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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
July 29 - August 3, 2008

(7) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Kevin Wong - 9th	Did not play
2002	Kevin Wong - 9th	Did not play
2003	Kevin Wong - 2nd	Julien Prosser - 17th
2004	Dax Holdren - 13th	Julien Prosser - 5th
2005	Jake Gibb - 7th	Did not play
2006	Mike Lambert - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	14, Q11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	18, Q13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool G	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (26)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:49
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool G	Mykola Babich / Sergiy Mykhaylov, Ukraine (23, Q8)	Won 21-11, 16-21, 20-18	0:56
Fri, 8/1/2008	Pool G	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (10)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:52
Sat, 8/2/2008	Winner 2	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (16, Q3)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:04
Sat, 8/2/2008	Winner 3	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (3)	Won 24-22, 13-21, 15-13	1:09
Sun, 8/3/2008	Semi-Finals	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:44
Sun, 8/3/2008	Gold Medal	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (4)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:45

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	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	$62,000.00	31	12	72.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	$62,000.00	31	12	72.1 %

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
7	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	$31,000.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	$31,000.00
67	2	5	8	2	14	19	10	4	3	$313,200.00	Total	Total	27	0	1	1	1	4	9	5	3	3	$82,400.00

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	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	10	62.5%	6	37.5%	0	0.0%	16-0	100.0%	4	57.1%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	20-6	76.9%	20-0	100.0%	0	0	20-3	87.0%

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 20-3 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
8/3/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Metzger/Williams	7	Rego/Santos	1	21-15, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 3 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 2-0
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Metzger/Williams	7	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	24-22, 13-21, 15-13	1:09
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Williams	28	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-18, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
8/3/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Metzger/Williams	7	21-19, 21-15	0:45
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	14, Q7	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	13-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 6 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/21/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q1	Metzger/Williams	18, Q13	22-20, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 10 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Metzger/Williams	7	Gosch/Horst	10	22-20, 21-17	0:52
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Metzger/Williams	14, Q11	Gosch/Horst	30	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Metzger/Williams	14, Q11	Araujo/Magalhaes	19	22-20, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Metzger/Williams	18, Q13	Plavins/Samoilovs	31, Q8	21-16, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Metzger/Williams	28	Schacht/Slack	6	21-18, 19-21, 17-15	1:05
Lead the series against # 16, Q3 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Metzger/Williams	7	Maciel/Schmidt	16, Q3	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:04
Lead the series against # 18 Gavira/Lario, Spain 2-0
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Metzger/Williams	18, Q13	Gavira/Lario	20, Q17	20-22, 21-17, 16-14	1:04
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Metzger/Williams	14, Q7	Gavira/Lario	Q23	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Metzger/Williams	14, Q11	Lochhead/Pitman	Q6	21-11, 21-23, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 21 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Metzger/Williams	18, Q13	Baracetti/Salema	Q4	21-16, 13-21, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 22 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Metzger/Williams	14, Q11	Horrem/Maaseide	10	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 23, Q8 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Metzger/Williams	7	Babich/Mykhaylov	23, Q8	21-11, 16-21, 20-18	0:56
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 26 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Metzger/Williams	7	Hoyer/Soderberg	26	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 28, Q10 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 # 32, Q20 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	Giontella/Nicolai	32	21-17, 21-18	0:49