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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Vodafone Grand Slam
June 25 - 29, 2003

(10) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Christoph Dieckmann - 41st	Did not play
1997	Christoph Dieckmann - 41st	Did not play
1998	Christoph Dieckmann - 17th	Did not play
1999	Christoph Dieckmann - 13th	Did not play
2001	Jonas Reckermann - 13th	Markus Dieckmann - 13th
2002	Jonas Reckermann - 3rd	Markus Dieckmann - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	22	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	15	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	14	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	4	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	7	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	12	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	16	5th	180	US$6,675.00

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool G	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (26)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 6/27/2003	Pool G	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (7)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 6/27/2003	Pool G	Paulao Moreira / Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (23, Q9)	Won 21-23, 21-18, 15-13	1:04
Sat, 6/28/2003	Winner 1	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (9)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 6/28/2003	Winner 2	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (2)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
Sun, 6/29/2003	Semi-Finals	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:51
Sun, 6/29/2003	Bronze Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (4)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:40

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	2	$38,000.00	25	20	55.6 %
2002	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$35,305.00	18	13	58.1 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$35,500.00	12	5	70.6 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	4	1	2	$108,805.00	55	38	59.1 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	2	$19,000.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	2	$19,000.00
7	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	$17,652.50	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	$17,652.50
3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$17,750.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$17,750.00
67	0	1	1	1	7	24	14	13	6	$115,602.50	Total	Total	19	0	1	1	1	3	6	4	1	2	$54,402.50

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%
2002-2003	32	71.1%	8	17.8%	5	11.1%	40-5	88.9%	9	29.0%	6	19.4%	16	51.6%	9-22	29.0%	32-16	66.7%	17-11	60.7%	2	0	51-27	65.4%
Against the Field	55	69.6%	15	19.0%	9	11.4%	70-9	88.6%	18	30.5%	2	3.4%	39	66.1%	18-41	30.5%	110-60	64.7%	66-22	75.0%	6	3	94-44	68.1%

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 lead the series against the field 32-17 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-2
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Insfran	1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	23-25, 21-13, 15-10	1:02
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 2-0
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Laciga/Laciga	2	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Laciga/Laciga	3	22-20, 25-27, 17-15	1:03
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
6/29/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	21-15, 21-16	0:40
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Rego/Santos	2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	15	21-18, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 5 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Berger/Doppler	15	25-23, 21-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
6/29/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	21-17, 21-12	0:51
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	20	21-19, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Child/Heese, Canada 2-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Child/Heese	7	By Forfeit
6/16/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Bronze Medal	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Child/Heese	15	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	1:04
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	21-12, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Alvarez/Rossell	11	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Dieckmann/Reckermann	15	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 6	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	21-13, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-2
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	21-16, 21-19	0:44
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	5	21-18, 21-17	0:43
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	21-11, 21-18	0:33
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-1
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Berg/Dahl	16	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	21-14, 21-17	0:36
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 # 17 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	20	Heuscher/Kobel	13	17-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:00
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-19, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Rogers/Scott	11, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 20 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 3-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Holden/Leinemann	21	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Holden/Leinemann	23	Dieckmann/Reckermann	7	21-18, 21-19	0:41
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Reckermann	16	Holden/Leinemann	17	21-16, 21-15	0:37
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	Holden/Leinemann	7	11-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 21 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Horrem/Maaseide	28	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-13, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 2-0
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Fonoimoana/Holdren	14	19-21, 21-11, 16-14	0:58
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	16	Fonoimoana/Holdren	15	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 23, Q9 Moreira/Silva, Brazil 2-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Moreira/Silva	23, Q9	21-23, 21-18, 15-13	1:04
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Moreira/Silva	6, Q10	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Kogel/Mulder	45	23-21, 21-8	0:37
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 2-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Karasev/Zaitsev	37	22-20, 22-20	0:41
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	6	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 26 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Fuerbringer/Jennings	26	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # Q1 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 # Q5 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	21-19, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q8 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 2-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	21-15, 21-14	0:38
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26, Q3	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q11 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 2-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Reckermann	16	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	22-20, 21-18	0:36
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	20, Q4	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q20 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	21-15, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # Q29 Gavrilov/Todorov, Bulgaria 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Dieckmann/Reckermann	15	Gavrilov/Todorov	31, Q24	21-13, 21-12	0:31