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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(4) 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
2001	Jonas Reckermann - 13th	Markus Dieckmann - 13th
2002	Jonas Reckermann - 17th	Markus Dieckmann - 17th
2003	Jonas Reckermann - 9th	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2004	Jonas Reckermann - 4th	Markus Dieckmann - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	4	4th	392	US$16,900.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	5	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	8	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	5	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	5	1st	360	US$27,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 1	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (29, Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:33
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (13)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:43
Fri, 7/15/2005	Winner 3	Pedro Cunha / Luiz Dulinski, Brazil (21, Q11)	Won 21-11, 22-20	0:38
Fri, 7/15/2005	Winner 4	Mariano Baracetti / Pedro Depiaggio, Argentina (17)	Won 21-19, 21-6 Retired	0:46
Sat, 7/16/2005	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:08
Sun, 7/17/2005	Gold Medal	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (7)	Lost 27-25, 19-21, 12-15	1:10

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	9	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	$95,000.00	33	14	70.2 %
2004	FIVB	11	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	$157,000.00	41	18	69.5 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$82,400.00	20	8	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	41	2	6	1	4	5	4	7	3	6	1	2	$407,705.00	137	73	65.2 %

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
9	0	2	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$47,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	2	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$47,500.00
11	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	$78,500.00	2004	FIVB	11	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	$78,500.00
5	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$41,200.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$43,450.00
89	2	6	1	4	13	28	16	13	6	$265,052.50	Total	Total	42	2	6	1	4	9	11	6	1	2	$206,102.50

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%
2004-2005	42	75.0%	7	12.5%	7	12.5%	49-7	87.5%	14	42.4%	1	3.0%	18	54.5%	14-19	42.4%	42-18	70.0%	21-8	72.4%	6	3	69-29	70.4%
Against the Field	18	72.0%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	10	35.7%	1	3.6%	17	60.7%	10-18	35.7%	36-28	56.3%	30-6	83.3%	3	0	36-17	67.9%

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 32-15 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 3-6
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Rego/Santos	1	21-13, 21-18	0:43
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Rego/Santos	1	14-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:02
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
Series tied with # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
7/16/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:08
6/12/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	21-17, 21-17	0:48
Series tied with # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-1
7/3/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-7, 21-14	0:35
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Insfran/Marques	5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott, United States 3-0
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Rogers/Scott	10	21-15, 15-21, 17-15	0:58
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Rogers/Scott	12	28-30, 21-16, 16-14	1:14
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Rogers/Scott	11, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Series tied with # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Egger/Laciga	12	16-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:58
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Egger/Laciga	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	32-30, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 7 Brink/Schneider, Germany 4-2
7/17/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Schneider	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	25-27, 21-19, 15-12	1:10
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Brink/Schneider	13	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Brink/Schneider	13	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	26-24, 21-16	1:05
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
Trail the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-2
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Brenha/Maia	9	21-15, 21-16	0:39
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Brenha/Maia	19	Dieckmann/Reckermann	14	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	1:01
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Brenha/Maia	10	Dieckmann/Reckermann	7	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 5-0
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Kais/Vesik	13	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:58
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 # 13 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	21-19, 21-17	0:43
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 14 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 3-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	22-24, 21-17, 15-13	0:59
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 # 17 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Baracetti/Depiaggio	17	21-19, 21-6 Retired	0:46
Lead the series against # 21, Q11 Cunha/Dulinski, Brazil 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Cunha/Dulinski	21, Q11	21-11, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q3	21-12, 21-17	0:35
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 # 29, Q8 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against 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 # Q2 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	27, Q1	21-9, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q6 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q11	25-23, 21-12	0:41