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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam
April 29 - May 3, 2014

(11) Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany

Jonathan Erdmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Bermuda 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Fortaleza 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$357,012.50

Kay Matysik
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ahrensfelde

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Fortaleza 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$378,087.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	73	0	1	3	3	14	2	21	3	12	8	2	1	3	US$620,325.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Eric Koreng - 17th
2009	Stefan Windscheif - 9th	Did not play
2010	Kay Matysik - 25th	Jonathan Erdmann - 25th
2011	Kay Matysik - 7th	Jonathan Erdmann - 7th
2012	Kay Matysik - 9th	Jonathan Erdmann - 9th
2013	Kay Matysik - 9th	Jonathan Erdmann - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	9	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	1	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	8	3rd	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	10	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	6	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	5	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	5	9th	400	US$5,500.00

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/30/2014	Pool F	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (22, Q2)	Won 25-23, 21-18	0:42
Wed, 4/30/2014	Pool F	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (27, Q12)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 5/1/2014	Pool F	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 5/2/2014	Winner 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (12)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
Fri, 5/2/2014	Winner 3	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (2)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
Sat, 5/3/2014	Semi-Finals	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:39
Sat, 5/3/2014	Bronze Medal	Emanuel Rego / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:50

Head to Head Results
Erdmann/Matysik lead the series against the field 29-17 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Erdmann/Matysik	9	21-18, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Erdmann/Matysik	11	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Rego/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Rego/Solberg	4	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 2-3
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Felipe/Goncalves	8	Erdmann/Matysik	9	By Forfeit
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Felipe/Goncalves	15, Q1	23-21, 21-18	0:41
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 3	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Felipe/Goncalves	20	21-17, 21-19	0:40
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Felipe/Goncalves	28, Q11	Erdmann/Matysik	5	21-18, 21-17	0:40
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Felipe/Goncalves	21	Erdmann/Matysik	5	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 6 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Erdmann/Matysik	5	17-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:52
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Lupo/Nicolai	9	24-22, 22-20	0:44
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Erdmann/Matysik	12	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-4
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Fijalek/Prudel	12	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
7/21/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Fijalek/Prudel	15	21-16, 17-21, 20-18	0:59
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-14, 21-17	0:39
8/20/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 6	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-14, 21-17	0:37
7/31/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Erdmann/Matysik	13	22-20, 21-12	0:39
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Erdmann/Matysik	13	21-16, 21-15	0:35
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Erdmann/Matysik	26	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 15 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:51
Series tied with # 16 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	21-18, 21-15	0:37
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	11	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 18 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-1
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	10	Kapa/McHugh	19	21-14, 25-27, 15-10	1:01
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kapa/McHugh	19	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 19 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 4-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Bockermann/Urbatzka	27, Q7	21-11, 21-17	0:31
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bockermann/Urbatzka	30, Q17	Erdmann/Matysik	5	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:55
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool Q	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	21-19, 21-14	0:36
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	13	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	24-22, 21-16	0:42
5/3/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Erdmann/Matysik	28, Q10	Bockermann/Urbatzka		21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-0
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Erdmann/Matysik	1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	17	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	26	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	31, Q22	27-25, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-0
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22, Q2	25-23, 21-18	0:42
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-1
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Erdmann/Matysik	1	Huber/Seidl	16	35-33, 23-21	0:56
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Huber/Seidl	22	24-22, 21-17	0:42
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 27, Q12 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-2
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	27, Q12	21-17, 21-14	0:37
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	28, Q12	23-21, 21-19	0:47
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	18, Q5	Erdmann/Matysik	15	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:55
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22	Erdmann/Matysik	27	19-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:12
Lead the series against # Q8 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Chevallier/Strasser	24, Q1	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q9 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Hernandez/Villafane	32	21-18, 21-15	0:33
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Hernandez/Villafane	20	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q11 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 1-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Plavins/Solovejs	25	17-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:53
Lead the series against # Q15 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Erdmann/Matysik	1	Dumek/Kubala	32, Q23	21-19, 21-19	0:41