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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(Q23) Felix Blauel/Alexander Huber, Austria

Felix Bläuel
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 18, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kardamvli

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Milan 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Guarujá 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$13,675.00

Alexander Huber
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Klagenfurt

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$148,699.30

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	4	4	US$20,900.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,450.00
Overall	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	3	4	4	4	US$24,350.00

Previous Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/31-9/2/2007	Milan Challenger	8	5th	48	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	32	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q31	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q28	33rd	30	US$0.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 1	Tomas Havelka / Andrej Takac, Czech Republic (Q42)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:27
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 2	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (23, Q10)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:43

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$12,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$8,800.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,450.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	3	0	$24,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Felix Blauel												Alexander Huber
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,100.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	53	0	0	0	1	0	5	18	7	0	$79,675.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	0	1	2	0	2	6	8	4	0	$38,537.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	33	2	4	3	3	6	5	3	2	0	$13,950.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,725.00	Challenger	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
24	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	4	0	$13,675.00	Total	146	3	5	5	4	9	21	33	13	0	$147,387.50

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,450.00	3	4	42.9 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$3,500.00	2	5	28.6 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$3,500.00	5	10	33.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,450.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	4	5	44.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Felix Blauel													Alexander Huber
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$725.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$725.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	8	$4,975.00	Total	Total	16	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	7	$5,875.00

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	11	68.8%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	1	4.3%	7	30.4%	15	65.2%	1-22	4.3%	11-15	42.3%	3-10	23.1%	1	0	15-25	37.5%
2007-2008	9	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	1	5.3%	4	21.1%	14	73.7%	1-18	5.3%	9-14	39.1%	3-7	30.0%	1	0	13-21	38.2%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	12	85.7%	1-13	7.1%	6-22	21.4%	2-4	33.3%	1	0	5-13	27.8%

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	3	2	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	14
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	0	0	12	12	3	12	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	36

Head to Head Results
Blauel/Huber trail the series against the field 1-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Blauel/Huber	32	21-16, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Blauel/Huber	32	21-11, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 8 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	Blauel/Huber	32	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 23, Q10 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	Blauel/Huber	Q23	21-15, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 29, Q13 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q24	Blauel/Huber	Q41	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # Q11 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
9/2/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Contender 4	Hoyer/Soderberg	1	Blauel/Huber	8	21-13, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q42 Havelka/Takac, Czech Republic 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Blauel/Huber	Q23	Havelka/Takac	Q42	21-10, 21-12	0:27