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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 28 - August 1, 2004

(26) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Todd Rogers - 5th	Kevin Wong - 9th
2002	Eric Fonoimoana - 17th	Kevin Wong - 9th
2003	Eric Fonoimoana - 17th	Kevin Wong - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	17	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	22, Q1	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	15	25th	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	13	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	6	4th	252	US$11,000.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/29/2004	Winner 1	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (7)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:50
Fri, 7/30/2004	Contender 1	Nikolas Berger / Florian Gosch, Austria (10)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:04
Fri, 7/30/2004	Contender 2	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (8)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
Fri, 7/30/2004	Contender 3	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (17)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 13-15	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$)
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	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	1	2	0	$50,500.00	23	21	52.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	1	2	0	$103,500.00	34	24	58.6 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	2	0	$25,250.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	3	0	$26,875.00
36	1	1	0	1	5	14	10	3	1	$116,650.00	Total	Total	42	2	3	4	2	8	10	7	4	2	$180,925.00

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	12	46.2%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	4	21.1%	4	21.1%	11	57.9%	4-15	21.1%	24-20	54.5%	20-24	45.5%	1	0	23-22	51.1%

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 21-19 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 3	Holdren/Metzger	15	Heuscher/Kobel	6	23-21, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Holdren/Metzger	17	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:59
10/19/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Holdren/Metzger	15	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Rego/Santos	1	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Holdren/Metzger	13	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:17
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-3
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	7	Holdren/Metzger	26	21-18, 21-19	0:50
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	3	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:47
6/13/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Bronze Medal	Neto/Ramos	2	Holdren/Metzger	6	22-20, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 8 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Holdren/Metzger	26	Egger/Heyer	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 10 Berger/Gosch, Austria 1-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Holdren/Metzger	26	Berger/Gosch	10	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 5	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:53
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Holdren/Metzger	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	Schacht/Slack	6	21-14, 21-19	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 14 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	6	Klemperer/Rademacher	22	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 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
Series tied with # 17 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	17	Holdren/Metzger	26	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 0-1
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 3	Fonoimoana/Wong	16	Holdren/Metzger	7	22-20, 24-22	0:50
Trail the series against # 19 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Holdren/Metzger	5	26-24, 14-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 20, Q1 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Horrem/Maaseide	22	Holdren/Metzger	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 22 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	22-20, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with # 23 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
Lead the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Metzger	17	Kais/Vesik	15	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:56
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	18	Holdren/Metzger	15	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:01
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	20, Q2	Holdren/Metzger	13	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	13	Brink/Schneider	20, Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 30, Q5 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-0
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Holdren/Metzger	15	Berg/Dahl	21	21-19, 21-12	0:45
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool A	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Berg/Dahl	16	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Holdren/Metzger	15	Ahmann/Hager	39	31-33, 21-17, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against Marques/Souza, Brazil 0-1
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Marques/Souza	7	Holdren/Metzger	17	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	21-17, 21-16	0:39
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Metzger	6	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Metzger	13	Canet/Hamel	19	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q16 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q17	21-14, 21-10	0:35