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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lucerne Open
May 12 - 17, 2015

(11) 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	12	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	8	4th	350	US$4,500.00
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

Lucerne Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool F	Michal Bryl / Kacper Kujawiak, Poland (22, Q4)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:38
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool F	Marco Caminati / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (27, Q13)	Lost 22-24, 17-21	0:45
Fri, 5/15/2015	Pool F	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (6)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:52
Fri, 5/15/2015	Winner 1	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (9)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	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$)
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 %
2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,575.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	3	1	$38,975.00	26	33	44.1 %
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,287.50	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,287.50
25	1	0	0	2	4	2	8	6	2	$37,587.50	Total	Total	52	1	0	1	3	4	5	7	6	25	$34,912.50

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%
2014-2015	18	69.2%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	20	69.0%	5-24	17.2%	18-20	47.4%	8-9	47.1%	0	3	26-32	44.8%
Against the Field	6	42.9%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	11	78.6%	2-12	14.3%	12-20	37.5%	10-12	45.5%	0	1	11-17	39.3%

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 10-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-2
5/30/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool F	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	11	22-20, 21-19	0:40
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	16	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Krasilnikov/Semenov	9	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	29, Q9	21-13, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-2
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool F	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	11	Saxton/Schalk	6	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:52
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Bronze Medal	Saxton/Schalk	1	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	21-15, 21-10	0:33
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool I	Saxton/Schalk	40	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	16	21-18, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 0-1
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Semi-Finals	Binstock/Schachter	2	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	14-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	26	18-21, 21-14, 15-7	0:49
Trail the series against # 9 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Kantor/Losiak	9	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	11	21-11, 21-19	0:35
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool A	Kantor/Losiak	32	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	17	17-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 19, Q1 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 2-0
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	12	Kosiak/Rudol	21	22-20, 21-14	0:40
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	10	Kosiak/Rudol	9	21-18, 19-21, 16-14	0:54
Trail the series against # 22, Q4 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 0-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool F	Bryl/Kujawiak	22, Q4	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	11	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 24 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	12	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	21-12, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 25, Q10 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q13 Caminati/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool F	Caminati/Ranghieri	27, Q13	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	11	24-22, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against Egleskalns/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	12	Egleskalns/Plavins	28, Q17	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q3 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 # Q7 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-0
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	10	O'Gorman/Pedlow	7	17-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:43
Lead the series against # Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q15 de Paula/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 2	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	Moreira/de Paula	14	21-15, 12-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q17 Court/Schumann, Australia 1-0
10/31/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool E	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	Court/Schumann	21	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:53