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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 CEV Varna Challenger
July 28 - 31, 2011

(2, Q1) Thomas Kaczmarek/Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany

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:

Career CEV C&S Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$69,483.83

Alexander Walkenhorst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$180,555.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$29,539.85
CEV C&S	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,764.86
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	US$0.00
Overall	16	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	5	US$39,304.71

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Stefan Schneider - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	10	1st	600	€ 10,000.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	16	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
CEV C&S	6/16-19/2011	CEV Satellite Lausanne	2	1st	100	€ 2,200.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

CEV Varna Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/28/2011	Qualifier 2	Timo Haavisto / Toni Vahela, Finland (Q17)	Won 21-10, 21-19	0:35
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 1	Kiril Hadzhiev / Delcho Raev, Bulgaria (15)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 2	Ward Coucke / Tom van Walle, Belgium (7)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 7/30/2011	Winner 3	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (3)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 15-17	1:02
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 4	Rafal Szternel / Damian Wojtasik, Poland (8, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:37
Sun, 7/31/2011	Semi-Finals	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (4, Q2)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:29
Sun, 7/31/2011	Gold Medal	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (13, Q11)	Won 21-9, 21-14	0:33

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,500.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Kaczmarek												Alexander Walkenhorst
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	1	0	0	$3,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$12,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	1	2	9	6	5	0	$105,200.00
29	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	4	0	$20,412.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	$18,000.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	2	0	$11,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	Challenger
3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Satellite
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,250.00	Confederation Championship	10	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	0	$10,500.00
61	1	0	1	3	5	6	8	8	0	$41,162.50	Total	62	0	1	2	4	5	15	15	12	0	$148,500.00

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
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2011	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00	9	3	75.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00	12	2	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00	12	2	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Kaczmarek													Alexander Walkenhorst
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	CEV Under Age
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00	2007	CEV
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,500.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	CEV
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	7	$7,925.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,780.00	2010	CEV C&S
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,750.00	2011	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,750.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,525.00	2011	CEV C&S	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00
53	6	0	4	2	5	7	4	3	22	$28,705.00	Total	Total	11	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	$9,800.00

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	85.7%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	12-2	85.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	13-4	76.5%
2010-2011	11	84.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	12-2	85.7%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0		0		0		0-0		18-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	10-1	90.9%

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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	1	5	2	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12

Head to Head Results
Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst lead the series against the field 14-2 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 3	Huber/Seidl	3	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 4, Q2 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 4-0
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Semi-Finals	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	21-18, 21-13	0:29
7/24/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Semi-Finals	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	10	Stiekema/Varenhorst	8, Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:31
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	16	Stiekema/Varenhorst	9	21-16, 21-12	0:33
6/19/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Gold Medal	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 0-1
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 3	Babich/Ioisher	6	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	16	23-21, 13-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 7 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Coucke/van Walle	7	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 8, Q3 Szternel/Wojtasik, Poland 3-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 4	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Szternel/Wojtasik	8, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:37
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	10	Szternel/Wojtasik	7	21-15, 21-15	0:32
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Winner 1	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	16	Szternel/Wojtasik	17	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 10, Q7 Leeb/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
6/18/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Contender 4	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	Leeb/Wutzl	4	21-18, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 13, Q11 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Gold Medal	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	21-9, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 14, Q13 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
6/17/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Winner 1	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	Kissling/Kovatsch	15	21-13, 17-21, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 15 Hadzhiev/Raev, Bulgaria 1-0
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Hadzhiev/Raev	15	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q6 Sutter/Sutter, Switzerland 1-0
6/17/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Contender 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	Sutter/Sutter	5	21-17, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # Q17 Haavisto/Vahela, Finland 1-0
7/28/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Qualifier 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Haavisto/Vahela	Q17	21-10, 21-19	0:35