	7	9	8	41	$42,075.00	Total	Total	34	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	4	23	$17,975.00

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	44	58.7%	16	21.3%	15	20.0%	60-15	80.0%	12	14.5%	14	16.9%	57	68.7%	12-71	14.5%	44-57	43.6%	28-29	49.1%	0	2	72-88	45.0%
2008-2009	9	60.0%	4	26.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	2	12.5%	6	37.5%	8	50.0%	2-14	12.5%	9-8	52.9%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	15-16	48.4%
Against the Field	8	44.4%	6	33.3%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	3	10.7%	6	21.4%	19	67.9%	3-25	10.7%	16-38	29.6%	18-20	47.4%	0	0	17-29	37.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	24	16	3	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	9	0	0	0	0	7	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	35
Total	0	0	46	25	5	34	0	0	7	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	88

Head to Head Results
Brinkborg/Gunnarsson trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	29, Q20	21-17, 21-9	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 0-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Paulides	9	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	21-13, 28-30, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	12	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	28	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 15 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	Skarlund/Spinnangr	Q9	21-17, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 17 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Lario/Mesa	20, Q2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	29, Q20	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 21 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	28	21-17, 21-19	0:45
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	25	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	40, Q13	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 25 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	Henriquez/Mussa	25	21-16, 21-15	0:42
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Henriquez/Mussa	28, Q7	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 26, Q14 Casadei/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	Casadei/Tomatis	26, Q14	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 28 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q10	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	1:04
Trail the series against # Q2 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q22	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q8 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q12	Maia/Rosas	Q21	21-16, 20-22, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # Q9 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	29, Q20	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q13	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # Q10 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	Hordvik/Horrem	Q10	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q26 Apicella/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	Apicella/Raffaelli	Q26	21-19, 21-16	0:41