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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 16 - 20, 2004

(25) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Oliver Stamm - 9th	Dietmar Maderbock - 57th
2002	Clemens Doppler - 9th	Nikolas Berger - 9th
2003	Clemens Doppler - 4th	Nikolas Berger - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	17	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	7	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	8	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	8	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	11	4th	420	US$18,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	12	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	9	5th	312	US$11,000.00
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

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/18/2004	Winner 1	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (8)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:49
Fri, 6/18/2004	Contender 1	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (9)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:47
Fri, 6/18/2004	Contender 2	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (10)	Won 22-20, 25-23	0:45
Sat, 6/19/2004	Contender 3	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (18)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:58
Sat, 6/19/2004	Contender 4	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (5)	Won 20-22, 21-16, 15-11	1:06
Sat, 6/19/2004	Contender 5	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (8)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:45

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	10	0	0	1	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	$82,000.00	33	17	66.0 %
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	$19,000.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	1	2	3	1	9	1	5	2	0	$139,565.00	68	43	61.3 %

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
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
10	0	0	1	2	1	5	1	0	0	$41,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	1	2	1	5	1	0	0	$41,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$9,500.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$9,500.00
75	0	0	1	2	9	19	19	11	14	$124,932.50	Total	Total	36	0	0	1	2	4	11	7	3	8	$70,132.50

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%
2003-2004	26	68.4%	10	26.3%	2	5.3%	36-2	94.7%	9	23.7%	10	26.3%	19	50.0%	9-29	23.7%	26-19	57.8%	19-12	61.3%	1	2	46-33	58.2%
Against the Field	31	66.0%	8	17.0%	8	17.0%	39-8	83.0%	11	23.9%	11	23.9%	24	52.2%	11-35	23.9%	62-42	59.6%	38-38	50.0%	0	3	50-43	53.8%

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 39-29 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 10 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Berger/Doppler	16	19-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:50
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Berger/Doppler	17	21-19, 30-28	0:54
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Berger/Doppler	11	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-3
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Berger/Doppler	8	21-11, 24-22	0:48
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Berger/Doppler	11	Heuscher/Kobel	6	27-25, 21-19	0:49
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
Series tied with # 3 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	11	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Berger/Doppler	15	25-23, 21-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5	Berger/Doppler	12	21-15, 27-25	1:04
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5	Berger/Doppler	9	21-17, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 5 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 1-0
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Berger/Doppler	25	Neto/Ramos	5	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	1:06
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-2
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Egger/Heyer	8	Berger/Doppler	25	21-19, 21-19	0:45
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	8	Berger/Doppler	25	22-20, 21-17	0:49
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	10	Egger/Heyer	23	21-16, 21-9	0:35
Series tied with # 9 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Berger/Doppler	25	Blanton/Nygaard	9	23-21, 21-19	0:47
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Berger/Doppler	14	23-21, 22-20	0:45
Series tied with # 10 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-2
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	25	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	10	22-20, 25-23	0:45
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Berger/Doppler	8	21-12, 21-18	0:42
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	11	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	10	21-17, 21-12	0:37
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	32	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Series tied with # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	7	Berger/Doppler	12	21-16, 23-21	0:52
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
Lead the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-1
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	17	Berger/Doppler	8	21-14, 21-18	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 14 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	17	Fonoimoana/Wong	16	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:02
Series tied with # 15 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Alvarez/Rossell	12	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:53
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 # 17 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q11	Berger/Doppler	7	23-21, 15-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 18 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Berger/Doppler	25	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:58
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	17	21-14, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Kais/Vesik	41	25-23, 21-14	0:39
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 # 21 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12	Horrem/Maaseide	21	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:05
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-14, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-2
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Holden/Leinemann	22	Berger/Doppler	11	18-21, 21-17, 15-0 Retired	0:38
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 # 24, Q6 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	8	Magalhaes/Silva	23, Q4	21-18, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 27 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 3-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	8	Klemperer/Rademacher	25	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	1:02
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 # 28 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 # 30, Q21 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
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
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q9 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
Trail the series against # Q12 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 2	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	Berger/Doppler	17	21-19, 23-25, 16-14	1:10
Trail the series against # Q23 Pocock/Rorich, South Africa 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 1	Pocock/Rorich	10	Berger/Doppler	7	21-14, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q24 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	7	Brizida/Pedrosa	10	21-13, 21-19	0:35