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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 26 - 30, 2006

(29, Q14) Eric Koreng/Kay Matysik, Germany

Eric Koreng
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 1981 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stralsund

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$422,225.21

Kay Matysik
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1980 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ahrensfelde

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Fortaleza 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$469,152.86

Awards

Best Server 2011, 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	31	41	Money
CEV	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	US$23,330.62
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	US$21,600.00
Overall	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	2	1	2	US$44,930.62

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Jonas Reckermann - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	2	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q4	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	29, Q9	31st	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	27	17th	160	US$4,900.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	4	2nd	540	€ 8,150.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q8	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	5	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	25	17th	120	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	15	9th	240	€ 1,950.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 2	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (Q19)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:40
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 3	Mark Heese / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (Q3)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:59
Thu, 7/27/2006	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (4)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:39
Thu, 7/27/2006	Contender 1	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (13)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 11-15	0:57

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$16,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	$23,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eric Koreng												Kay Matysik
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	$23,950.00	World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	$30,900.00
49	1	3	2	2	6	13	7	6	9	$224,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	65	0	0	2	3	12	18	12	11	7	$280,950.00
30	0	1	1	2	9	5	6	3	3	$85,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	1	1	0	6	9	5	5	7	$63,362.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,875.00
9	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	1	$15,875.00	Confederation Championship	10	0	2	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	$22,750.00
93	1	4	4	5	19	23	13	10	14	$349,825.00	Total	117	1	3	4	3	19	35	19	16	17	$400,837.50

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
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$14,700.00	7	11	38.9 %
2006	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$15,050.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$14,700.00	7	11	38.9 %
Total	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$15,050.00	8	8	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eric Koreng													Kay Matysik
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	1	$23,675.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2005	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$7,350.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$7,350.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$7,525.00	2006	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$7,525.00
26	0	1	0	0	2	5	6	2	10	$38,800.00	Total	Total	17	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	8	$17,750.00

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	9	60.0%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	9-9	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	11-15	42.3%
2005-2006	9	60.0%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	9-9	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	11-15	42.3%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	14-16	46.7%	2-12	14.3%	0	0	8-14	36.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	7	2	2	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17

Head to Head Results
Koreng/Matysik trail the series against the field 8-17 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q14	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	13	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q9	27-25, 21-12	0:46
Series tied with # 6 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-1
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Klemperer/Schneider	11	Koreng/Matysik	27	21-18, 21-11	0:39
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 2	Koreng/Matysik	4	Klemperer/Schneider	5	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 11 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	8	Koreng/Matysik	25	21-14, 28-26	0:45
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	13	Koreng/Matysik	15	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 12 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/18/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Gold Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Koreng/Matysik	4	21-16, 21-18	0:43
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Koreng/Matysik	4	21-23, 21-16, 18-16	1:01
Trail the series against # 13 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 1	Wu/Xu	13	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q14	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 15 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	Koreng/Matysik	27	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 16 Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Koreng/Matysik	Q8	21-12, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Koreng/Matysik	15	19-21, 21-15, 17-15	1:02
Trail the series against # 19 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Heyer/Laciga	20	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q9	22-20, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 22, Q23 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-2
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	32, Q36	Koreng/Matysik	Q4	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Semi-Finals	Koreng/Matysik	4	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	21-16, 21-17	0:39
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Koreng/Matysik	5	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 26 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 4	Koreng/Matysik	4	Arkaev/Barsuk	2	22-20, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Insfran/Marques	4	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q9	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # Q3 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q14	Heese/VanHuizen	Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:59
Series tied with # Q5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	10	Koreng/Matysik	2	21-12, 21-14	0:44
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Koreng/Matysik	15	Herrera/Mesa	2	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # Q19 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 2-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q14	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q19	22-20, 21-15	0:40
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q9	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q24	21-11, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # Q21 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Koreng/Matysik	5	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q25 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q9	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q25	21-14, 21-16	0:36