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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(Q17) 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$16,868.99

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:

180

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$173,606.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	US$6,221.81
FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	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	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,450.00
Overall	31	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	1	4	4	1	4	4	4	US$30,571.81

Previous Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	Q1	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q28	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	13, Q4	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/31-9/2/2007	Milan Challenger	8	5th	48	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	32	25th	80	US$3,500.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	15	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q31	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (31, Q16)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:38

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	2	$12,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	10	$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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Total	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	4	12	$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	2	$11,100.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$7,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	53	0	0	0	1	0	5	18	7	22	$79,675.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	$4,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	1	2	0	2	6	8	5	23	$39,287.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	33	2	4	3	3	6	5	3	2	5	$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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Confederation Championship	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	0	$6,750.00
25	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	13	$13,675.00	Total	158	3	5	5	4	9	24	38	17	53	$154,887.50

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 %
2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	$1,950.00	4	6	40.0 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,200.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$3,500.00	5	12	29.4 %
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 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	$3,150.00	7	9	43.8 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$975.00	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$975.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$600.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$600.00
24	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	11	$6,550.00	Total	Total	25	1	0	0	0	1	6	6	1	10	$7,450.00

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	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10	76.9%	0-13	0.0%	4-18	18.2%	2-10	16.7%	1	0	4-14	22.2%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	12	12	3	12	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	38

Head to Head Results
Blauel/Huber trail the series against the field 1-7 (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 # 1 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 # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	Blauel/Huber		21-15, 21-17
Trail the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-2
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 1	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Blauel/Huber	Q19	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	19	Blauel/Huber	14	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	7	Blauel/Huber	15	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Blauel/Huber	Q28	Asahi/Shiratori	Q5	22-20, 27-25	0:47
Trail the series against # 31, Q16 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	Blauel/Huber	Q17	21-17, 21-11	0:38
Trail the series against # Q8 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