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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball
August 18 - 23, 2015

(28, Q6) Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany

Markus Böckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 14, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hamburg

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$185,450.00

Lars Flüggen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 24, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$185,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	37	3	3	0	2	5	0	4	0	7	1	6	5	1	US$204,350.00

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Mischa Urbatzka - 9th	Did not play
2014	Mischa Urbatzka - 25th	Sebastian Dollinger - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	27, Q6	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	28, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	26, Q4	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	26, Q6	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q6	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	13	1st	500	US$11,000.00

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/18/2015	Qualifier 1	Marcio Araujo / Luciano Ferreira, Brazil (Q27)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:38
Tue, 8/18/2015	Qualifier 2	Will Montgomery / Ed Ratledge, United States (Q22)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:39
Wed, 8/19/2015	Pool E	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (5)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:41
Thu, 8/20/2015	Pool E	Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (12, Q1)	Won 15-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:47
Thu, 8/20/2015	Pool E	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (21)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:38
Fri, 8/21/2015	Winner 1	Theo Brunner / Sean Rosenthal, United States (19)	Won 15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:45
Fri, 8/21/2015	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
Fri, 8/21/2015	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:42

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	4	0	$100,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	$93,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00
Total	37	3	3	0	2	5	0	4	0	8	6	0	$204,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Bockermann												Lars Fluggen
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
46	0	0	0	0	3	9	10	8	0	$108,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	0	4	3	9	8	0	$87,600.00
30	3	3	0	2	2	3	3	6	0	$54,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	5	0	2	4	5	3	6	0	$81,875.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$6,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	Challenger
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
85	3	4	0	2	7	15	14	14	0	$185,450.00	Total	74	3	5	0	2	10	13	15	14	0	$185,525.00

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
2015	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	$54,000.00	26	16	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	$54,000.00	26	16	61.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Bockermann													Lars Fluggen
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	$4,125.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	FIVB C&S
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	$6,000.00	2011	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,000.00	2012	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	$22,450.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,600.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	$33,500.00	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$20,000.00
8	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	$27,000.00	2015	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	$27,000.00
53	1	1	0	0	2	11	7	11	20	$99,675.00	Total	Total	22	1	1	0	0	2	4	5	6	3	$64,600.00

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	72	66.7%	15	13.9%	21	19.4%	87-21	80.6%	15	24.2%	11	17.7%	36	58.1%	15-47	24.2%	72-36	66.7%	30-32	48.4%	0	5	102-73	58.3%
2014-2015	23	65.7%	6	17.1%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	9	39.1%	3	13.0%	11	47.8%	9-14	39.1%	23-11	67.6%	15-9	62.5%	0	0	38-20	65.5%
Against the Field	20	55.6%	7	19.4%	9	25.0%	27-9	75.0%	11	22.4%	7	14.3%	31	63.3%	11-38	22.4%	40-56	41.7%	36-32	52.9%	0	3	38-47	44.7%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	14	4	14	25	0	0	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	27	11	0	0	23	5	6	2	0	2	3	3	64	25
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Total	0	1	17	5	43	42	0	1	31	16	6	2	0	2	3	3	102	73

Head to Head Results
Bockermann/Fluggen trail the series against the field 12-13 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Patterson	6	Bockermann/Fluggen	27, Q6	11-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Goncalves/Solberg	4	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q4	Goncalves/Solberg	7	21-12, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 5 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-2
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool E	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:41
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q6	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Gold Medal	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q7	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Rego/Santos	5	Bockermann/Fluggen	21	21-19, 15-21, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 8 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Doppler/Horst	10	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q4	29-27, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 10 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q6	21-12, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 1-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool E	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Felipe/Filho	12, Q1	15-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 14 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q7	Lupo/Nicolai	12	24-22, 21-15	0:38
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Bockermann/Fluggen	21	24-22, 21-18	0:43
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q6	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q6	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Binstock/Schachter	4	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 18 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Bourne/Hyden	11	Bockermann/Fluggen	27, Q6	19-21, 29-27, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 19 Brunner/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Brunner/Rosenthal	19	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 21 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool E	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Ontiveros/Virgen	21	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 22 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-2
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24	Bockermann/Fluggen	27, Q6	21-19, 23-21	0:48
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	21	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q7	22-20, 14-21, 18-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Barsuk/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Barsuk/Koshkarev	29, Q21	15-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # Q22 Montgomery/Ratledge, United States 1-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Montgomery/Ratledge	Q22	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q27 Araujo/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Araujo/Ferreira	Q27	21-12, 21-19	0:38