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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Acapulco Open
October 25 - 29, 2005

(12) 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 Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	10	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	6	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	5	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	9	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	16	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	14	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	11	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	17	9th	224	US$8,600.00
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

Acapulco Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/26/2005	Winner 1	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (21, Q6)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:02
Wed, 10/26/2005	Winner 2	Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger, United States (5)	Lost 21-17, 24-26, 13-15	1:10
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 2	Marvin Polte / Thorsten Schoen, Germany (27, Q2)	Won 22-20, 22-24, 15-8	1:19
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 3	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (13)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:47

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	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	3	1	0	$80,200.00	33	26	55.9 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	0	1	2	5	2	12	4	10	4	0	$231,515.00	106	75	58.6 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	1	0	$40,100.00	2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	1	0	$40,100.00
93	0	0	1	2	12	25	25	14	14	$172,407.50	Total	Total	52	0	0	1	2	7	17	12	5	8	$116,107.50

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	18	58.1%	6	19.4%	7	22.6%	24-7	77.4%	8	25.8%	6	19.4%	17	54.8%	8-23	25.8%	36-30	54.5%	28-26	51.9%	0	2	32-30	51.6%

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 32-30 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-6
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	2	Berger/Doppler	6	By Forfeit
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 # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-4
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Berger/Doppler	12	21-19, 21-16	0:47
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Berger/Doppler	16	21-13, 21-19	0:48
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Berger/Doppler	14	21-13, 17-21, 15-12	1:06
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
Lead the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	3	Berger/Doppler	6	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Metzger, United States 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Metzger	5	Berger/Doppler	12	17-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:10
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 10, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	Berger/Doppler	5	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 13 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 3	Berger/Doppler	12	Heyer/Laciga	13	21-15, 21-18	0:39
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	9	Berger/Doppler	10	21-15, 21-14	0:37
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	9	Berger/Doppler	24	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 2-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	6	Leinemann/VanHuizen	11	21-13, 19-21, 18-16	1:05
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	24	Berger/Doppler	16	21-18, 22-20	0:46
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Berger/Doppler	24	Leinemann/VanHuizen	25, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 17 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 # 19, Q4 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 # 20 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-3
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	24	Berger/Doppler	9	23-25, 34-32, 15-11	1:17
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	14	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	24-22, 21-15	0:44
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Berger/Doppler	11	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:57
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 # 21, Q6 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	12	Asahi/Watanabe	21, Q6	19-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:02
Lead the series against # 22 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 4-1
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	10	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-17, 21-15	0:37
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	6	21-16, 21-18	0:35
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	22-20, 21-14	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 25, Q5 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Berger/Doppler	14	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Series tied with # 26, Q8 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	6	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	21-13, 21-14	0:39
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 # 27, Q2 Polte/Schoen, Germany 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	12	Polte/Schoen	27, Q2	22-20, 22-24, 15-8	1:19
Lead the series against # Q9 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 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 4-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Berger/Doppler	6	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	9	21-18, 21-16	0:44
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	16	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q27	17-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:55
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Berger/Doppler	11	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q9	21-15, 21-19	0:40
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q23 Darkuncoro/Salim, Indonesia 1-0
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 1	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	Darkuncoro/Salim	Q61	21-15, 21-15	0:37