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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Carolina Open presented by GlaxoSmithKline
June 9 - 13, 2004

(6) Dax Holdren/Stein Metzger, United States

Dax Holdren
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rosarito 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$123,350.00

Stein Metzger
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$313,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	US$103,500.00

Previous Carolina Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	5	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	6	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	13	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	15	2nd	720	US$40,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	17, Q1	5th	360	US$13,000.00

Puerto Rico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 1	Shinpei Aoki / Hayato Kirihara, Japan (27, Q6)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:57
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 2	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (11)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:54
Fri, 6/11/2004	Contender 2	Matt Jones / Adam Maskall, Australia (28, Q7)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:40
Sat, 6/12/2004	Contender 3	Kentaro Asahi / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (20)	Won 21-16, 21-9	0:34
Sat, 6/12/2004	Contender 4	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (9)	Won 19-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:02
Sat, 6/12/2004	Contender 5	Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (4)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
Sat, 6/12/2004	Contender 6	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (11)	Won By Forfeit
Sun, 6/13/2004	Semi-Finals	Pedro Cunha / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (12, Q1)	Lost 15-21, 21-15, 10-15	0:59
Sun, 6/13/2004	Bronze Medal	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (2)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:54

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$23,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	$40,500.00
Total	13	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	0	$103,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dax Holdren												Stein Metzger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$28,100.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	0	$32,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	3	2	0	5	7	2	2	0	$125,650.00
24	1	0	0	1	3	10	6	2	0	$62,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	2	1	5	2	8	10	7	2	0	$146,050.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
39	1	1	0	1	7	14	10	4	0	$123,350.00	Total	67	2	5	8	2	14	19	10	4	0	$313,200.00

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
2003	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,000.00	11	3	78.6 %
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$27,500.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$80,500.00	24	14	63.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dax Holdren													Stein Metzger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	1997	FIVB
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$17,500.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$19,000.00	2001	FIVB	11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	$11,800.00	2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$40,000.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$52,000.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$13,750.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$13,750.00
31	1	1	0	1	4	12	10	1	1	$105,150.00	Total	Total	36	2	3	4	2	7	8	7	1	2	$167,800.00

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	21	56.8%	7	18.9%	9	24.3%	28-9	75.7%	7	28.0%	5	20.0%	13	52.0%	7-18	28.0%	21-13	61.8%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	36-27	57.1%
2003-2004	21	56.8%	7	18.9%	9	24.3%	28-9	75.7%	7	28.0%	5	20.0%	13	52.0%	7-18	28.0%	21-13	61.8%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	36-27	57.1%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	7	50.0%	4-10	28.6%	12-12	50.0%	14-10	58.3%	1	0	14-11	56.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	21	17
Total	1	0	3	0	6	3	0	0	14	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	36	27

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Metzger lead the series against the field 11-5 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-0
10/18/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Metzger	15	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
6/13/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Bronze Medal	Neto/Ramos	2	Holdren/Metzger	6	22-20, 21-19	0:54
Series tied with # 4 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 5	Holdren/Metzger	6	Prosser/Williams	4	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Prosser/Williams	23	Holdren/Metzger	7	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Baracetti/Conde	10	Holdren/Metzger	15	21-10, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Metzger	6	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:02
Series tied with # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Metzger	6	Schacht/Slack	11	By Forfeit
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Holdren/Metzger	6	21-18, 21-16	0:54
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/13/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Ferreira	12, Q1	Holdren/Metzger	6	21-15, 15-21, 15-10	0:59
Lead the series against # 14 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	15	Holden/Leinemann	24	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 17 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Holdren/Metzger	15	Child/Heese	34	21-6, 18-21, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 18 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	7	Shiratori/Watanabe	26, Q8	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 20 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Metzger	6	Asahi/Nishimura	20	21-16, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Aoki/Kirihara, Japan 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	6	Aoki/Kirihara	27, Q6	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Jones/Maskall, Australia 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Metzger	6	Jones/Maskall	28, Q7	21-13, 21-17	0:40