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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
October 8 - 13, 2013

(6) 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 São Paulo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	6	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	11	4th	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	13	1st	1000	US$60,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	14	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	8	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	14	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	16	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	16	5th	300	US$6,500.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/9/2013	Pool F	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (22)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:43
Thu, 10/10/2013	Pool F	Alex Ranghieri / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (27, Q4)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 10/10/2013	Pool F	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (11)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 18-20	0:57

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	2	$32,100.00	20	17	54.1 %
2013	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	$117,850.00	34	18	65.4 %
Total	FIVB	28	1	0	0	1	2	0	6	0	5	5	8	$158,350.00	64	47	57.7 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	$16,050.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	$16,050.00
10	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	1	0	$58,925.00	2013	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	1	0	$58,925.00
41	1	1	0	1	3	8	5	6	16	$80,175.00	Total	Total	34	1	0	0	1	3	7	5	6	11	$79,650.00

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	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%
2012-2013	44	65.7%	8	11.9%	15	22.4%	52-15	77.6%	7	25.0%	2	7.1%	19	67.9%	7-21	25.0%	44-19	69.8%	15-17	46.9%	1	0	60-36	62.5%
Against the Field	50	59.5%	14	16.7%	20	23.8%	64-20	76.2%	11	19.6%	9	16.1%	36	64.3%	11-45	19.6%	100-64	61.0%	50-58	46.3%	3	1	78-62	55.7%

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
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 21-22 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Filho/Santos, Brazil 2-3
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	21-18, 21-11	0:37
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Filho/Santos	7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	21-19, 21-17	0:42
7/7/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Gold Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13	Filho/Santos	10	21-18, 21-16	0:44
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	9	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	17-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:59
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	Filho/Santos	9	24-22, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13	Schmidt/Solberg	5	21-17, 19-21, 21-19	0:58
Series tied with # 4 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-1
7/14/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gibb/Patterson	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	21-18, 21-18	0:38
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Gibb/Patterson	6	21-23, 21-19, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	27, Q6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Gavira/Herrera	30, Q20	21-14, 21-18	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felipe/Goncalves	24	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-1
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Erdmann/Matysik	1	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:50
7/7/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13	Erdmann/Matysik	8	21-13, 21-17	0:41
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 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-2
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-11, 15-21, 15-8	0:46
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	19-21, 21-12, 20-18	0:58
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:50
Trail the series against # 11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-4
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	18-21, 21-15, 20-18	0:57
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	13-21, 21-9, 15-9	0:41
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	21-16, 21-17	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 12 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Koshkarev/Semenov	19, Q3	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Huber/Seidl	16	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	18-21, 21-10, 15-11	0:43
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-0
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	21-10, 22-20	0:36
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 17 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	26, Q4	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q13	21-14, 21-17	0:33
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Series tied with # 19 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Kantor/Losiak	30	21-14, 21-14	0:31
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Kantor/Losiak	Q40	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q25	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 22 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-1
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Eithun/Horrem	22	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	21-19, 22-20	0:43
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	Eithun/Horrem	24, Q4	21-14, 21-23, 20-18	1:02
Series tied with # 23 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 # 27, Q4 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 2-0
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:37
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q8	19-21, 28-26, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # Q10 Colina/Henriquez, Venezuela 1-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool L	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13	Colina/Henriquez	36	21-16, 21-15	0:29