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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

Richard Muller/Simon Nausch, Austria

Richard Müller
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Horn

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (Shanghai 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Simon Nausch
Austria

Photo: Mike Ranz

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 6, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Chennai 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$5,725.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	US$0.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q30	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q24	33rd	30	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/22/2007	Country Quota	Daniel Hupfer / Paul Schroffenegger, Austria (Q38)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:42

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Richard Muller												Simon Nausch
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	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$2,800.00
											Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite	9	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	2	0	$1,675.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	47	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	6	0	$5,725.00

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
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1	4	20.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Richard Muller													Simon Nausch
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$975.00
											2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$725.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$0.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	3	22	$1,925.00

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	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-7	12.5%
2006-2007	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-10	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Total	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

Head to Head Results
Muller/Nausch trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 8 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Muller/Nausch	Q24	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q9	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:08
Trail the series against # 24 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	Muller/Nausch	Q24	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # Q38 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 0-1
5/22/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q38	Muller/Nausch		21-19, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # Q40 Augoustides/Flisberg, South Africa 0-1
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 1	Augoustides/Flisberg	Q35	Muller/Nausch	Q30	22-20, 21-17	0:41