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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(30, Q17) 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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	17	25th	80	€ 0.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	8	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	3	7th	300	€ 2,200.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q2	21st	60	€ 0.00

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2008	Qualifier 1	Ahmed Alhousni / Haitham Alshereiqi, Oman (Q16)	Won By Forfeit
Tue, 10/7/2008	Qualifier 2	Jan Dumek / Martin Tichy, Czechia (Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:42
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (3)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:39
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 1	Martin Reader / Ray Sewell, Canada (14, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:38
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (20)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 10-15	0:58

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$9,400.00	3	5	37.5 %
2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,300.00	2	4	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2007	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$18,050.00	10	7	58.8 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$15,400.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	CEV	11	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	$23,350.00	15	18	45.5 %

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
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
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
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$4,400.00	2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$650.00
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
4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$9,025.00	2007	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$9,025.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$2,900.00	2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$2,000.00
123	2	0	1	7	16	34	31	16	16	$220,482.50	Total	Total	103	1	1	1	2	6	16	17	18	41	$88,106.25

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%
2007-2008	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-2	33.3%	1	2	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	1	1	4-4	50.0%

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 7-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-3
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q17	21-15, 21-14	0:39
6/17/07	CEV	German Masters	Gold Medal	Berger/Nowotny	4	Klemperer/Koreng	1	31-29, 21-14
6/16/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Berger/Nowotny	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:00
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Klemperer/Koreng	4	Berger/Nowotny	13	21-15, 21-18	0:48
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Berger/Nowotny	13	Klemperer/Koreng	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 7 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	9	Berger/Nowotny	8	21-12, 21-12	0:36
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 # 12 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Berger/Nowotny	3	Gabathuler/Wenger	14, Q7	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Reader/Sewell, Canada 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 1	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q17	Reader/Sewell	14, Q6	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-2
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Hoyer/Soderberg	16	Berger/Nowotny	17	21-16, 21-14	0:40
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q26	Berger/Nowotny	Q7	21-10, 21-23, 18-16	1:00
Trail the series against # 20 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	20	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q17	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:58
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Berger/Nowotny	8	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q1 Dumek/Tichy, Czechia 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Qualifier 2	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q17	Dumek/Tichy	Q1	21-19, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # Q16 Alhousni/Alshereiqi, Oman 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Qualifier 1	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q17	Alhousni/Alshereiqi	Q16	By Forfeit