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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 2 - 7, 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Bjorn Berg - 9th	Did not play
2010	Stefan Gunnarsson - 33rd	Hannes Brinkborg - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	27, Q9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/3/2011	Qualifier 2	Murat Giginoglu / Hakan Gogtepe, Türkiye (Q24)	Won 21-8, 21-14	0:29
Tue, 5/3/2011	Qualifier 3	Shinpei Aoki / Kentaro Asahi, Japan (Q25)	Won 21-17, 21-9	0:37
Wed, 5/4/2011	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (6)	Lost 21-14, 17-21, 11-15	0:54
Wed, 5/4/2011	Contender 1	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (22)	Won 21-10, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
Thu, 5/5/2011	Contender 2	Casey Jennings / Kevin Wong, United States (21, Q2)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-8	0:50
Thu, 5/5/2011	Contender 3	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (20)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:44

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,050.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	4	12	$38,150.00	31	35	47.0 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,525.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,525.00
81	1	0	1	0	1	9	10	10	49	$50,475.00	Total	Total	47	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	6	31	$26,375.00

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	46.7%	8	26.7%	8	26.7%	22-8	73.3%	1	3.0%	3	9.1%	29	87.9%	1-32	3.0%	28-56	33.3%	18-22	45.0%	0	1	23-40	36.5%

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	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 9-16 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 11 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
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 # 19 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 # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Erdmann/Matysik	20	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Series tied with # 21, Q2 Jennings/Wong, United States 1-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Jennings/Wong	21, Q2	21-19, 16-21, 15-8	0:50
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Jennings/Wong	24, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	13-21, 21-18, 6-3 Retired	0:52
Series tied with # 22 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Doppler/Mellitzer	22	21-10, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q16	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	21-19, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 23, Q5 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 # 24, Q6 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 # 30, Q13 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 # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q23 Dziadkou/Zharykau, Belarus 0-1
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Dziadkou/Zharykau	Q45	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q13	20-22, 21-16, 17-15	0:55
Lead the series against # Q24 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	Q24	21-8, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # Q25 Aoki/Asahi, Japan 1-0
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Aoki/Asahi	Q25	21-17, 21-9	0:37
Lead the series against # Q36 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