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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 11 - 15, 2008

(23) Daniel Hupfer/Paul Schroffenegger, Austria

Daniel Hupfer
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wels

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$23,900.00

Paul Schroffenegger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 30, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Innsbruck

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$29,320.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	7	8	13	5	US$36,100.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	43	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	1	7	8	13	5	US$38,100.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	17, Q1	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	14	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	27	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB C&S	8/7-10/2008	Vaduz Satellite	2	13th	6	US$200.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	28, Q6	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB C&S	7/10-13/2008	Lausanne Satellite	Q2	21st	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	8	17th	16	US$500.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q27	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q24	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q31	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q24	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 1	Penggen Wu / Minmin Zhou, China (10)	Won 26-24, 11-21, 15-10	0:52
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 2	Cheng Chen / Jian Li, China (26)	Lost 21-23, 12-21	0:40
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 2	Jialu Li / Linyin Xu, China (9)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:35

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	$27,300.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00
Satellite	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	43	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	6	7	0	$38,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Daniel Hupfer												Paul Schroffenegger
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$7,900.00
47	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	8	0	$16,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	59	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	0	$16,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	Challenger	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$1,890.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$1,150.00	Satellite	7	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$1,792.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
83	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	10	0	$23,900.00	Total	100	0	0	0	1	3	7	7	12	0	$29,320.00

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
2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2	5	28.6 %
2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,300.00	5	2	71.4 %
2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	8	$12,500.00	12	19	38.7 %
2008	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$700.00	0	5	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	13	$12,500.00	14	24	36.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,000.00	5	7	41.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Daniel Hupfer													Paul Schroffenegger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$1,400.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$617.50
											2000	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$750.00
											2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$190.00
											2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$4,437.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$425.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$675.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$225.00	2006	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	8	$6,250.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	8	$6,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$350.00	2008	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$350.00
33	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	2	19	$7,900.00	Total	Total	80	0	0	0	1	3	6	6	7	57	$17,520.00

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	12	57.1%	6	28.6%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	4	7.3%	6	10.9%	45	81.8%	4-51	7.3%	12-45	21.1%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	22-54	28.9%
2007-2008	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	8.3%	2	8.3%	20	83.3%	2-22	8.3%	10-20	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	14-24	36.8%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	6-16	27.3%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	7-9	43.8%

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	3	9	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	11	18	0	0	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	38
Challenger	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Satellite	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	4
Total	1	0	15	29	0	6	0	0	7	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	61

Head to Head Results
Hupfer/Schroffenegger trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
9/5/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	27, Q3	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q19	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Li/Xu, China 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Li/Xu	9	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	23	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Wu/Zhou, China 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	23	Wu/Zhou	10	26-24, 11-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 16 Cadieux/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Cadieux/VanHuizen	16	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	17, Q1	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 19, Q4 Reader/Sewell, Canada 0-1
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 2	Reader/Sewell	15, Q4	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	17, Q1	19-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 21, Q6 Kobbevik/Leite, Norway 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	14	Kobbevik/Leite	19	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Series tied with # 22 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q16	Grotowski/Weaver	Q17	21-14, 21-12	0:32
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 1	Grotowski/Weaver	Q34	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q31	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 26 Chen/Li, China 0-1
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Chen/Li	26	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	23	23-21, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # Q11 Alhousni/Alshereiqi, Oman 1-0
10/28/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Qualifier 2	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	17, Q1	Alhousni/Alshereiqi	Q17	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:06