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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 13 - 17, 2012

(Q9) Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands

Alexander Brouwer
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leiden

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

150

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$648,800.00

Robert Meeuwsen
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 21, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nieuwegein

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$609,837.50

Awards

Best Hitter 2017, 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	128	7	10	8	7	25	1	34	1	18	2	7	4	3	1	US$1,218,725.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q11	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	29	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	28, Q15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	26, Q9	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	28, Q7	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q28	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q30	41st	24	US$0.00

Grand Slam Rome Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2012	Qualifier 1	Ben O'Dea / Sam O'Dea, New Zealand (Q24)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:31
Wed, 6/13/2012	Qualifier 2	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (28, Q8)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 13-15	0:48

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$110,000.00
World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$100,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	69	1	6	4	3	13	0	22	1	8	5	0	$746,450.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	3	4	3	2	9	0	7	0	9	2	0	$247,775.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Total	128	7	10	8	7	25	1	34	1	20	7	0	$1,218,725.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Brouwer												Robert Meeuwsen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$55,000.00	World Championships	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$55,000.00
6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$50,250.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$50,250.00
81	1	6	4	5	17	24	9	5	0	$409,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	69	1	6	4	3	13	23	8	5	0	$373,225.00
47	3	4	3	2	10	7	9	3	0	$126,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	3	4	3	2	9	7	9	2	0	$123,887.50
4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
150	7	11	8	9	32	38	21	8	0	$648,800.00	Total	134	7	10	8	7	27	36	20	8	0	$609,837.50

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
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$8,400.00	10	12	45.5 %
2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$11,000.00	8	12	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	8	$19,400.00	18	24	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Brouwer													Robert Meeuwsen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$475.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$4,200.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$4,200.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$5,500.00	2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$5,500.00
28	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	5	16	$10,700.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	11	$10,175.00

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	250	68.1%	60	16.3%	57	15.5%	310-57	84.5%	56	26.7%	50	23.8%	104	49.5%	56-154	26.7%	250-104	70.6%	116-107	52.0%	14	5	380-216	63.8%
2011-2012	21	65.6%	3	9.4%	8	25.0%	24-8	75.0%	6	22.2%	6	22.2%	15	55.6%	6-21	22.2%	21-15	58.3%	9-14	39.1%	0	0	30-29	50.8%
Against the Field	31	54.4%	9	15.8%	17	29.8%	40-17	70.2%	8	19.0%	7	16.7%	27	64.3%	8-34	19.0%	62-48	56.4%	34-48	41.5%	2	1	50-49	50.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	14	4	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	9
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	11	9	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	14	16
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	16	8	116	61	0	0	52	40	7	7	4	3	1	6	196	125
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	59	14	0	0	39	28	7	5	3	2	3	4	125	60
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	3
Total	0	0	23	10	210	90	0	0	108	79	17	15	8	7	7	10	380	216

Head to Head Results
Brouwer/Meeuwsen trail the series against the field 9-18 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	26, Q9	22-20, 21-14	0:34
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	10-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:43
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q31	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q16	24-22, 21-23, 15-12	1:00
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Solberg	5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q15	23-21, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 2	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-19, 14-21, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 13 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Spijkers	26	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	21-17, 21-8	0:30
Trail the series against # 16 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	18	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 17 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	29	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	21-11, 21-23, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-0
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q15	Lochhead/Pitman	Q2	21-19, 21-23, 15-5	0:53
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q8	21-16, 21-13	0:34
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q28	Lochhead/Pitman	Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 20, Q12 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q30	21-17, 18-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 23, Q13 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q30	Bogatov/Prokopiev	Q3	21-15, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 25 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Chevallier/Heyer	21	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q15	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q9	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q15	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # Q1 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Klemperer/Koreng	20	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	29	21-16, 11-21, 15-9	0:43
Trail the series against # Q5 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	26, Q9	19-21, 25-23, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # Q10 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q31	Ces/Ces	19	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # Q16 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q15	Boehm/Kapa	Q18	21-19, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # Q23 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q22	23-21, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q24 O'Dea/O'Dea, New Zealand 1-0
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q9	O'Dea/O'Dea	Q24	21-13, 21-14	0:31