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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 2 - 6, 2006

(6) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 9th
2002	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 9th
2003	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 2nd
2004	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 13th
2005	Did not play	Jake Gibb - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$14,400.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	5	13th	240	US$6,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	19	3rd	480	US$16,000.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/3/2006	Pool F	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (27, Q6)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:03
Fri, 8/4/2006	Pool F	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (22)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:48
Fri, 8/4/2006	Pool F	Sean Scott / Kevin Wong, United States (11, Q13)	Won 26-24, 13-21, 15-8	1:08
Sat, 8/5/2006	Winner 2	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (8)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:39
Sat, 8/5/2006	Winner 3	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 8-15	0:56

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	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$49,700.00	14	6	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$49,700.00	14	6	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
4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$24,850.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$24,850.00
4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$24,850.00	Total	Total	54	2	4	7	2	13	13	7	4	2	$254,150.00

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	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	5	31.3%	7	43.8%	4	25.0%	5-11	31.3%	24-8	75.0%	18-20	47.4%	0	0	21-14	60.0%

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
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 10-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	7	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	2	Lambert/Metzger	6	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 4	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Lambert/Metzger	7	21-19, 21-17	0:56
Trail the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-1
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	6	Lione/Varnier	8	21-15, 21-16	0:39
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	12	Lambert/Metzger	5	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 11, Q13 Scott/Wong, United States 1-0
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Lambert/Metzger	6	Scott/Wong	11, Q13	26-24, 13-21, 15-8	1:08
Series tied with # 12 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
7/29/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Lambert/Metzger	7	21-17, 21-17	0:44
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 22 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Lambert/Metzger	6	Horrem/Pettersen	22	21-18, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Lambert/Metzger	6	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 28, Q15 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	7	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	21-16, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # Q1 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	7	Arkaev/Barsuk	26	21-14, 17-21, 15-10	0:44