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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(14) 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 Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	10	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	12	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	10	5th	240	US$8,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	15	17th	60	US$2,520.00
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

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool C

Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (30, Q23)

Won 21-16, 30-28

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	18	12	N/A	N/A	2	7	2	N/A
	1	18	12	N/A	N/A	2	7	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	30	25	N/A	N/A	0	8	2	N/A
	1	30	25	N/A	N/A	0	8	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool C

Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Tande Ramos, Brazil (3)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	13	8	N/A	N/A	0	2	4	N/A
	1	13	8	N/A	N/A	0	2	4	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	13	10	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	1	13	10	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Pool C

Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (19, Q8)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	20	12	N/A	N/A	0	2	1	N/A
	1	20	12	N/A	N/A	0	2	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	17	11	N/A	N/A	0	3	0	N/A
	1	17	11	N/A	N/A	0	3	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 1

Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (13)

Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-12

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	36	16	N/A	N/A	7	10	2	N/A
	1	36	16	N/A	N/A	7	10	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	31	20	N/A	N/A	1	11	0	N/A
	1	31	20	N/A	N/A	1	11	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 2

Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (11)

Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-8

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	27	15	N/A	N/A	2	6	2	N/A
	1	27	15	N/A	N/A	2	6	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	19	14	N/A	N/A	0	4	4	N/A
	1	19	14	N/A	N/A	0	4	4	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sun, 6/8/2003

Semi-Finals

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (24)

Lost 21-23, 20-22

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	27	14	N/A	N/A	1	3	2	N/A
	1	27	14	N/A	N/A	1	3	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	19	9	N/A	N/A	2	3	1	N/A
	1	19	9	N/A	N/A	2	3	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sun, 6/8/2003

Bronze Medal

John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (5)

Won 21-17, 18-21, 18-16

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	39	25	N/A	N/A	4	1	2	N/A
	1	39	25	N/A	N/A	4	1	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	17	10	N/A	N/A	0	6	3	N/A
	1	17	10	N/A	N/A	0	6	3	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	180	102	N/A	N/A	16	31	15	N/A
Clemens Doppler	146	99	N/A	N/A	3	36	10	N/A
Total	326	201	N/A	N/A	19	67	25	N/A
Opponents	289	153	N/A	N/A	22	74	12	N/A

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	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	$38,565.00	27	16	62.8 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	$50,565.00	32	18	64.0 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$19,282.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$19,282.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
61	0	0	1	0	7	13	16	10	14	$80,432.50	Total	Total	22	0	0	1	0	2	5	4	2	8	$25,632.50

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%
2002-2003	34	65.4%	15	28.8%	3	5.8%	49-3	94.2%	10	25.6%	7	17.9%	22	56.4%	10-29	25.6%	34-22	60.7%	25-10	71.4%	1	1	60-33	64.5%
Against the Field	34	66.7%	10	19.6%	7	13.7%	44-7	86.3%	8	19.5%	10	24.4%	23	56.1%	8-33	19.5%	68-40	63.0%	36-34	51.4%	0	3	52-40	56.5%

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 18-9 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Ferreira/Ramos, Brazil 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler	14	Ferreira/Ramos	3	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Berger/Doppler	10	21-18, 24-22	0:44
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	10	Laciga/Laciga	7	21-18, 21-19	0:48
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 # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 1-2
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Bronze Medal	Berger/Doppler	14	Child/Heese	5	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	1:01
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Berger/Doppler	12	21-17, 24-26, 16-14	1:17
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	11	Berger/Doppler	13	24-22, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 10 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Holden/Leinemann	8	Berger/Doppler	10	17-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:18
Lead the series against # 11 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	11	21-15, 17-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	14	Berg/Dahl	13	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:13
Trail the series against # 17 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	32	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	10	Egger/Heyer	23	21-16, 21-9	0:35
Series tied with # 19, Q8 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	Berger/Doppler	14	21-16, 21-19	0:44
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 # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22, Q4 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 24 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Berger/Doppler	14	23-21, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 27 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q23 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	21-16, 30-28	0:52
Lead the series against Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 2-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	10	Klemperer/Rademacher	26	21-12, 24-22	0:43
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 # Q5 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # 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