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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$520,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 31 - August 3, 2003

(22, Q5) Paul Baxter/Carl Henkel, United States

Paul Baxter
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$10,500.00

Carl Henkel
United States

Photo: AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

199 cm (6'7")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$277,195.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	US$21,000.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Sinjin Smith - 7th
1998	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 9th
1999	Did not play	Sinjin Smith - 17th
2000	Did not play	Sinjin Smith - 7th
2001	Did not play	Sinjin Smith - 17th
2002	Did not play	Dain Blanton - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	21	17th	108	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	19, Q6	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	26	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/31/2003	Country Quota	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:42
Thu, 7/31/2003	Qualifier 2	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (Q28)	Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Thu, 7/31/2003	Qualifier 3	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (Q21)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:39
Fri, 8/1/2003	Pool F	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (6)	Lost 24-26, 15-21	0:59
Fri, 8/1/2003	Pool F	Guilherm Deulofeu / Ogier Molinier, France (27, Q11)	Won 21-13, 13-21, 17-15	0:58
Sat, 8/2/2003	Pool F	Harley Marques / Franco Neto, Brazil (11)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:49

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,500.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$21,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Carl Henkel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,575.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	2	0	$39,900.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	5	1	3	18	30	21	8	0	$204,720.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$10,500.00	Total	107	0	5	1	4	21	35	27	10	0	$252,195.00

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
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	$18,500.00	10	10	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	$18,500.00	10	10	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Carl Henkel
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	16	0	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	0	$46,750.00
											1996	FIVB	16	0	3	0	0	5	5	2	1	0	$63,500.00
											1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	$16,700.00
											1998	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	1	0	$27,550.00
											1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	0	0	$28,000.00
											2000	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	$30,500.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	$17,125.00
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	$11,570.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$9,250.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$9,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$9,250.00	Total	Total	105	0	5	1	4	21	35	26	10	3	$250,945.00

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	7	50.0%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	9	90.0%	1-9	10.0%	7-9	43.8%	4-4	50.0%	1	0	12-13	48.0%
2002-2003	7	50.0%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	9	90.0%	1-9	10.0%	7-9	43.8%	4-4	50.0%	1	0	12-13	48.0%
Against the Field	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	9	90.0%	1-9	10.0%	12-16	42.9%	8-6	57.1%	1	0	11-11	50.0%

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	1	0	5	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Total	1	2	5	1	6	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	13

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Henkel lead the series against the field 10-9 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Laciga/Laciga	5	Baxter/Henkel	21	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Baxter/Henkel	22, Q5	26-24, 21-15	0:59
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Baxter/Henkel	21	21-13, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Baxter/Henkel	19, Q6	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	21-23, 21-17, 19-17	1:10
Trail the series against # 11 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-2
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Neto	11	Baxter/Henkel	22, Q5	21-17, 21-15	0:49
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	Baxter/Henkel	26	24-22, 21-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 19 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Metzger/Wong	3	Baxter/Henkel	19, Q6	25-27, 21-16, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 27, Q11 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Baxter/Henkel	22, Q5	Deulofeu/Molinier	27, Q11	21-13, 13-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Baxter/Henkel	26	Prosser/Williams	23, Q3	21-16, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-2
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Baxter/Henkel	22, Q5	Fuerbringer/Jennings		21-19, 21-19	0:42
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings		Baxter/Henkel		21-18, 23-21	0:47
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q29	Baxter/Henkel		21-14, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # Q1 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Baxter/Henkel	26	Holden/Leinemann	10	21-13, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # Q6 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Baxter/Henkel	21	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q8	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # Q14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Baxter/Henkel	19, Q6	19-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:57
Lead the series against # Q15 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Baxter/Henkel	19, Q6	Backer/Boersma	Q22	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q21 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Baxter/Henkel	22, Q5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q21	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q27 Esko/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Baxter/Henkel	19, Q6	Esko/Tuominen	Q38	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # Q28 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Baxter/Henkel	22, Q5	Grinbergs/Stals	Q28	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:53