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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 15, 2007

(30, Q27) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Stefan Potyka - 49th
1997	Did not play	Thomas Schroffenegger - 41st
1998	Hannes Kronthaler - 25th	Did not play
2001	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Peter Gartmayer - 41st
2002	Clemens Doppler - 9th	Did not play
2003	Clemens Doppler - 9th	Peter Gartmayer - 33rd
2004	Clemens Doppler - 25th	Peter Gartmayer - 13th
2005	Clemens Doppler - 25th	Peter Gartmayer - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q7	41st	24	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 1	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (Q6)	Won 22-20, 32-34, 15-13	1:22
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 2	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (Q22)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool C	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 23-21, 9-15	0:54
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool C	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (14)	Lost By Forfeit
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool C	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (19)	Lost By Forfeit

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$9,400.00	3	5	37.5 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$12,900.00	5	8	38.5 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$8,450.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$4,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
99	0	0	1	2	12	27	27	15	15	$182,607.50	Total	Total	83	0	1	1	2	1	11	12	15	40	$69,887.50

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%
2006-2007	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0-6	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	2	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-4	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
Berger/Nowotny trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 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
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q27	21-17, 21-23, 15-9	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Lambert/Metzger, United States 0-1
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Lambert/Metzger	5	Berger/Nowotny	22	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q27	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 19 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Doppler/Gartmayer	19	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q27	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 20 "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
Lead the series against # Q6 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q27	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q6	22-20, 32-34, 15-13	1:22
Trail the series against # Q19 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q26	Berger/Nowotny	Q7	21-10, 21-23, 18-16	1:00
Lead the series against # Q22 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q27	Kubala/Pavlas	Q22	21-13, 21-15	0:34