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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004

(9) Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany

Christoph Dieckmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bonn

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$447,060.00

Andreas Scheuerpflug
Germany

Photo: Simon Dahl

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 13, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alpirsbach

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$205,080.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	31	2	0	1	2	5	4	9	4	4	0	US$287,970.00

Previous Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	9	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	9	9th	320	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	10	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	11	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	13	17th	104	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	15	4th	378	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	15	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	9	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	17	9th	120	US$4,000.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (24, Q15)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 2	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (8)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:33
Fri, 3/26/2004	Contender 2	Colin Pocock / Gershon Rorich, South Africa (10)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 3/26/2004	Contender 3	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (15)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-9	0:57
Fri, 3/26/2004	Contender 4	Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (6)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:55
Sat, 3/27/2004	Contender 5	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (2)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
Sat, 3/27/2004	Contender 6	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (12)	Lost 14-21, 22-24	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$20,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	$145,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	1	0	0	1	3	1	6	3	3	0	0	$122,220.00
Total	31	2	0	1	2	5	4	9	4	4	0	0	$287,970.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christoph Dieckmann												Andreas Scheuerpflug
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	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$15,250.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$13,875.00
25	1	0	3	6	8	6	1	0	0	$178,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	0	1	1	4	2	5	1	0	$79,375.00
78	4	4	1	2	13	25	14	12	0	$251,985.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	62	1	0	0	2	9	14	15	7	0	$109,780.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,150.00	Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,050.00
112	5	4	4	8	23	34	17	13	0	$447,060.00	Total	86	2	1	1	3	14	19	23	8	0	$205,080.00

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
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$14,220.00	7	8	46.7 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	$60,500.00	20	16	55.6 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	2	0	9	0	2	0	0	$89,220.00	34	28	54.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christoph Dieckmann													Andreas Scheuerpflug
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,750.00	1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	1997	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	1	0	$20,225.00	1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,050.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	6	0	$21,500.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	7	$9,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	0	$14,250.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	4	3	4	0	0	$26,000.00
											2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$14,125.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$7,110.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	$12,130.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	$30,250.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	$30,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,250.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,250.00
60	0	0	0	1	5	26	12	12	4	$103,485.00	Total	Total	69	0	1	0	2	7	15	21	8	15	$105,705.00

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	60	68.2%	13	14.8%	15	17.0%	73-15	83.0%	16	28.1%	10	17.5%	31	54.4%	16-41	28.1%	60-31	65.9%	29-25	53.7%	3	3	92-59	60.9%
2003-2004	34	63.0%	8	14.8%	12	22.2%	42-12	77.8%	10	29.4%	5	14.7%	19	55.9%	10-24	29.4%	34-19	64.2%	18-17	51.4%	2	2	54-38	58.7%
Against the Field	29	61.7%	6	12.8%	12	25.5%	35-12	74.5%	10	27.0%	5	13.5%	22	59.5%	10-27	27.0%	58-42	58.0%	32-34	48.5%	0	1	45-39	53.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	14	7	1	2	1	1	1	0	35	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	13	8	0	0	17	16	1	1	0	1	1	0	47	35
Total	0	0	0	0	25	14	0	0	33	26	2	3	1	2	2	0	92	59

Head to Head Results
Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug lead the series against the field 20-18 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	21-18, 21-18	0:43
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	16	21-12, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 5	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Heuscher/Kobel	2	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:55
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	17	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
7/20/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	19-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-5
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	11	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	21-14, 21-17	0:48
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	Baracetti/Conde	7	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	10	21-18, 21-14	0:42
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	13	26-28, 21-18, 15-11	1:23
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:50
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Metzger, United States 1-0
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Holdren/Metzger	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 7 Berger/Doppler, Austria 2-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Berger/Doppler	8	21-12, 21-18	0:42
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	11	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	10	21-17, 21-12	0:37
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	32	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-3
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	8	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	21-17, 21-13	0:33
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	5	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	28-26, 21-19	0:45
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	7	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	24	21-17, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Pocock/Rorich, South Africa 1-0
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Pocock/Rorich	10	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	26	Rogers/Scott	10, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 6	Neto/Ramos	12	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	21-14, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Egger/Heyer	18	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:43
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Egger/Heyer	18	14-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:43
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	18	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Schacht/Slack	15	21-19, 14-21, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	13	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # 18 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 2-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Bosma/Herrera	24	21-16, 21-19	0:41
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	10	Bosma/Herrera	26, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool J	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	22-24, 21-17, 15-13	1:01
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Canet/Hamel	23	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	26	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 22 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	10	Klemperer/Rademacher	23, Q4	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 24, Q15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Brink/Schneider	24, Q15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 2-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool J	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Kogel/Mulder	40	11-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Kogel/Mulder	24, Q2	21-19, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # 26, Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool J	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Gartmayer/Nowotny	33	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q7 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	21-19, 21-19	0:40