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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2013

(19, Q2) Daan Spijkers/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Daan Spijkers
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 6, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Den Haag

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB The Hague 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$93,625.00

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$430,237.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2012
Best Hitter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	US$23,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Niels van de Sande - 41st	Did not play
2011	Emiel Boersma - 25th	Did not play
2012	Did not play	Jon Stiekema - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	19	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	20	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	15	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	11	9th	400	US$5,500.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2013	Qualifier 2	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (Q15)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool C	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (14)	Lost 17-21, 21-14, 15-17	0:55
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool C	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:35
Fri, 7/12/2013	Pool C	Julian Azaad / Ian Mehamed, Argentina (30)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
Fri, 7/12/2013	Winner 1	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (7)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 7-15	0:51

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$16,600.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$23,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Daan Spijkers												Christiaan Varenhorst
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,600.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$43,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
25	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	4	0	$54,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	2	1	1	2	9	13	16	4	0	$270,650.00
24	0	0	0	1	1	4	7	2	0	$30,675.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	0	3	1	11	9	8	6	0	$79,237.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenger
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$575.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
60	0	0	0	1	7	5	19	8	0	$93,625.00	Total	120	3	4	5	4	25	24	26	11	0	$430,237.50

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
2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$23,600.00	10	12	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$23,600.00	10	12	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Daan Spijkers													Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$325.00	2007	FIVB C&S
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	$10,000.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	2	$23,325.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	$33,250.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$14,325.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$12,550.00
52	0	0	0	1	7	4	18	7	15	$83,725.00	Total	Total	32	0	1	0	0	3	6	5	5	12	$36,400.00

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	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	6	54.5%	2-9	18.2%	4-6	40.0%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
2012-2013	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	6	54.5%	2-9	18.2%	4-6	40.0%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
Against the Field	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	8-10	44.4%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	10-11	47.6%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	7	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Total	0	0	1	0	8	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	12

Head to Head Results
Spijkers/Varenhorst trail the series against the field 10-11 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19, Q2	21-15, 21-17	0:35
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Spijkers/Varenhorst	15	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Gibb/Patterson	4	Spijkers/Varenhorst	20	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 7 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	7	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:51
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	9	Spijkers/Varenhorst	15	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Spijkers/Varenhorst	11	27-25, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Doppler/Horst	18	Spijkers/Varenhorst	15	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19, Q2	21-17, 14-21, 17-15	0:55
Trail the series against # 15, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felipe/Goncalves	28, Q11	Spijkers/Varenhorst	11	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Spijkers/Varenhorst	20	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	20-22, 21-19, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against # 17 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 1	Spijkers/Varenhorst	11	Huber/Seidl	20, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 26, Q5 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-2
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Smedins/Sorokins	30	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19	16-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:51
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	Spijkers/Varenhorst	20	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:48
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Spijkers/Varenhorst	11	Smedins/Sorokins	22	23-21, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 30 Azaad/Mehamed, Argentina 1-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19, Q2	Azaad/Mehamed	30	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 32, Q13 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19	Mullner/Wutzl	43	19-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # Q15 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-0
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19, Q2	Garcia/Marco	Q15	21-18, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Spijkers/Varenhorst	20	Garcia/Marco	29, Q17	21-18, 19-21, 15-6	0:52
Lead the series against # Q16 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Spijkers/Varenhorst	11	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	27	21-15, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # Q17 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Spijkers/Varenhorst	15	Hatch/Redmann	31, Q14	21-11, 19-21, 15-8	0:49