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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(17) Nikolas Berger/Robert Nowotny, 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

Robert Nowotny
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Ostende 1996)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Cape Town 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$71,137.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	US$15,400.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/8/2006	Winner 1	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (16)	Won 21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:52
Thu, 6/8/2006	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:41
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 2	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (18, Q21)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:41
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 3	John Garcia-Thompson / Alex Ortiz, Spain (23)	Lost 19-21, 27-25, 9-15	1:10

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$15,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nikolas Berger												Robert Nowotny
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,687.50
19	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	3	0	$52,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	$23,375.00
72	0	0	1	1	8	18	21	11	0	$115,982.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	11	0	$39,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$3,150.00
											Satellite	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,650.00
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	84	0	1	1	2	1	11	13	15	0	$71,137.50

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nikolas Berger													Robert Nowotny
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$700.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,250.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$9,500.00	1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	1	$18,250.00	2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	1	$21,250.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	$4,500.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$19,282.50	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$1,825.00
10	0	0	1	2	1	5	1	0	0	$41,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	$5,437.50
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$16,875.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	1	1	$27,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	1	0	$40,100.00	2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	1	$19,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
94	0	0	1	2	12	26	25	14	14	$174,657.50	Total	Total	80	0	1	1	2	1	11	11	14	39	$65,687.50

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	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3	42.9%	0-7	0.0%	5-3	62.5%	2-5	28.6%	1	2	8-10	44.4%
2005-2006	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3	42.9%	0-7	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	2	3-7	30.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Berger/Nowotny	17	21-15, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Berger/Nowotny	17	Arkaev/Barsuk	16	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 18, Q21 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Berger/Nowotny	17	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 23 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz, Spain 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	23	Berger/Nowotny	17	21-19, 25-27, 15-9	1:10