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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001

(21) Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Markus Dieckmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bonn

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$282,927.50

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$691,427.50

Awards

Best Blocker 2009
Team of the Year 2009 (with Julius Brink)
Tour Champion 2009 (with Julius Brink)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
FIVB	43	2	7	1	4	6	4	7	3	6	1	1	1	US$443,455.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Christoph Dieckmann - 13th	Did not play
1999	Christoph Dieckmann - 25th	Did not play
2000	Christoph Dieckmann - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	26, Q6	13th	136	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	Q7	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	22	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q5	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	27, Q3	17th	72	US$3,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/27/2001	Winner 1	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Paulao Moreira, Brazil (12, Q1)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
Fri, 7/27/2001	Winner 2	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (5)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:38
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (11)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:33
Sat, 7/28/2001	Contender 3	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (4)	Lost 28-30, 21-16, 13-15	1:01

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$24,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	1	0	0	2	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	$161,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	1	7	1	2	2	3	1	2	5	1	0	$257,805.00
Total	43	2	7	1	4	6	4	7	3	6	1	0	$443,455.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Dieckmann												Jonas Reckermann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$13,750.00	World Championships	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$63,250.00
14	1	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	0	$84,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	3	4	4	4	11	13	1	0	0	$324,925.00
68	1	7	1	2	7	18	15	12	0	$183,277.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	14	6	4	11	6	10	1	0	$303,252.50
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,150.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite
91	2	7	1	4	14	28	16	13	0	$282,927.50	Total	104	7	18	11	8	22	22	13	1	0	$691,427.50

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
2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	$16,000.00	15	15	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	$16,000.00	15	15	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Dieckmann													Jonas Reckermann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1996	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,750.00	1997	FIVB
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	6	0	$21,500.00	1999	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	5	0	$16,250.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2000	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	$8,000.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	$8,000.00
54	0	0	0	0	4	21	11	12	6	$69,200.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	$8,000.00

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	91	74.6%	17	13.9%	14	11.5%	108-14	88.5%	28	32.2%	11	12.6%	48	55.2%	28-59	32.2%	91-48	65.5%	45-25	64.3%	9	3	145-76	65.6%
2000-2001	17	81.0%	2	9.5%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	5	21.7%	4	17.4%	14	60.9%	5-18	21.7%	17-14	54.8%	7-6	53.8%	1	0	25-20	55.6%
Against the Field	23	62.2%	8	21.6%	6	16.2%	31-6	83.8%	9	20.0%	5	11.1%	31	68.9%	9-36	20.0%	46-50	47.9%	34-22	60.7%	3	3	43-39	52.4%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	15	3	0	0	22	9	1	2	0	2	1	0	46	22
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	5	17	10	0	0	46	12	8	3	1	2	1	7	90	47
Total	0	0	8	7	38	15	0	0	71	25	9	5	1	4	2	7	145	76

Head to Head Results
Dieckmann/Reckermann trail the series against the field 10-11 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Wong	4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	30-28, 16-21, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	21-12, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	21-14, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 2-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam		Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	Pedrosa/Teixeira	Q10	21-10, 21-18	0:32
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Pedrosa/Teixeira	27, Q7	21-10, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-19, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	Bellaguarda/Moreira	12, Q1	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Novosel/Slack	11, Q3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	14-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Zahner	12	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	21-18, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 16 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 0-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	21-16, 21-14	0:45
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 Holdren/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Rogers	19	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	27-25, 21-11	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-0
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	Berg/Dahl	24	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:58
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	Berg/Dahl	11	24-22, 17-21, 17-15	1:12
Lead the series against # 23 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Berger/Stamm	21	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 26, Q13 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	Amore/Lione	Q30	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 28, Q3 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 6	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	21-13, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 29, Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	Dieckmann/Reckermann	Q7	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 30 Palinek/Pochop, Czech Republic 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	Palinek/Pochop	27, Q11	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 31, Q7 Correa/Diez, Spain 0-1
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 8	Correa/Diez	25, Q8	Dieckmann/Reckermann	Q7	24-22, 21-11	0:43
Lead the series against # Q14 Michalopoulos/Roumeliotis, Greece 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	Michalopoulos/Roumeliotis	Q14	21-15, 21-12	0:34