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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 26 - 30, 2007

(10) 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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Kevin Wong - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	10	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	14	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	7	5th	360	US$10,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/27/2007	Winner 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (23)	Lost 16-21, 21-11, 12-15	0:50
Thu, 9/27/2007	Contender 1	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (26)	Won 22-20, 24-22	0:56
Fri, 9/28/2007	Contender 2	Fabien Dugrip / Gregory Gagliano, France (24)	Lost 11-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:53

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	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$46,100.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	$105,800.00	33	17	66.0 %

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
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	0	1	3	0	0	$23,050.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$23,050.00
10	0	0	2	0	3	2	3	0	0	$52,900.00	Total	Total	60	2	4	8	2	14	14	10	4	2	$282,200.00

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	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	3	23.1%	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3-10	23.1%	12-8	60.0%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	11-12	47.8%

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 trail the series against the field 11-12 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-4
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Lambert/Metzger	8	21-15, 25-27, 15-13	0:59
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 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 # 4 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	12	Lambert/Metzger	10	21-19, 21-19	0:50
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 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-2
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	9	Lambert/Metzger	8	22-20, 18-21, 23-21	1:12
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 # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-1
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	8	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 20 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool W	Lambert/Metzger	10	Plavins/Samoilovs	34	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:52
Series tied with # 23 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23	Lambert/Metzger	10	21-16, 11-21, 15-12	0:50
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Lambert/Metzger	6	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 24 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Dugrip/Gagliano	24	Lambert/Metzger	10	21-11, 18-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 26 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Lambert/Metzger	10	Goranson/Hoidalen	26	22-20, 24-22	0:56