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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Canada Open
August 24 - 28, 2005

(29, Q12) Sebastian Beck/Michael Bleiker, Switzerland

Sebastian Beck
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 15, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lorrach

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Montréal 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$5,550.00

Michael Bleiker
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aarau

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Montréal 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$5,850.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	1	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	11	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	US$6,150.00
Overall	21	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	1	2	4	2	2	US$9,150.00

Previous Montréal Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/18-21/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	5	5th	12	US$650.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	13	9th	10	US$450.00
FIVB C&S	7/29-31/2005	Italy Satellite	5	9th	8	US$350.00
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	Morocco Satellite	5	5th	18	US$1,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	Q10	25th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q33	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q46	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q39	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	15, Q8	13th	6	US$200.00

Canada Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/24/2005	Qualifier 1	Lombardo Ontiveros / Ulises Ontiveros, Mexico (Q21)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
Wed, 8/24/2005	Qualifier 2	Simone Bendandi / Fosco Cicola, Italy (Q5)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:39
Thu, 8/25/2005	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (4, Q1)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:39
Thu, 8/25/2005	Contender 1	Martin Engvik / Kjell Goranson, Norway (20)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:57
Fri, 8/26/2005	Contender 2	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (19)	Lost 14-21, 9-21	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
Satellite	8	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	$3,650.00
Total	21	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	1	0	$9,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sebastian Beck												Michael Bleiker
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$1,250.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$1,250.00
10	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	0	0	$2,800.00	Satellite	12	0	0	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	$3,100.00
25	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	2	0	$5,550.00	Total	27	0	0	1	1	3	7	2	2	0	$5,850.00

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 C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$400.00	3	4	42.9 %
2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
2005	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	$2,450.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	$2,850.00	12	13	48.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sebastian Beck													Michael Bleiker
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$200.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$200.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$1,225.00	2005	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$1,225.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	4	$2,925.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	4	$2,925.00

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	5	55.6%	4	44.4%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	11	91.7%	1-11	8.3%	5-11	31.3%	5-0	100.0%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
2004-2005	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	2-5	28.6%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-6	25.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11
Challenger	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Satellite	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	13
Total	0	1	13	9	0	0	0	0	7	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	30	29

Head to Head Results
Beck/Bleiker trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	Beck/Bleiker	29, Q12	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	2	Beck/Bleiker	15, Q8	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Beck/Bleiker	29, Q12	21-14, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 20 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Beck/Bleiker	29, Q12	Engvik/Goranson	20	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 31 Domingo/Goss, Canada 0-1
8/21/04	FIVB C&S	Corsica Satellite	Contender 1	Domingo/Goss	13	Beck/Bleiker	12, Q8	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # Q5 Bendandi/Cicola, Italy 1-0
8/24/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Beck/Bleiker	29, Q12	Bendandi/Cicola	Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # Q14 Hellum/Huseby, Norway 1-1
8/12/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Contender 1	Beck/Bleiker	13	Hellum/Huseby	12, Q1	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:46
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Contender 2	Hellum/Huseby	2	Beck/Bleiker	5	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # Q21 Ontiveros/Ontiveros, Mexico 1-0
8/24/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 1	Beck/Bleiker	29, Q12	Ontiveros/Ontiveros	Q21	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56