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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 29 - July 3, 2005

(17) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Oliver Stamm - 37th	Did not play
2000	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Did not play
2001	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Did not play
2002	Clemens Doppler - 17th	Nikolas Berger - 17th
2003	Clemens Doppler - 9th	Nikolas Berger - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	19	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	24	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	25, Q5	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	17	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	23, Q2	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	23	17th	72	US$3,000.00

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/30/2005	Winner 1	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (16)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:03
Thu, 6/30/2005	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (1)	Won 27-29, 22-20, 18-16	1:04
Fri, 7/1/2005	Winner 3	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (24, Q6)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 10-15	0:52
Sat, 7/2/2005	Contender 4	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (20)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 20-22	1:09

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	$30,750.00	13	16	44.8 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	$31,600.00	13	10	56.5 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	1	2	4	1	10	2	8	4	0	$182,915.00	86	59	59.3 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$16,875.00	2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$15,375.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,800.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$15,800.00
85	0	0	1	2	10	21	23	14	14	$148,107.50	Total	Total	44	0	0	1	2	5	13	10	5	8	$91,807.50

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%
2004-2005	28	63.6%	6	13.6%	10	22.7%	34-10	77.3%	12	28.6%	10	23.8%	20	47.6%	12-30	28.6%	28-20	58.3%	18-20	47.4%	0	2	46-42	52.3%
Against the Field	25	61.0%	7	17.1%	9	22.0%	32-9	78.0%	12	30.0%	8	20.0%	20	50.0%	12-28	30.0%	50-36	58.1%	38-34	52.8%	0	2	44-37	54.3%

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 25-23 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	17	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	27-29, 22-20, 18-16	1:04
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Berger/Doppler	24	17-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:51
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-5
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Rego/Santos	1	Berger/Doppler	19	21-15, 21-17	0:47
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Berger/Doppler	17	21-17, 21-16	0:41
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 # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-2
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	8	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	16-21, 21-10, 15-8	0:50
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
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 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	9	Berger/Doppler	24	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Series tied with # 7 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 # 9 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Berger/Doppler	24	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	22-24, 21-19, 16-14	1:04
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Berger/Doppler	24	Horrem/Pettersen	16	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-4
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Berger/Doppler	17	21-13, 16-21, 17-15	0:52
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
Lead the series against # 12 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Berger/Doppler	24	Egger/Laciga	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:06
Series tied with # 13 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 # 14 Conde/Salema, Argentina 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	24	Conde/Salema	7	23-21, 20-22, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 15 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	25	Berger/Doppler	23, Q2	By Forfeit
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 # 16 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	17	Schacht/Slack	16	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:03
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 # 19 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Berger/Doppler	24	Leinemann/VanHuizen	25, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 20 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Berger/Doppler	17	19-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:09
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Berger/Doppler	19	Herrera/Mesa	16	16-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:00
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	17	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 25-23	0:39
Trail the series against # 24, Q6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Klemperer/Koreng	24, Q6	Berger/Doppler	17	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 28 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 # 29, Q3 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 # Q10 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Berger/Doppler	23, Q2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q15	24-26, 21-12, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # Q11 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	46	Berger/Doppler	19	13-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q12 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 # Q20 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	21-14, 21-19	0:39