Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008
(17, Q11) Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States
 
Stein Metzger
United States
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 17, 1972 (52 yrs old)
Home Town: Honolulu, HI
Height: 193 cm (6'3")
Weight: 95 kg (209 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 67
Career Wins: 2
Career Winnings: US$313,200.00
Mark Williams
Australia / United States
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jan 27, 1979 (45 yrs old)
Home Town: Australia
Height: 197 cm (6'7")
Weight: 87 kg (191 lb)
Seasons: 3
Tournaments: 27
Career Best: 2nd (FIVB Klagenfurt 2008)
Career Winnings: US$82,400.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172533Money
FIVB701000050001 US$62,000.00
Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 3/25-30/2008 Adelaide Australia Open 28 9th 240 US$5,500.00
Italian Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 5/14/2008 Qualifier 1 Georgios Knapek / Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece (Q54) Won 21-16, 27-25 0:38
Wed, 5/14/2008 Qualifier 2 Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (Q22) Won 21-15, 21-18 0:42
Wed, 5/14/2008 Qualifier 3 Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (Q6) Won 21-13, 21-11 0:39
Thu, 5/15/2008 Winner 1 Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (16) Lost 18-21, 18-21 0:44
Thu, 5/15/2008 Contender 1 Francesco Giontella / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (32) Won 21-17, 21-18 0:49
Fri, 5/16/2008 Contender 2 Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (15) Won 21-17, 21-14 0:41
Fri, 5/16/2008 Contender 3 Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (23) Won 21-15, 22-20 0:46
Fri, 5/16/2008 Contender 4 Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (4) Lost 15-21, 16-21 0:36
Head to Head Results
Metzger/Williams lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
5/16/08FIVBItalian Open Contender 4 Wu/Xu 4 Metzger/Williams 17, Q11 21-15, 21-16 0:36
3/28/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Contender 4 Wu/Xu 7 Metzger/Williams 28 21-13, 22-20 0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
5/16/08FIVBItalian Open Contender 2 Metzger/Williams 17, Q11 Boersma/Ronnes 15 21-17, 21-14 0:41
Trail the series against # 16 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
5/15/08FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Heyer 16 Metzger/Williams 17, Q11 21-18, 21-18 0:44
3/27/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Winner 2 Heuscher/Heyer 12 Metzger/Williams 28 21-18, 20-22, 18-16 1:03
Lead the series against # 23 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
5/16/08FIVBItalian Open Contender 3 Metzger/Williams 17, Q11 Deulofeu/Salvetti 23 21-15, 22-20 0:46
Lead the series against # 26 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
3/28/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Contender 3 Metzger/Williams 28 Li/Zhou 20 21-18, 17-21, 15-9 0:53
Lead the series against # 32 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
5/15/08FIVBItalian Open Contender 1 Metzger/Williams 17, Q11 Giontella/Nicolai 32 21-17, 21-18 0:49
Lead the series against # Q6 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
5/14/08FIVBItalian Open Qualifier 3 Metzger/Williams 17, Q11 Asahi/Shiratori Q6 21-13, 21-11 0:39
Lead the series against # Q22 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/14/08FIVBItalian Open Qualifier 2 Metzger/Williams 17, Q11 Dyachenko/Kulinich Q22 21-15, 21-18 0:42
Lead the series against # Q54 Knapek/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
5/14/08FIVBItalian Open Qualifier 1 Metzger/Williams 17, Q11 Knapek/Mourtzios Q54 21-16, 27-25 0:38