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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Brasilia Open
April 18 - 23, 2011

(27, Q9) 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 Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	9	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	21, Q5	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q14	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	30	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	Q14	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/19/2011	Qualifier 2	Maverick Hatch / Sam Schachter, Canada (Q41)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:36
Tue, 4/19/2011	Qualifier 3	Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (Q8)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:42
Wed, 4/20/2011	Winner 1	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (6)	Won 21-19, 9-21, 15-9	0:49
Wed, 4/20/2011	Winner 2	Benjamin Insfran / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (11, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:37
Thu, 4/21/2011	Contender 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (28, Q11)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	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$)
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 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	$9,750.00	9	15	37.5 %
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	12	$33,900.00	27	33	45.0 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	$4,875.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	$4,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
80	1	0	1	0	1	8	10	10	49	$48,350.00	Total	Total	46	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	6	31	$24,250.00

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%
2010-2011	20	54.1%	9	24.3%	8	21.6%	29-8	78.4%	7	18.9%	6	16.2%	24	64.9%	7-30	18.9%	20-24	45.5%	16-14	53.3%	0	2	36-40	47.4%
Against the Field	14	48.3%	7	24.1%	8	27.6%	21-8	72.4%	1	2.4%	6	14.3%	35	83.3%	1-41	2.4%	28-66	29.8%	16-28	36.4%	0	2	22-49	31.0%

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 6-17 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 8 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:41
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 6 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	21-19, 9-21, 15-9	0:49
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gavira/Herrera	3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-17, 21-12	0:35
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 # 11, Q1 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Jennings/Wong, United States 0-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Jennings/Wong	24, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	13-21, 21-18, 6-3 Retired	0:52
Trail the series against # 18 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-3
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q12	21-13, 15-21, 15-7	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # Q2 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Jaani/Vesik	12	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # Q3 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
Series tied with # Q6 Belov/Daianov, Russia 1-1
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Belov/Daianov	14, Q11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q6	9-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:53
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q12	Belov/Daianov	Q21	21-14, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # Q8 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q8	21-17, 22-20	0:42
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	By Forfeit
Series tied with # Q12 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hordvik/Horrem	Q19	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q14	15-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:55
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24, Q7	Hordvik/Horrem	Q10	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Series tied with # Q20 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 # Q41 Hatch/Schachter, Canada 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Hatch/Schachter	Q41	21-19, 21-13	0:36