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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam
June 10 - 15, 2008

(Q15) Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States

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

Mark Williams
Australia

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Australia

Height:

197 cm (6'7")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$82,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	US$62,000.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Kevin Wong - 57th	Did not play
2003	Kevin Wong - 9th	Julien Prosser - 33rd
2004	Dax Holdren - 25th	Julien Prosser - 17th
2005	Jake Gibb - 13th	Did not play
2007	Mike Lambert - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	14, Q7	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	17, Q11	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	28	9th	240	US$5,500.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/11/2008	Qualifier 1	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (Q18)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:25
Wed, 6/11/2008	Qualifier 2	Sebastian Dollinger / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (32, Q31)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$45,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$16,500.00
Total	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$62,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Stein Metzger												Mark Williams
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
22	0	3	2	0	5	7	2	2	0	$125,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$41,400.00
39	2	1	5	2	8	10	7	2	0	$146,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	1	0	3	5	2	2	0	$36,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	Goodwill Games
67	2	5	8	2	14	19	10	4	0	$313,200.00	Total	27	0	1	1	1	4	9	5	3	0	$82,400.00

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
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	$16,500.00	15	7	68.2 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	$16,500.00	15	7	68.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Stein Metzger													Mark Williams
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,600.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,000.00	2000	FIVB
11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00	2001	FIVB
7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00	2002	FIVB
8	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$52,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	2	$20,750.00
12	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	3	0	$26,875.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	0	$30,650.00
7	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	$48,375.00	2005	FIVB
5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$29,850.00	2006	FIVB
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$23,050.00	2007	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	$8,250.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	$8,250.00
64	2	4	8	2	14	17	10	4	3	$290,450.00	Total	Total	24	0	0	1	1	4	7	5	3	3	$59,650.00

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	19	70.4%	7	25.9%	1	3.7%	26-1	96.3%	5	31.3%	3	18.8%	8	50.0%	5-11	31.3%	19-8	70.4%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	31-12	72.1%
2007-2008	19	70.4%	7	25.9%	1	3.7%	26-1	96.3%	5	31.3%	3	18.8%	8	50.0%	5-11	31.3%	19-8	70.4%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	31-12	72.1%
Against the Field	13	65.0%	6	30.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	26-16	61.9%	18-8	69.2%	0	0	22-12	64.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	7	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	6
Total	0	0	10	1	7	2	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	31	12

Head to Head Results
Metzger/Williams lead the series against the field 9-7 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	4	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	21-15, 21-16	0:36
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	7	Metzger/Williams	28	21-13, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Metzger/Williams	14, Q7	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	Boersma/Ronnes	15	21-17, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	14, Q7	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	13-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 14 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Williams	28	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-18, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 16 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	19	Metzger/Williams	14, Q7	12-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 20 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Metzger/Williams	14, Q7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 21 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	16	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	21-18, 21-18	0:44
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Metzger/Williams	28	21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	28	Li/Zhou	20	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	Deulofeu/Salvetti	23	21-15, 22-20	0:46
Trail the series against # 32, Q31 Dollinger/Kaczmarek, Germany 0-1
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dollinger/Kaczmarek	32, Q31	Metzger/Williams	Q15	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q10 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	Asahi/Shiratori	Q6	21-13, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # Q18 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Metzger/Williams	Q15	Kubala/Pavlas	Q18	21-11, 21-15	0:25
Lead the series against # Q24 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q22	21-15, 21-18	0:42