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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 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

198 cm (6'5")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$237,641.31

Robert Nowotny
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1974 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Hamburg 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Cape Town 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$96,056.11

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	45	Money
CEV	11	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	US$32,197.72
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	US$15,400.00
Overall	16	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	US$47,597.72

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2004	Clemens Doppler - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	15	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		45th	18	€ 0.00

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	1	$8,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	$16,400.00

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	3	$3,687.50
19	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	3	3	$52,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	9	$23,375.00
72	0	0	1	1	8	18	21	11	12	$115,982.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	11	28	$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
9	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	0	$21,387.50	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	$4,387.50
109	1	0	1	5	12	30	29	16	15	$205,245.00	Total	90	0	1	1	2	2	12	15	17	40	$75,525.00

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 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,300.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,300.00	2	3	40.0 %

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
3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$3,787.50	1999	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,031.25
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2000	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2001	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50
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
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2004	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00
106	1	0	1	6	13	31	25	14	15	$195,607.50	Total	Total	90	0	1	1	2	3	15	12	16	40	$71,631.25

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14

Head to Head Results
Berger/Nowotny trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 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
Trail the series against # Q36 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 0-1
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 1	Dvorsky/Litva		Berger/Nowotny		21-19, 30-28	1:00