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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mangaung Open
December 9 - 14, 2014

(8) Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany

Sebastian Fuchs
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Eckernforde

Height:

202 cm (6'7")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Pattaya 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,075.00

Thomas Kaczmarek
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Myslowice, Poland

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Pattaya 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$36,912.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	US$42,975.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	21	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	US$43,475.00

Previous Mangaung Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/29-11/2/2014	Paraná Open	5	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	29, Q9	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	11	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	12	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	16	25th	120	US$800.00

Mangaung Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool H	Martins Dauburs / Toms Smedins, Latvia (25)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:32
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool H	Daniel Dearing / Garrett May, Canada (24, Q5)	Lost 24-22, 9-21, 12-15	0:49
Thu, 12/11/2014	Pool H	Grant Goldschmidt / Leo Williams, South Africa (9)	Lost 21-10, 24-26, 11-15	0:58
Thu, 12/11/2014	Winner 1	Jean-Baptiste Daguerre / Yannick Salvetti, France (19, Q1)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:34
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 2	Josh Binstock / Maverick Hatch, Canada (4)	Won 21-16, 23-21	0:43
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 3	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (18)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:38
Sat, 12/13/2014	Semi-Finals	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (5)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 11-15	0:49
Sun, 12/14/2014	Bronze Medal	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (3)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:36

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$18,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	$21,175.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	21	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	4	4	0	$43,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sebastian Fuchs												Thomas Kaczmarek
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	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
21	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	5	0	$34,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$12,700.00
17	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	3	0	$17,225.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	4	0	$20,412.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Satellite	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
43	1	0	0	2	5	4	13	8	0	$54,075.00	Total	57	1	0	1	3	4	5	7	7	0	$36,912.50

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
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$10,800.00	4	7	36.4 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$21,600.00	17	20	45.9 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	$34,400.00	21	29	42.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	10	2	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sebastian Fuchs													Thomas Kaczmarek
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,500.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	7	$7,925.00
											2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
											2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$5,100.00	2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	$16,150.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$7,300.00
8	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	3	0	$12,800.00	2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	$10,800.00
23	1	0	0	2	3	2	7	6	2	$35,300.00	Total	Total	50	1	0	1	3	3	5	6	6	25	$32,625.00

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	19	61.3%	5	16.1%	7	22.6%	24-7	77.4%	6	16.2%	5	13.5%	26	70.3%	6-31	16.2%	19-26	42.2%	11-12	47.8%	0	3	30-41	42.3%
2013-2014	13	52.0%	5	20.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	14	70.0%	3-17	15.0%	13-14	48.1%	8-10	44.4%	0	3	21-27	43.8%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	0	0.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	12-6	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	7-8	46.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	2	4	3	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	11	13	0	0	9	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	20	23
Satellite	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	1	2	6	3	21	24	0	0	13	10	1	2	0	2	1	0	44	45

Head to Head Results
Fuchs/Kaczmarek trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
12/14/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Bronze Medal	Krou/Rowlandson	3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Binstock/Hatch, Canada 1-0
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Binstock/Hatch	4	21-16, 23-21	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
12/13/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Semi-Finals	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	4	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	10	26-28, 21-18, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 9 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 0-1
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool H	Goldschmidt/Williams	9	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	10-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 0-1
10/30/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool E	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	21-16, 19-21, 24-22	1:12
Lead the series against # 18 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 19, Q1 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 1	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Daguerre/Salvetti	19, Q1	21-13, 21-12	0:34
Series tied with # 20, Q2 Casebeer/Montgomery, United States 1-1
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	Casebeer/Montgomery	18	21-18, 21-11	0:40
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Casebeer/Montgomery	23	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	10	22-20, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Dearing/May, Canada 0-1
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool H	Dearing/May	24, Q5	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	22-24, 21-9, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 25 Dauburs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool H	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Dauburs/Smedins	25	21-12, 21-15	0:32