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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Vitória Open
September 27 - October 1, 2006

(7) 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 Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Adam Jewell - 25th
2000	Did not play	Todd Rogers - 7th
2001	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$12,800.00
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

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/28/2006	Winner 1	Pedro Solberg / Fred Souza, Brazil (26, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:40
Thu, 9/28/2006	Winner 2	Sean Scott / Kevin Wong, United States (10)	Lost 19-21, 22-20, 10-15	1:07
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 2	Riccardo Fenili / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (25)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:40
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 3	Rodrigo Monteiro / Hevaldo Moreira, Brazil (32, Q12)	Won 25-23, 21-14	0:38
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 4	Eugenio Amore / Matteo Varnier, Italy (12)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:37
Sat, 9/30/2006	Contender 5	Nalbert Bitencourt / Luizao Correa, Brazil (11)	Won 21-13, 25-23	0:46
Sat, 9/30/2006	Contender 6	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 22-20, 13-21, 11-15	0:54

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	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$59,700.00	19	8	70.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$59,700.00	19	8	70.4 %

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
5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$29,850.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$29,850.00
5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$29,850.00	Total	Total	55	2	4	7	2	14	13	7	4	2	$259,150.00

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	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	4	36.4%	2-9	18.2%	20-8	71.4%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	14-11	56.0%

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 10-7 (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 0-2
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	2	Lambert/Metzger	7	20-22, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Scott/Wong, United States 1-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Scott/Wong	10	Lambert/Metzger	7	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	1:07
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Lambert/Metzger	6	Scott/Wong	11, Q13	26-24, 13-21, 15-8	1:08
Lead the series against # 11 Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 1-0
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	7	Bitencourt/Correa	11	21-13, 25-23	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 Amore/Varnier, Italy 1-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 4	Lambert/Metzger	7	Amore/Varnier	12	21-18, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 25 Fenili/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Lambert/Metzger	7	Fenili/Tomatis	25	21-12, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Solberg/Souza, Brazil 1-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	7	Solberg/Souza	26, Q6	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 28 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 # 32, Q12 Monteiro/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 3	Lambert/Metzger	7	Monteiro/Moreira	32, Q12	25-23, 21-14	0:38