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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 24 - 29, 2009

(27) Muriel Graessli/Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker, Switzerland

Muriel Graessli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

176 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB U21 World Championships Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$64,863.41

Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 1, 1984 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB U21 World Championships Saint Quay Portrieux 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Dubai 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$13,517.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	37	CQ	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	US$12,900.00
Overall	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	1	US$12,900.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2007	Nadia Erni - 21st	Did not play
CEV 2008	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	28	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	27	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	30	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	36	37th	40	US$3,400.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	Q19	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters		Country Quota	0	€ 0.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	Q12	21st	60	€ 0.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2009	Winner 1	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (6)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 14-16	0:52
Wed, 8/26/2009	Contender 1	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (22)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:31

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$12,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Muriel Graessli												Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,600.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	$21,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$4,300.00
26	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	11	$23,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	11	$6,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$575.00	Satellite	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$950.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Confederation Championship
69	0	0	0	1	3	7	11	15	32	$56,875.00	Total	32	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	4	19	$13,150.00

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
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$12,900.00	1	13	7.1 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$12,900.00	1	13	7.1 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Muriel Graessli													Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker
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	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$325.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$675.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$4,700.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$1,700.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$2,712.50	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	$15,450.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$5,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$275.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$1,100.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$6,450.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$6,450.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
58	0	0	0	1	4	7	13	10	23	$32,687.50	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	1	2	4	8	4	19	$13,150.00

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	0-0	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	10	71.4%	1-13	7.1%	0-10	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	1-13	7.1%
2008-2009	0	0	0	0-0	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	10	71.4%	1-13	7.1%	0-10	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	1-13	7.1%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	8	66.7%	1-11	8.3%	0-16	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	1-11	8.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Total	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13

Head to Head Results
Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker trail the series against the field 1-13 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	30	21-19, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	36	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	27	21-14, 19-21, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 8 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-2
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	28	21-15, 21-10	0:30
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	Q12	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Hakedal/Torlen	14	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	30	21-19, 21-23, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	27	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 15 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Gioria/Momoli	19	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	30	21-9, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 19 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13, Q3	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	Q19	21-13, 21-5	0:29
Trail the series against # 22 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-2
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Jursone/Minusa	22	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	27	21-13, 21-15	0:31
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Jursone/Minusa	22	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	27	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 23 Kongshavn/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Kongshavn/Maaseide	13	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	36	21-16, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
7/28/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	Q16	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q2 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
7/28/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	Q16	Dampney/Mullin	Q17	17-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:50