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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Milan Challenger
August 31 - September 2, 2007

(7) Sebastian Beck/Michael Bleiker, Switzerland

Sebastian Beck
Switzerland

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 15, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lorrach

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

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 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 Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/9-12/2007	Vaduz Satellite	3	4th	14	US$800.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	14	17th	16	US$500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q27	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
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

Milan Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/1/2007	Winner 1	Toni Ivkovic / Pero Krizanovic, Croatia (10)	Lost 11-21, 14-21	0:39
Sat, 9/1/2007	Contender 1	Antonio De Paola / Matteo La Rocca, Italy (15, Q24)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:46
Sat, 9/1/2007	Contender 2	Janis Smedins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (4)	Won 21-16, 14-21, 15-11	0:53
Sun, 9/2/2007	Contender 3	Andrea Bernabe / Fabio Galli, Italy (14, Q11)	Won 26-24, 12-21, 15-11	1:05
Sun, 9/2/2007	Contender 4	Giorgio Domenghini / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (3)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:50

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	6	6	50.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,300.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	$3,000.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	11	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	1	1	1	$6,150.00	20	18	52.6 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$1,650.00	2007	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
25	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	2	11	$5,550.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	1	1	3	6	2	2	11	$5,750.00

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	9	42.9%	9	42.9%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	9-12	42.9%	10-7	58.8%	0	0	20-18	52.6%
2006-2007	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-8	33.3%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%

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 lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Domenghini/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
9/2/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Contender 4	Domenghini/Tomatis	3	Beck/Bleiker	7	21-19, 22-20	0:50
Series tied with # 4 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
9/1/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Contender 2	Beck/Bleiker	7	Smedins/Smedins	4	21-16, 14-21, 15-11	0:53
6/29/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 2	Smedins/Smedins	3	Beck/Bleiker	14	21-15, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 0-1
9/1/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Winner 1	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	10	Beck/Bleiker	7	21-11, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with # 11, Q2 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 # 14, Q11 Bernabe/Galli, Italy 1-0
9/2/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Contender 3	Beck/Bleiker	7	Bernabe/Galli	14, Q11	26-24, 12-21, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 15, Q24 De Paola/La Rocca, Italy 1-0
9/1/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Contender 1	Beck/Bleiker	7	De Paola/La Rocca	15, Q24	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # Q15 Tabarini/Tabarini, San Marino 1-0
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Winner 1	Beck/Bleiker	5	Tabarini/Tabarini	12	21-12, 21-14	0:36