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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 23 - 27, 2003

(12) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Carl Henkel - 9th
1999	Did not play	Rob Heidger - 17th
2000	Did not play	Rob Heidger - 9th
2001	Kevin Wong - 7th	Stein Metzger - 7th
2002	Kevin Wong - 1st	Stein Metzger - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	6	17th	108	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	7	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	3	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	2	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	5	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	8	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	9	1st	300	US$22,500.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/25/2003	Pool E	Marcel Gscheidle / Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland (28, Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:40
Fri, 7/25/2003	Pool E	Harley Marques / Franco Neto, Brazil (5)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
Sat, 7/26/2003	Pool E	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (21)	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$)
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	11	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	$113,500.00	44	18	71.0 %
2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$77,400.00	32	9	78.0 %
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$24,000.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	23	2	1	4	1	4	1	3	1	5	0	1	$214,900.00	86	35	71.1 %

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
11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00
7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00	2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$12,000.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$12,000.00
28	2	1	4	1	6	5	6	1	2	$114,050.00	Total	Total	62	2	2	5	2	16	17	13	3	2	$203,650.00

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	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%
2002-2003	34	75.6%	8	17.8%	3	6.7%	42-3	93.3%	5	23.8%	6	28.6%	10	47.6%	5-16	23.8%	34-10	77.3%	13-9	59.1%	0	0	47-19	71.2%
Against the Field	30	73.2%	10	24.4%	1	2.4%	40-1	97.6%	4	15.4%	10	38.5%	12	46.2%	4-22	15.4%	60-24	71.4%	28-22	56.0%	0	0	44-23	65.7%

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
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 40-21 (Lead 18 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	4	Metzger/Wong	3	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:57
10/5/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Metzger/Wong	5	Rego/Santos	1	21-18, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-2
10/6/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Insfran	2	Metzger/Wong	5	22-20, 21-17	0:59
7/28/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Metzger/Wong	9	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	17-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:05
6/23/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Metzger/Wong	5	21-19, 16-21, 17-15	1:07
Lead the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 4-2
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	5	Laciga/Laciga	6	19-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:58
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	11	Laciga/Laciga	6	21-14, 21-15	0:44
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Metzger/Wong	10	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Metzger/Wong	11	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	0:58
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 # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-8
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	2	Metzger/Wong	7	21-19, 21-19	0:47
7/20/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	3	Metzger/Wong	11	21-14, 21-19	0:52
7/14/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Bronze Medal	Metzger/Wong	10	Baracetti/Conde	2	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:54
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	3	Metzger/Wong	4	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:55
9/3/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	1	Metzger/Wong	4	21-19, 22-20	0:49
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 6	Baracetti/Conde	3	Metzger/Wong	6	21-19, 17-21, 19-17	1:13
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 # 5 Marques/Neto, Brazil 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	12	Marques/Neto	5	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
Series tied with # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-2
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	7	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-16, 26-24	0:51
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Metzger/Wong	3	21-18, 21-19	0:56
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Metzger/Wong	4	21-17, 22-24, 15-12	1:00
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Metzger/Wong	8	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	3	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 7 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Berger/Doppler	15	Metzger/Wong	2	21-15, 21-19	0:41
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:13
Lead the series against # 8 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Wong	4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	30-28, 16-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 9 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	9	Brenha/Maia	10	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Brenha/Maia	10	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Metzger/Wong	6	21-12, 19-21, 27-25	1:10
Series tied with # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	23	Metzger/Wong	8	21-13, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	5	Egger/Heyer	30	21-12, 13-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 14 Rogers/Scott, United States 2-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Rogers/Scott	18	Metzger/Wong	2	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Metzger/Wong	8	Rogers/Scott	17	21-19, 21-14	0:45
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	9	Rogers/Scott	18	21-15, 25-23	0:55
Lead the series against # 15 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 3-0
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Berg/Dahl	12	21-15, 21-18	0:39
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	11	Berg/Dahl	21	23-21, 21-11	0:41
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	5	Berg/Dahl	26	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 18, Q4 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	22-20, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Metzger/Wong	7	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Prosser/Williams, Australia 2-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Metzger/Wong	6	Prosser/Williams	22, Q6	21-15, 21-18	0:42
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Metzger/Wong	7	Prosser/Williams	26	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 21 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Holden/Leinemann	21	Metzger/Wong	12	21-19, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 22 Canet/Hamel, France 2-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	4	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	21-12, 21-17	0:36
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 4	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Metzger/Wong	7	Kogel/Mulder	23	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 25 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 2-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	6	Klemperer/Rademacher	27, Q17	21-15, 21-14	0:34
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Klemperer/Rademacher	31, Q51	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Metzger/Wong	9	Gartmayer/Nowotny	24, Q12	22-20, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 2-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	12	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q10	21-17, 21-12	0:40
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	5	Gscheidle/Vesti	27	21-16, 22-24, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 3-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Metzger/Wong	9	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	24-22, 21-17	0:43
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-19, 21-14	0:35
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Shiratori/Watanabe	28	21-14, 14-21, 15-12	0:45
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 # Q8 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Metzger/Wong	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	27-25, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # Q15 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Ljubicic/Slean	37	21-17, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q22 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 2-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Metzger/Wong	8	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	32	21-16, 21-7	0:34
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Metzger/Wong	11	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	35	21-17, 21-17	0:37