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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$520,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 31 - August 3, 2003

(9) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Hannes Kronthaler - 25th	Did not play
1998	Hannes Kronthaler - 17th	Helmut Hirner - 57th
1999	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Helmut Hirner - 57th
2000	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Did not play
2001	Oliver Stamm - 9th	Dietmar Maderbock - 33rd
2002	Clemens Doppler - 5th	Nikolas Berger - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	7	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	7	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	8	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	5	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	15	4th	210	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	14	3rd	240	US$12,000.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/1/2003	Pool H	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany (25)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:40
Fri, 8/1/2003	Pool H	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (8)	Lost 24-26, 19-21	0:47
Sat, 8/2/2003	Pool H	Eric Fonoimoana / Dax Holdren, United States (24)	Won 24-22, 18-21, 17-15	1:18
Sat, 8/2/2003	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (4)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:02
Sat, 8/2/2003	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (5)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:48

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	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$55,000.00	25	10	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	1	1	3	0	8	0	2	1	0	$93,565.00	52	26	66.7 %

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
7	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$27,500.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$27,500.00
67	0	0	1	1	8	17	16	10	14	$101,932.50	Total	Total	28	0	0	1	1	3	9	4	2	8	$47,132.50

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	32	61.5%	13	25.0%	7	13.5%	45-7	86.5%	9	20.0%	11	24.4%	25	55.6%	9-36	20.0%	64-44	59.3%	44-36	55.0%	0	3	54-43	55.7%

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 34-18 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-1
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	9	Baracetti/Conde	4	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:02
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	15	Baracetti/Conde	7	21-18, 21-18	0:46
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Berger/Doppler	15	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5	Berger/Doppler	9	21-17, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Berger/Doppler	15	25-23, 21-15	0:50
Lead the series against # 7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	Berger/Doppler	7	23-21, 13-21, 15-9	0:59
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-13, 15-21, 15-10	0:50
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	11	21-15, 17-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Berger/Doppler	9	26-24, 21-19	0:47
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Berger/Doppler	15	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14 Rogers/Scott, United States 2-1
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Berger/Doppler	15	Rogers/Scott	18	21-13, 13-21, 15-11	0:58
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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16, Q3 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 # 17 Loiola/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	7	Loiola/Magalhaes	23, Q2	21-10, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	15	Schacht/Slack	16	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:55
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Berger/Doppler	13	Schacht/Slack	20, Q2	16-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:03
Series tied with # 19 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Berger/Doppler	15	Metzger/Wong	2	21-15, 21-19	0:41
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 # 20 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
Series tied with # 21 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	Berger/Doppler	12	21-16, 21-16	0:38
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 # 23, Q2 Canet/Hamel, France 2-1
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
Series tied with # 24 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 1-1
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	9	Fonoimoana/Holdren	24	24-22, 18-21, 17-15	1:18
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fonoimoana/Holdren	22	Berger/Doppler	5	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 25 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 3-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	9	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-16, 21-14	0:40
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	10	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-13, 21-15	0:44
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	24	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	17-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # 26 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-14, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Williams	26	Berger/Doppler	8	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 30, Q4 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
Series tied with 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
Series tied with # Q1 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	7	Holden/Leinemann	23, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:47
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 # Q6 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 # Q9 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	21-17, 13-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q12 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 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Gscheidle/Vesti	15	21-13, 25-27, 15-11	1:12
Lead the series against # Q14 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 # Q17 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-19, 21-11	0:42
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11