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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 2 - 5, 2006

(Q33) 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
2005	Kerstin Pichler - 41st	Magdalena Jirak - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q29	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	5	7th	10	US$500.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q26	41st	18	US$0.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/2/2006	Qualifier 1	Miho Makabe / Sachie Oguri, Japan (Q32)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:39
Wed, 8/2/2006	Qualifier 2	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (Q1)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:33

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 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2	2	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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	$250.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	$3,500.00

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%
2005-2006	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	3-5	37.5%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-6	25.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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
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 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11, Q5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q4	Jirak/Pichler	Q29	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # Q1 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	Q1	Jirak/Pichler	Q33	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q22 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 1-0
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Jirak/Pichler	Q29	Labee/de Vries	Q36	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # Q32 Makabe/Oguri, Japan 1-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jirak/Pichler	Q33	Makabe/Oguri	Q32	21-18, 21-19	0:39