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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(15) Nikolas Berger/Clemens Doppler, Austria

Nikolas Berger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

198 cm (6'5")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$183,857.50

Clemens Doppler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 6, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Steyr

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

203

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$579,803.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	40	0	0	1	2	5	2	12	4	10	4	US$231,515.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Hannes Kronthaler - 37th	Did not play
1999	Oliver Stamm - 25th	Did not play
2000	Oliver Stamm - 25th	Did not play
2001	Oliver Stamm - 9th	Dietmar Maderbock - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	18	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	13	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	24	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	12, Q4	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	17, Q4	9th	120	US$3,900.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool B	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (31)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:41
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool B	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (2)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:35
Sat, 7/27/2002	Pool B	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (18)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:43

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$10,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	2	1	1	0	$87,450.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	1	1	3	2	8	2	8	2	0	$133,565.00
Total	40	0	0	1	2	5	2	12	4	10	4	0	$231,515.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nikolas Berger												Clemens Doppler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	$54,750.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$14,500.00
19	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	3	0	$52,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	0	2	1	3	14	19	17	16	0	$336,800.00
72	0	0	1	1	8	18	21	11	0	$115,982.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	0	1	1	12	28	21	16	0	$167,232.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	2	1	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	$5,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	Goodwill Games
100	0	0	1	2	12	27	28	15	0	$183,857.50	Total	203	2	4	2	4	29	61	46	35	0	$578,632.50

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
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$24,515.00	19	11	63.3 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$24,515.00	19	11	63.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nikolas Berger													Clemens Doppler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$1,000.00	1995	FIVB
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,250.00	1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$9,500.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1999	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$350.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	1	$18,250.00	2000	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	1	$21,250.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$12,257.50	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$12,257.50
57	0	0	0	0	6	12	16	9	14	$67,407.50	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	8	$12,607.50

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	62	64.6%	21	21.9%	13	13.5%	83-13	86.5%	22	27.2%	17	21.0%	42	51.9%	22-59	27.2%	62-42	59.6%	43-30	58.9%	1	3	106-75	58.6%
2001-2002	16	69.6%	5	21.7%	2	8.7%	21-2	91.3%	6	30.0%	2	10.0%	12	60.0%	6-14	30.0%	16-12	57.1%	11-4	73.3%	0	0	27-16	62.8%
Against the Field	21	55.3%	14	36.8%	3	7.9%	35-3	92.1%	10	24.4%	10	24.4%	21	51.2%	10-31	24.4%	42-40	51.2%	48-26	64.9%	0	1	45-34	57.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	15	3	0	0	10	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	31	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	0	25	11	0	0	16	22	0	2	1	1	0	0	72	51
Total	0	0	11	0	42	15	0	0	26	34	0	3	1	2	0	0	106	75

Head to Head Results
Berger/Doppler lead the series against the field 15-9 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Berger/Doppler	18	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Berger/Doppler	15	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	Loiola/Santos	1	21-19, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	11	Berger/Doppler	13	24-22, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 6, Q3 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Berger/Doppler	18	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Series tied with # 8 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	24	Prosser/Zahner	9	19-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:55
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	11	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	31-29, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 9 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:13
Lead the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	Brenha/Maia	16	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 17 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Lopes/Neto	4	Berger/Doppler	13	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 18 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Rogers/Scott	18	Berger/Doppler	15	21-17, 21-14	0:43
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	13	Rogers/Scott	14	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 21 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Berger/Doppler	13	Schacht/Slack	20, Q2	16-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # 25, Q9 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 26 Han/Xu, China 1-0
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	Han/Xu	Q36	21-12, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	18	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	42	20-22, 21-19, 18-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	21-15, 26-24	0:45
Lead the series against # 31 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Berger/Doppler	15	Canet/Hamel	31	21-13, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # Q4 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Berger/Doppler	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-18, 17-21, 18-16	0:57
Lead the series against # Q6 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	18	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	31-29, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q15 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	18	Backer/Ronnes	34	23-25, 21-18, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # Q16 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	21-17, 21-7	0:32
Lead the series against # Q18 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Kogel/Mulder	Q29	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54