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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012
July 10 - 14, 2012

(30, Q6) 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 Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	31	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/10/2012	Qualifier 1	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (Q27)	Won 27-25, 18-21, 15-6	0:53
Tue, 7/10/2012	Qualifier 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Yury Bogatov, Russia (Q11)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:33
Wed, 7/11/2012	Pool L	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (3)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 18-20	0:54
Wed, 7/11/2012	Pool L	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (14)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:31
Thu, 7/12/2012	Pool L	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (19)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:41
Thu, 7/12/2012	Winner 1	Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (25, Q18)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:37

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	$24,100.00	15	16	48.4 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	8	$32,500.00	25	28	47.2 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	$12,050.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	$12,050.00
30	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	5	16	$17,250.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	11	$16,725.00

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	25	62.5%	7	17.5%	8	20.0%	32-8	80.0%	4	13.3%	6	20.0%	20	66.7%	4-26	13.3%	50-36	58.1%	22-28	44.0%	1	1	37-33	52.9%

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 12-19 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	21-19, 21-17	0:34
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 # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	18-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	21-17, 23-21	0:46
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 # 8 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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 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
Lead the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-1
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	Benes/Kubala	14	21-16, 21-12	0:31
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	Benes/Kubala	15	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:45
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 # 16 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
Lead the series against # 19 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 21 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
Series tied with # 22 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q9	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 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 # 25, Q18 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # Q7 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 # Q11 Barsuk/Bogatov, Russia 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	Barsuk/Bogatov	Q11	21-17, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q20 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
Lead the series against # Q21 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
Trail the series against # Q22 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q18	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # Q27 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 2-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	Henriquez/Mussa	Q27	27-25, 18-21, 15-6	0:53
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	26, Q9	Henriquez/Mussa	Q40	21-13, 23-21	0:34