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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 6, 2005

(Q26) Magdalena Jirak/Kerstin Pichler, Austria

Magdalena Jirak
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 24, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Linz

Height:

174 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Vaduz 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$10,450.00

Kerstin Eva-Maria Pichler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wolfsberg

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Vaduz 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$15,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	US$500.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Sara Montagnolli - 33rd
2002	Did not play	Mira Mateja Trampusch - 37th
2004	Did not play	Isabelle Czerveniak - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q30	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q29	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	Q26	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	9/1-5/2004	Italy Open	Q20	33rd	18	US$0.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/3/2005	Qualifier 1	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (28, Q7)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Magdalena Jirak												Kerstin Pichler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	$8,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$5,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$7,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
23	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	0	$10,450.00	Total	42	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	7	0	$15,650.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Magdalena Jirak													Kerstin Pichler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,250.00
											2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$0.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	$2,250.00

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	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	4-5	44.4%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	7-7	50.0%
2004-2005	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	2-10	16.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	1	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9

Head to Head Results
Jirak/Pichler trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	Q3	Jirak/Pichler	Q30	26-24, 21-8	0:36
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q7	Jirak/Pichler	Q26	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # Q2 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 0-1
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Urata	21, Q4	Jirak/Pichler	Q29	22-20, 19-21, 15-6	0:54
Trail the series against # Q8 Teru Saiki/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	26, Q7	Jirak/Pichler	Q26	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # Q27 Jasbar/Moser, Austria 1-0
9/1/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Country Quota	Jirak/Pichler	Q20	Jasbar/Moser		21-16, 21-19