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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
June 20 - 24, 2007

(14) 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 Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Jake Gibb - 2nd
2006	Stein Metzger - 5th	Mike Lambert - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	7	5th	360	US$10,000.00
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

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/21/2007	Pool C	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (19)	Won 23-21, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Thu, 6/21/2007	Pool C	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (30, Q11)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:43
Fri, 6/22/2007	Pool C	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (3)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:46
Fri, 6/22/2007	Winner 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (8)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:42
Sat, 6/23/2007	Winner 3	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (21)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:45
Sat, 6/23/2007	Semi-Finals	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:46
Sun, 6/24/2007	Bronze Medal	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (6)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:42

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 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$82,700.00	25	9	73.5 %

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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00
6	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$41,350.00	Total	Total	56	2	4	8	2	14	13	7	4	2	$270,650.00

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%
2006-2007	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%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	4	20.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	4	25.0%	7	43.8%	5	31.3%	4-12	25.0%	24-10	70.6%	16-22	42.1%	0	0	20-16	55.6%

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 13-8 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	2	Lambert/Metzger	14	21-16, 21-15	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Lambert/Metzger	14	Cunha/Neto	3	21-19, 21-13	0:46
Series tied with # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-1
6/24/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lambert/Metzger	14	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-12, 21-17	0:42
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 4	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Lambert/Metzger	7	21-19, 21-17	0:56
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 8 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	14	Wu/Xu	8	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Lambert/Metzger	14	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	23-21, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 21 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	14	Herrera/Mesa	21	21-16, 21-17	0:45
Series tied with # 24 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 # 30, Q11 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Lambert/Metzger	14	Gscheidle/Schnider	30, Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q15 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