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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 KIA Open presented by Banco do Brazil
September 16 - 21, 2008

(13) 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 Guarujá Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	25, Q5	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	31	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	32, Q9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q28	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q18	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q28	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00

Guarajà Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2008	Winner 1	Jody Gooding / Robin Miedzybrodzki, England (20)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:41
Thu, 9/18/2008	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (4)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:41
Fri, 9/19/2008	Contender 2	Magne Kobbevik / Trygve Leite, Norway (19)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 9/19/2008	Contender 3	Santiago Etchegaray / Pablo Suarez, Argentina (27)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:48
Fri, 9/19/2008	Contender 4	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (7)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 9/20/2008	Contender 5	Benjamin Insfran / Franco Neto, Brazil (6)	Lost 12-21, 22-20, 12-15	1:05

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	6	$17,400.00	11	16	40.7 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	12	$20,900.00	15	25	37.5 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	$8,700.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	$8,700.00
24	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	4	13	$13,675.00	Total	Total	25	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	3	12	$14,575.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	6-14	30.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	5-8	38.5%

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 5-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Marques/Solberg	2	Blauel/Huber	31	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Blauel/Huber	32, Q9	23-21, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Blauel/Huber	13	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	16, Q3	Blauel/Huber	31	21-18, 21-12	0:41
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 # 6 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 0-2
9/20/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Neto	6	Blauel/Huber	13	21-12, 20-22, 15-12	1:05
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Neto	8	Blauel/Huber	25, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 4	Blauel/Huber	13	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 14 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Blauel/Huber	32, Q9	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q8	11-21, 21-8, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Kobbevik/Leite, Norway 1-0
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Blauel/Huber	13	Kobbevik/Leite	19	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Gooding/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Blauel/Huber	13	Gooding/Miedzybrodzki	20	21-16, 21-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 27 Etchegaray/Suarez, Argentina 1-0
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 3	Blauel/Huber	13	Etchegaray/Suarez	27	21-16, 21-18	0:48