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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012
July 10 - 14, 2012

(Q7) Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden

Hannes Brinkborg
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 9, 1978 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

A Engelbrekt

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$83,903.44

Stefan Gunnarsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (44 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$59,069.19

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$3,723.65
FIVB	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	0	11	16	2	9	1	US$99,500.00
Overall	57	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	8	1	12	16	2	9	1	US$103,223.65

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Mattias Magnusson - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Mattias Magnusson - 41st	Did not play
2007	Bjorn Berg - 33rd	Did not play
2008	Bjorn Berg - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	20, Q3	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	20, Q12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q3	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	23, Q3	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	21, Q2	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	9	9th	240	US$6,000.00
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	24	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q11	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q8	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	21	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/10/2012	Qualifier 1	Thomas Kunert / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (Q26)	Won 24-26, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Tue, 7/10/2012	Qualifier 2	Brad Keenan / John Mayer, United States (28, Q23)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:42

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	2	$6,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	17	$41,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	2	9	$51,350.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	54	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	12	28	$101,000.00

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	2	$3,400.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,400.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	34	$22,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	22	$22,375.00
57	0	0	0	0	2	8	11	7	29	$51,175.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	4	22	$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	1	$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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00
114	1	0	1	0	2	10	17	18	65	$82,400.00	Total	79	0	1	0	0	1	6	10	14	47	$57,800.00

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 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	$9,750.00	9	15	37.5 %
2011	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	6	$38,150.00	27	25	51.9 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	$13,400.00	9	14	39.1 %
Total	FIVB	42	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	6	8	22	$82,650.00	60	70	46.2 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,000.00	2	4	33.3 %

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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00	2008	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
14	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	6	$19,075.00	2011	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	6	$19,075.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	$6,700.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	$6,700.00
105	1	0	1	0	2	10	17	14	60	$73,725.00	Total	Total	70	0	1	0	0	1	6	10	10	42	$49,125.00

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%
2011-2012	25	64.1%	8	20.5%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	6	13.3%	4	8.9%	35	77.8%	6-39	13.3%	25-35	41.7%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	39-45	46.4%
Against the Field	13	54.2%	4	16.7%	7	29.2%	17-7	70.8%	1	3.0%	4	12.1%	28	84.8%	1-32	3.0%	26-54	32.5%	10-22	31.3%	0	1	18-39	31.6%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Total	0	0	46	25	7	38	0	0	7	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	93

Head to Head Results
Brinkborg/Gunnarsson trail the series against the field 16-33 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 15 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-4
7/23/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21	21-19, 21-18	0:43
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21	21-19, 21-15	0:44
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:53
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 # 4 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 # 6 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-3
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q3	21-16, 21-16	0:40
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q12	22-20, 21-17	0:33
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-18, 21-11	0:36
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	23, Q3	22-20, 21-8	0:39
8/12/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	13-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:42
Trail the series against # 9 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-2
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 4	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21	Erdmann/Matysik	2	21-19, 21-17	0:36
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Erdmann/Matysik	20	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:44
9/10/09	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Erdmann/Matysik	11, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 11 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-2
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool M	Boersma/Spijkers	13	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q12	21-18, 21-19	0:47
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Boersma/Spijkers	22	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Plavins/Smedins	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27	21-14, 21-13	0:29
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	8	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	21-10, 21-16	0:31
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q15	Plavins/Smedins	Q18	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dollinger/Windscheif	17, Q5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q12	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czechia 0-2
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Benes/Kubala	19	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Wu/Xu	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	21-9, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 2-1
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q12	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	Q5	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:59
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	23, Q3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	10	21-13, 21-14	0:36
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	28, Q14	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q3	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 22 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q5	22-20, 21-18	0:40
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q42	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-4
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q4	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q2	21-16, 22-20	0:45
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 # 25, Q18 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-2
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q8	21-11, 18-21, 21-19	0:58
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
Trail the series against # 28, Q23 Keenan/Mayer, United States 0-1
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Keenan/Mayer	28, Q23	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q7	23-21, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/23/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	22-20, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q30	21-17, 18-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # Q12 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool Q	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	9	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # Q19 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	31, Q30	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q3	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # Q25 Likholetov/Yutvalin, Russia 1-0
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q3	Likholetov/Yutvalin	Q14	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # Q26 Kunert/Petutschnig, Austria 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q7	Kunert/Petutschnig	Q26	24-26, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Series tied with # Q27 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 # Q28 Hupfer/Leeb, Austria 1-0
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	23, Q3	Hupfer/Leeb	Q30	21-16, 21-11	0:35