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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(5) Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Markus Dieckmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1976 (48 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 (45 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

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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Christoph Dieckmann - 17th	Did not play
2003	Jonas Reckermann - 17th	Markus Dieckmann - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-25/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	4	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	5	9th	216	US$8,250.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	4	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	1	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	2	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	3	1st	600	US$43,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	3	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	2	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	3	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	4	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	4	17th	160	US$5,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Kentaro Asahi / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (28)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:27
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 2	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (12)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 9/24/2004	Winner 3	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (4)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:52
Fri, 9/24/2004	Winner 4	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes / Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (9, Q2)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:46
Sat, 9/25/2004	Semi-Finals	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Sun, 9/26/2004	Gold Medal	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (3)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:00

Head to Head Results
Dieckmann/Reckermann lead the series against the field 24-20 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-6
9/25/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Rego/Santos	1	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
6/6/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	21-18, 21-16	0:39
5/30/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	21-18, 21-19	0:43
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	11-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:54
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	21-15, 21-16	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 2 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 1-2
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	21-18, 21-16	0:41
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	1	26-24, 21-13	0:55
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Neto/Ramos	14	20-22, 21-16, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 6-2
9/26/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Heuscher/Kobel	3	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	By Forfeit
6/20/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	21-18, 27-25	0:54
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-16, 21-18	0:38
3/20/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	By Forfeit
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-18, 21-15	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 2-6
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Araujo/Insfran	4	24-22, 21-19	0:52
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	21-19, 21-17	0:51
6/20/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Araujo/Insfran	4	22-20, 21-18	0:47
6/6/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Insfran	3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	21-16, 21-15	0:41
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Insfran	3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	21-16, 21-19	0:43
9/7/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Insfran	5	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	14-21, 21-19, 34-32	1:36
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
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Marques/Souza, Brazil 0-1
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Marques/Souza	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	21-16, 22-20	0:43
Series tied with # 8, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 1-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Ferreira	13	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	12-21, 21-13, 20-18	1:08
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Ferreira	19, Q6	21-15, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 9, Q2 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 1-0
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Magalhaes/Silva	9, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 2-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	21-16, 21-19	0:38
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 # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 4-0
5/30/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:39
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:36
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	21-10, 29-27	0:36
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-18, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	21-14, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 3-0
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	By Forfeit	0:40
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Brink/Schneider	30, Q12	23-21, 21-18	0:55
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	21-11, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 28 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 2-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Asahi/Nishimura	28	21-12, 21-12	0:27
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q15	23-21, 21-16	0:49