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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam
April 29 - May 3, 2014

(23, Q3) Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria

Alexander Huber
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Klagenfurt

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

180

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$173,606.13

Robin Seidl
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 21, 1990 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Velden

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

181

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$252,565.58

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	16	0	1	0	2	1	0	5	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	US$29,800.60
FIVB	73	0	3	3	2	1	0	10	1	19	1	6	0	16	10	1	US$205,144.36
Overall	89	0	4	3	4	2	0	15	1	23	2	7	1	16	10	1	US$234,944.96

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Robin Seidl - 41st	Alexander Huber - 41st
2012	Robin Seidl - 25th	Alexander Huber - 25th
2013	Robin Seidl - 25th	Alexander Huber - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	17	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	13	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	13	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	16	17th	320	US$3,700.00
CEV	7/31-8/4/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	8	9th	250	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	8	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	17	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	22	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	16	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	22, Q1	4th	560	US$12,900.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	5	5th	192	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	20, Q4	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	25, Q8	25th	240	US$2,750.00

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/29/2014	Qualifier 2	Grigoriy Goncharov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q19)	Won 21-19, 28-26	0:50
Wed, 4/30/2014	Pool G	Jiaxin Wu / Cong Yang, China (10)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:36
Wed, 4/30/2014	Pool G	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (7)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:35
Thu, 5/1/2014	Pool G	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (26, Q6)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:33
Fri, 5/2/2014	Winner 1	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (12)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:40

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$11,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	4	15	$145,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	4	2	11	$44,975.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$8,500.00
Total	79	0	3	3	2	1	0	12	1	23	7	27	$213,325.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Huber												Robin Seidl
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$11,100.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$23,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
53	0	0	0	1	0	5	18	7	22	$79,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	65	0	0	0	2	1	11	26	7	18	$111,125.00
47	0	1	2	0	2	6	8	5	23	$39,287.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	2	1	2	0	4	15	11	10	19	$74,612.50
33	2	4	3	3	6	5	3	2	5	$13,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	2	3	2	1	4	2	4	1	0	$17,300.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,125.00	Challenger
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	1	0	$9,250.00
158	3	5	5	4	9	24	38	17	53	$154,887.50	Total	170	4	4	4	3	10	36	51	19	39	$236,187.50

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,800.00	0	2	0.0 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$5,100.00	5	7	41.7 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00	7	6	53.8 %
2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$17,950.00	12	13	48.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
2013	FIVB	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	6	1	0	$69,650.00	31	31	50.0 %
2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	33	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	10	3	14	$103,500.00	55	62	47.0 %
Total	CEV	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$13,250.00	16	15	51.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Huber													Robin Seidl
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$725.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2006	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$975.00	2007	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	$9,600.00	2008	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,200.00	2008	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$2,600.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$900.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$400.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,550.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,550.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$3,125.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$3,125.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$8,975.00	2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$8,975.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
12	0	0	1	1	0	3	6	1	0	$34,825.00	2013	FIVB	12	0	0	1	1	0	3	6	1	0	$34,825.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
80	1	0	1	3	3	14	20	8	30	$78,125.00	Total	Total	43	0	0	1	3	1	7	13	3	15	$58,375.00

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	82	67.2%	22	18.0%	18	14.8%	104-18	85.2%	20	14.6%	21	15.3%	96	70.1%	20-117	14.6%	82-96	46.1%	42-39	51.9%	3	1	127-136	48.3%
2013-2014	29	64.4%	10	22.2%	6	13.3%	39-6	86.7%	10	17.9%	8	14.3%	38	67.9%	10-46	17.9%	29-38	43.3%	20-14	58.8%	0	1	49-53	48.0%
Against the Field	18	66.7%	3	11.1%	6	22.2%	21-6	77.8%	6	10.0%	11	18.3%	43	71.7%	6-54	10.0%	36-84	30.0%	18-34	34.6%	1	0	28-59	32.2%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	19	15	32	40	0	0	5	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	56	77
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	11	17	17	0	0	10	11	1	1	1	0	0	1	47	43
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	8	2	0	0	7	0	2	3	2	1	0	2	21	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	9	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Total	0	0	37	26	69	74	0	0	23	38	3	5	3	2	0	3	137	150

Head to Head Results
Huber/Seidl trail the series against the field 16-34 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 15 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool C	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	3	Huber/Seidl	22	22-20, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Huber/Seidl	17	22-20, 21-12	0:37
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	21-12, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Felipe/Goncalves	24	Huber/Seidl	25, Q8	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-4
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	21-11, 21-19	0:35
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Huber/Seidl	16	24-22, 22-20	0:44
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	21-16, 23-21	0:39
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Huber/Seidl	32	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-2
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool D	Gibb/Patterson	4	Huber/Seidl	13	23-25, 21-17, 16-14	1:01
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	9	Huber/Seidl	25, Q8	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	Gibb/Patterson	9	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Chen/Li, China 1-0
4/30/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Huber/Seidl	25, Q8	Chen/Li	Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Wu/Yang, China 1-0
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	Wu/Yang	10	21-18, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-2
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Erdmann/Matysik	1	Huber/Seidl	16	35-33, 23-21	0:56
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Huber/Seidl	22	24-22, 21-17	0:42
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-5
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	21-16, 21-15	0:40
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Huber/Seidl	13	21-18, 21-16	0:37
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Huber/Seidl	16	21-16, 23-21	0:44
6/16/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	21-18, 21-16	0:40
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Huber/Seidl	24, Q5	21-16, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 13 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Doppler/Horst	25	Huber/Seidl	24, Q5	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 16 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 2-2
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool Q	Huber/Seidl	8	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	21-14, 21-19	0:41
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	11	15-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:46
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	11	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	21-19, 12-21, 19-17	0:52
6/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	1	Huber/Seidl	5	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	Q34	Huber/Seidl	Q31	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 0-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kapa/McHugh	12	Huber/Seidl	13	21-11, 21-23, 15-12	0:50
Series tied with # 19 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool A	Huber/Seidl	17	Bockermann/Urbatzka	16	21-18, 21-19	0:40
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Bockermann/Urbatzka	27, Q7	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	17-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 21 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-2
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	17	Huber/Seidl	16	22-20, 21-17	0:42
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	14	13-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:49
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool Q	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24	Huber/Seidl	25, Q19	21-10, 23-21	0:34
Series tied with # 22, Q2 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q18	Huber/Seidl	Q15	21-14, 21-15	0:31
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Winner 2	Huber/Seidl	8	Stiekema/Varenhorst	9	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 Doherty/Lucena, United States 0-1
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool D	Doherty/Lucena	20	Huber/Seidl	13	25-23, 18-21, 15-7	0:47
Series tied with # 26, Q6 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 2-2
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	Eithun/Horrem	26, Q6	21-15, 22-20	0:33
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Huber/Seidl	13	Eithun/Horrem	20	21-17, 21-19	0:41
8/3/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Eithun/Horrem	17	Huber/Seidl	8	19-21, 22-20, 18-16	1:01
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Eithun/Horrem	18	Huber/Seidl	8	21-18, 13-21, 20-18	1:01
Trail the series against # 27, Q12 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q14	Huber/Seidl	Q19	21-15, 13-21, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # Q7 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool C	Ontiveros/Virgen	46	Huber/Seidl	22	21-18, 7-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # Q10 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	Huber/Seidl	18	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Series tied with # Q14 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-1
7/8/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Bronze Medal	Garcia/Marco	8	Huber/Seidl	4	21-16, 21-14	0:34
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Winner 4	Huber/Seidl	4	Garcia/Marco	8	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q15 Dumek/Kubala, Czechia 1-0
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Huber/Seidl	16	Dumek/Kubala	32, Q23	17-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:55
Lead the series against # Q16 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-0
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool D	Huber/Seidl	13	O'Gorman/Pedlow	29, Q6	33-35, 21-14, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # Q18 Hordvik/Kvamsdal, Norway 1-0
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool H	Huber/Seidl	8	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	25	21-10, 17-21, 15-7	0:43
Series tied with # Q19 Goncharov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	Goncharov/Prokopiev	Q19	21-19, 28-26	0:50
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Goncharov/Prokopiev	29	Huber/Seidl	13	21-17, 21-19	0:34