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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$450,000 France Grand Slam
July 17 - 22, 2001

(4) Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, 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

Kevin Wong
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$310,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	57	Money
FIVB	24	2	2	4	1	4	1	3	1	5	0	1	US$241,900.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Carl Henkel - 5th
1999	Did not play	Rob Heidger - 7th
2000	Did not play	Rob Heidger - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	5	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	3, Q2	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q1	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	7, Q3	1st	360	US$27,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	8	5th	216	US$9,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/19/2001	Winner 1	Jan Kvalheim / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (29)	Won By Forfeit
Thu, 7/19/2001	Winner 2	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (13)	Won 21-9, 21-19	0:31
Sat, 7/21/2001	Winner 3	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (12)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 17-15	1:08
Sat, 7/21/2001	Winner 4	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (8)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:41
Sat, 7/21/2001	Contender 6	Sergey Ermishin / Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (18)	Won By Forfeit
Sun, 7/22/2001	Semi-Finals	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (3)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:42
Sun, 7/22/2001	Bronze Medal	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (8)	Won 33-31, 13-21, 15-11	1:28

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	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$71,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	2	1	2	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	$144,900.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00
Total	24	2	2	4	1	4	1	3	1	5	0	0	$241,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Stein Metzger												Kevin Wong
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$21,450.00
22	0	3	2	0	5	7	2	2	0	$125,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	1	1	0	3	5	6	1	0	$72,350.00
39	2	1	5	2	8	10	7	2	0	$146,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	3	2	3	2	16	18	15	4	0	$206,900.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
67	2	5	8	2	14	19	10	4	0	$313,200.00	Total	97	3	3	5	2	21	25	23	5	0	$310,450.00

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
2001	FIVB	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$69,000.00	28	10	73.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$69,000.00	28	10	73.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Stein Metzger													Kevin Wong
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,600.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	0	$24,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	5	2	3	1	0	$41,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,000.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	3	5	4	1	0	$29,500.00
6	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	$34,500.00	2001	FIVB	6	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	$34,500.00
11	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	$41,100.00	Total	Total	45	1	1	2	2	12	14	8	3	2	$130,700.00

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	58	67.4%	21	24.4%	7	8.1%	79-7	91.9%	9	23.1%	11	28.2%	19	48.7%	9-30	23.1%	58-19	75.3%	30-18	62.5%	3	0	91-37	71.1%
2000-2001	24	58.5%	13	31.7%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	9	50.0%	4-14	22.2%	24-9	72.7%	17-9	65.4%	3	0	44-18	71.0%
Against the Field	32	62.7%	16	31.4%	3	5.9%	48-3	94.1%	4	14.8%	8	29.6%	15	55.6%	4-23	14.8%	64-26	71.1%	40-22	64.5%	2	0	54-24	69.2%

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	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	21	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	1	17	7	0	0	21	7	3	3	2	1	2	1	64	25
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	7	1	30	11	0	0	31	12	4	5	4	1	2	2	91	37

Head to Head Results
Metzger/Wong lead the series against the field 19-9 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 2-2
7/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Bronze Medal	Ramos/Rego	1	Metzger/Wong	5	21-19, 21-12	0:38
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 4	Metzger/Wong	5	Ramos/Rego	1	21-17, 21-19	0:39
6/24/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Ramos/Rego	1	22-20, 16-21, 15-11	0:54
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Ramos/Rego	1	Metzger/Wong	8	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 2-0
6/24/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Gold Medal	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Laciga/Laciga	2	21-17, 22-20	0:38
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Laciga/Laciga	2	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-3
7/22/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	3	Metzger/Wong	4	21-15, 21-18	0:42
7/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	4	Metzger/Wong	5	21-15, 21-15	0:43
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Metzger/Wong	5	Baracetti/Conde	4	21-18, 21-14	0:39
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	5	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Metzger/Wong	8	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	3	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 8 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 2-1
7/22/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Metzger/Wong	4	Blanton/Fonoimoana	8	33-31, 13-21, 15-11	1:28
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Blanton/Fonoimoana	8	Metzger/Wong	4	21-15, 21-15	0:41
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Metzger/Wong	8	Blanton/Fonoimoana	5	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 4	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # 12 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Metzger/Wong	4	Loiola/Santos	12	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	1:08
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 4	Loiola/Santos	3	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	0:56
Lead the series against # 13 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	4	Prosser/Zahner	13	21-9, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	5	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	12	21-15, 15-21, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 18 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-0
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	Metzger/Wong	4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 Holdren/Rogers, United States 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	Holdren/Rogers	13	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
Lead the series against # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Brenha/Maia	10	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 23 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	8	Berger/Stamm	24	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 29 Kvalheim/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	4	Kvalheim/Pettersen	29	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q15 Bachorski/Bulkowski, Poland 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	Bachorski/Bulkowski	Q15	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # Q16 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	21-16, 13-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # Q30 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Klemperer/Rademacher	31, Q51	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # Q38 Homeyer/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/27/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Homeyer/Schneider	31, Q64	Metzger/Wong	Q1	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52