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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam
June 21 - 25, 2006

(5) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger, United States

Mike Lambert
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kaneohe, HI

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$52,900.00

Stein Metzger
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$313,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	US$105,800.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 1st
2002	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 3rd
2003	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 17th
2004	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	19	3rd	480	US$16,000.00

Switzerland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/22/2006	Winner 1	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (28)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
Thu, 6/22/2006	Winner 2	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (12)	Lost 20-22, 21-18, 12-15	1:05
Fri, 6/23/2006	Contender 2	Nikolas Berger / Robert Nowotny, Austria (22)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:40
Fri, 6/23/2006	Contender 3	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (13)	Lost 17-21, 24-22, 12-15	1:08

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$69,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$29,000.00
Total	10	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	$105,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike Lambert												Stein Metzger
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00
6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$34,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	3	2	0	5	7	2	2	0	$125,650.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	2	1	5	2	8	10	7	2	0	$146,050.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
10	0	0	2	0	3	2	3	0	0	$52,900.00	Total	67	2	5	8	2	14	19	10	4	0	$313,200.00

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
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$22,500.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$22,500.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike Lambert													Stein Metzger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,600.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,000.00
											2001	FIVB	11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00
											2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00
											2003	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$52,000.00
											2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	3	0	$26,875.00
											2005	FIVB	7	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	$48,375.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Total	Total	52	2	4	7	2	11	13	7	4	2	$240,550.00

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	21	65.6%	7	21.9%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	5	27.8%	8	44.4%	5	27.8%	5-13	27.8%	21-5	80.8%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	33-17	66.0%
2005-2006	12	66.7%	4	22.2%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3-6	33.3%	12-2	85.7%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	19-8	70.4%
Against the Field	12	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	5	33.3%	6	40.0%	4	26.7%	5-10	33.3%	24-8	75.0%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	20-13	60.6%

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	8	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	19	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	5
Total	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	13	8	0	2	2	0	0	0	33	17

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 7-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 8 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	19	Egger/Laciga	3	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	19	Kais/Vesik	6	22-20, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	12	Lambert/Metzger	5	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	13	Lambert/Metzger	5	21-17, 22-24, 15-12	1:08
Trail the series against # 15 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	13	Lambert/Metzger	19	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 16, Q15 Lopes/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
6/4/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Bronze Medal	Lambert/Metzger	19	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	21-13, 16-21, 15-7	1:24
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	19	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	19	Brenha/Maia	14	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Lambert/Metzger	5	Berger/Nowotny	22	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 28 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58