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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004

(21) Stephane Canet/Mathieu Hamel, France

Stephane Canet
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyères

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Espinho 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$86,492.50

Mathieu Hamel
France

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caen

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Espinho 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$80,667.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	49	57	Money
FIVB	94	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	23	1	18	10	6	21	1	5	US$155,335.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,300.00
Overall	97	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	3	24	1	18	10	6	21	1	5	US$157,635.00

Previous Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	19	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	19	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	16	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/22-24/2003	France Satellite	1	4th	22	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	23, Q2	9th	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	22	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	10	17th	108	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	21	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q1	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	24	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	21	17th	60	US$2,500.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 1	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (12)	Lost 24-26, 10-21	0:45
Thu, 3/25/2004	Contender 1	Max Backer / Emiel Boersma, Netherlands (28, Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:40
Fri, 3/26/2004	Contender 2	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (22)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:39

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,375.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	3	0	$50,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	71	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	18	15	0	$88,760.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Satellite	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	97	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	3	25	18	0	$157,635.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Stephane Canet												Mathieu Hamel
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,187.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,187.50
18	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	0	$27,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$25,850.00
84	0	0	0	0	1	2	21	19	0	$49,880.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	0	0	0	0	1	2	19	15	0	$45,130.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$1,325.00	Satellite	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
113	0	0	0	2	1	9	28	24	0	$86,492.50	Total	104	0	0	1	2	1	8	26	19	0	$80,667.50

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
1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$6,800.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$8,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	3	$25,750.00	19	25	43.2 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	$21,760.00	9	17	34.6 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	2	$33,375.00	11	22	33.3 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	49	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	15	8	18	$101,685.00	43	71	37.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Stephane Canet													Mathieu Hamel
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	1995	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$5,000.00	1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$750.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$3,400.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$3,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	$2,950.00	1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	$2,950.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$4,000.00	1999	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$4,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	$4,500.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	$4,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	3	$12,875.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	3	$12,875.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	$10,880.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	$10,880.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	2	$16,687.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	2	$16,687.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00
88	0	0	0	2	1	7	21	19	38	$64,442.50	Total	Total	82	0	0	0	2	1	7	20	15	37	$60,692.50

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	34	51.5%	15	22.7%	17	25.8%	49-17	74.2%	12	12.8%	16	17.0%	66	70.2%	12-82	12.8%	34-66	34.0%	27-33	45.0%	1	2	64-104	38.1%
2003-2004	17	53.1%	6	18.8%	9	28.1%	23-9	71.9%	4	10.0%	7	17.5%	29	72.5%	4-36	10.0%	17-29	37.0%	10-16	38.5%	1	1	28-46	37.8%
Against the Field	11	44.0%	4	16.0%	10	40.0%	15-10	60.0%	5	11.1%	8	17.8%	32	71.1%	5-40	11.1%	22-62	26.2%	18-36	33.3%	0	1	20-50	28.6%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	4	6	9	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	21	15	11	22	0	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	67
Satellite	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	26	20	22	37	0	0	8	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	68	106

Head to Head Results
Canet/Hamel trail the series against the field 14-33 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 14 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Canet/Hamel	16	21-17, 21-12	0:44
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Rego/Santos	5	Canet/Hamel	21	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Canet/Hamel	19	21-13, 21-12	0:37
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Canet/Hamel	22	16-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-4
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Canet/Hamel	27	Baracetti/Conde	3	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Canet/Hamel	31	21-16, 21-13	0:38
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Canet/Hamel	18	22-20, 24-22	0:49
8/29/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	1	Canet/Hamel	16	21-14, 21-15	0:43
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	3	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	21-11, 21-11	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Metzger	13	Canet/Hamel	19	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-2
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Canet/Hamel	22	Berger/Doppler	7	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	1:06
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	7	Canet/Hamel	10	21-14, 14-21, 15-11	0:52
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Berger/Doppler	15	Canet/Hamel	31	21-13, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Canet/Hamel	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Canet/Hamel	35	21-14, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Canet/Hamel	23	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	26	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-2
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Rogers/Scott	18	Canet/Hamel	31	21-23, 21-17, 15-12	0:59
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Rogers/Scott	10, Q2	Canet/Hamel	23	21-13, 18-21, 22-20	1:02
Trail the series against # 12 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-2
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	12	Canet/Hamel	21	26-24, 21-10	0:45
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	14	Canet/Hamel	19	21-19, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Canet/Hamel	22	Alvarez/Rossell	11	35-33, 16-21, 15-11	1:10
Trail the series against # 14 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-3
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Egger/Heyer	9	Canet/Hamel	24	21-18, 21-19	0:39
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 4	Egger/Heyer	28, Q3	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:37
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 10	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 15 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Schacht/Slack	12	Canet/Hamel	21	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-3
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Berg/Dahl	17	Canet/Hamel	16	21-17, 21-11	0:42
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Canet/Hamel	21	Berg/Dahl	12	21-17, 21-17	0:45
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	16	Canet/Hamel	22	21-12, 21-12	0:30
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	Berg/Dahl	20	17-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:05
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	24	Canet/Hamel	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 18 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Canet/Hamel	21	Bosma/Herrera	28, Q6	23-21, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 19 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-3
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Canet/Hamel	19	12-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	24-22, 10-21, 20-18	1:10
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Canet/Hamel	22	21-15, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Canet/Hamel	24	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-2
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Klemperer/Rademacher	22	Canet/Hamel	21	21-16, 21-18	0:39
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q2	Canet/Hamel	21	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q20	26-24, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 26, Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	10	21-17, 21-17	0:44
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Canet/Hamel	22	Gartmayer/Nowotny	27, Q9	23-21, 21-19	0:49
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q23	Canet/Hamel	Q10	22-20, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 2-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	21	Backer/Boersma	28, Q10	21-17, 21-11	0:40
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Canet/Hamel	19	21-18, 21-19	0:50
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	Backer/Boersma	Q15	19-21, 21-11, 15-7	0:57
Series tied with # 29, Q12 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	19	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:41
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Shiratori/Watanabe	43	Canet/Hamel	19	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 30, Q13 Ces/Salvetti, France 0-1
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Bronze Medal	Ces/Salvetti	3	Canet/Hamel	1	21-17, 21-18	0:40