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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Vitória Open
March 15 - 20, 2016

(11) 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 Vitória Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	13	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	1	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	5	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	3	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	10	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	7	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	10	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	28, Q6	5th	480	US$17,000.00
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

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/16/2016	Pool F	Tri Bourne / Mark Burik, United States (22)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:43
Thu, 3/17/2016	Pool F	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (27, Q8)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:33
Thu, 3/17/2016	Pool F	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (6)	Won 18-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:59
Fri, 3/18/2016	Winner 2	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (15)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:31
Sat, 3/19/2016	Winner 3	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (4)	Lost 12-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:47

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	11	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	$70,000.00	38	20	65.5 %
2016	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$31,250.00	24	8	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	2	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	3	3	2	$101,250.00	62	28	68.9 %

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
11	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$35,000.00	2015	FIVB	11	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$35,000.00
6	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$15,625.00	2016	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$15,625.00
62	2	3	0	1	4	12	8	11	21	$123,300.00	Total	Total	31	2	3	0	1	4	5	6	6	4	$88,225.00

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%
2015-2016	53	63.9%	13	15.7%	17	20.5%	66-17	79.5%	12	30.8%	6	15.4%	21	53.8%	12-27	30.8%	53-21	71.6%	25-23	52.1%	0	5	78-49	61.4%
Against the Field	34	68.0%	5	10.0%	11	22.0%	39-11	78.0%	7	18.4%	5	13.2%	26	68.4%	7-31	18.4%	68-46	59.6%	24-32	42.9%	0	3	46-42	52.3%

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 lead the series against the field 34-16 (Lead 21 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Semi-Finals	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:49
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 3	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-3
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Bockermann/Fluggen	11	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 6 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool F	Bockermann/Fluggen	11	Fijalek/Prudel	6	18-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 8 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-1
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	6	Bockermann/Fluggen	3	18-21, 28-26, 15-10	1:00
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Kantor/Losiak	11	21-15, 20-22, 15-10	0:57
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Kantor/Losiak	6	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 9 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 4-1
11/12/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 3	Bockermann/Fluggen	5	Carambula/Ranghieri	2	21-16, 22-20	0:41
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Carambula/Ranghieri	4	21-12, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Bockermann/Fluggen	27, Q6	Carambula/Ranghieri	22, Q3	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q4	Carambula/Ranghieri	Q13	33-31, 23-21	0:51
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Carambula/Ranghieri	31, Q27	Bockermann/Fluggen	Q6	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:59
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 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 # 13 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	11	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-17, 21-14	0:31
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q6	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Series tied with # 16 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-1
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool G	Krou/Rowlandson	7	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	By Forfeit
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Krou/Rowlandson	9	29-27, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 17 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	20	22-20, 21-15	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 21 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 3	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	Bockermann/Fluggen	1	18-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Bourne/Burik, United States 1-0
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool F	Bockermann/Fluggen	11	Bourne/Burik	22	23-21, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-3
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	28, Q9	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	21-18, 21-15	0:42
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 # 25 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-0
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	O'Gorman/Pedlow	23, Q5	21-18, 21-19	1:05
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 3-0
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool F	Bockermann/Fluggen	11	Kosiak/Rudol	27, Q8	21-12, 21-17	0:33
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool A	Bockermann/Fluggen	1	Kosiak/Rudol	17	21-15, 21-16	0:34
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Kosiak/Rudol	21	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 29, Q26 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
Lead the series against # Q4 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool E	Bockermann/Fluggen	5	Henriquez/Villafane	12	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # Q6 Beeler/Strasser, Switzerland 1-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	21-14, 21-19	0:38
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	Bockermann/Fluggen	Q6	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q7 Caminati/Rossi, Italy 1-0
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q7	Caminati/Rossi	Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q9 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 2-0
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	14	27-25, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # Q10 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool A	Bockermann/Fluggen	1	Dressler/Kunert	16	21-16, 18-21, 19-17	0:56
Lead the series against # Q14 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
11/12/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	5	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # Q19 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 1-0
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool E	Bockermann/Fluggen	5	Mermer/Urlu	28, Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # Q22 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	7	Ermacora/Pristauz	31, Q12	21-14, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # Q24 de Paula/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
9/3/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Moreira/de Paula	15, Q5	21-18, 25-23	0:40