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June 5 - 10, 2007

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 Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Michael Bleiker - 57th	Sebastian Beck - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q30	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q31	33rd	30	US$0.00

Zagreb Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/6/2007	Country Quota	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (Q18)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:42

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 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$3,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	$975.00	2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$325.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
19	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	2	8	$3,900.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	2	8	$3,250.00

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%
2006-2007	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	3-6	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	2-12	14.3%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%

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
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 5-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Beck/Bleiker	Q31	Horrem/Maaseide	Q2	21-16, 12-21, 16-14	1:05
Trail the series against # Q5 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
Trail the series against # Q8 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	Q3	Beck/Bleiker	Q30	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # Q18 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 0-2
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Country Quota	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q18	Beck/Bleiker		21-16, 21-18	0:42
8/19/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	4	Beck/Bleiker	5	21-19, 21-23, 16-14	1:06
Lead the series against # Q25 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
Series tied with # Q36 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 # Q41 Eremin/Kuzmichev, Russia 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Beck/Bleiker	Q30	Eremin/Kuzmichev	Q35	21-13, 18-21, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # Q47 Smith/Wyer, Australia 1-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 1	Beck/Bleiker	Q31	Smith/Wyer	Q34	21-11, 21-15	0:37