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

(25, Q18) Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, 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

Mischa Urbatzka
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 29, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Elmshorn

Height:

189 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$238,675.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	4	8	7	3	7	US$140,150.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Daniel Krug - Country Quota
2005	Did not play	Daniel Krug - 33rd
2007	Did not play	Jonas Reckermann - 9th
2008	Tom Gotz - 41st	Jonas Reckermann - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q18	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	Q16	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	31, Q25	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	25	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/10/2012	Qualifier 1	Jan Dumek / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (Q15)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:34
Tue, 7/10/2012	Qualifier 2	Thiago Barbosa / Rhooney Ferramenta, Brazil (Q2)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 21-19	1:02
Wed, 7/11/2012	Pool Q	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)	Lost 25-27, 14-21	0:37
Wed, 7/11/2012	Pool Q	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (9)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:36
Thu, 7/12/2012	Pool Q	Serguei Prokopiev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (24, Q5)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Thu, 7/12/2012	Winner 1	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (30, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:37
Fri, 7/13/2012	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (10)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 11-15	0:58

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	4	4	0	$116,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	$12,250.00
Total	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	4	8	0	$140,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Bockermann												Mischa Urbatzka
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,900.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	World Tour Finals
46	0	0	0	0	3	9	10	8	0	$108,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	0	1	0	0	5	15	4	7	0	$132,325.00
30	3	3	0	2	2	3	3	6	0	$54,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	3	1	1	4	6	5	8	0	$89,525.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,225.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
85	3	4	0	2	7	15	14	14	0	$185,450.00	Total	98	0	5	1	2	10	24	11	15	0	$238,675.00

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
2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	$8,250.00	10	12	45.5 %
2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	$12,000.00	12	11	52.2 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$8,000.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	15	$28,250.00	31	29	51.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Bockermann													Mischa Urbatzka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$4,125.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,975.00
											2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	$5,700.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
											2007	FIVB	13	0	2	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	$60,350.00
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	13	0	2	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	$74,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	$10,800.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	$4,125.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	$9,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	$6,000.00	2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	$6,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$4,000.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$4,000.00
27	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	17	$16,725.00	Total	Total	77	0	5	1	2	9	16	7	9	28	$176,600.00

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	42	60.0%	13	18.6%	15	21.4%	55-15	78.6%	10	15.6%	18	28.1%	36	56.3%	10-54	15.6%	42-36	53.8%	23-33	41.1%	1	1	66-70	48.5%
2011-2012	15	60.0%	6	24.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	3	16.7%	5	27.8%	10	55.6%	3-15	16.7%	15-10	60.0%	9-9	50.0%	0	0	24-19	55.8%
Against the Field	14	48.3%	7	24.1%	8	27.6%	21-8	72.4%	4	14.3%	4	14.3%	20	71.4%	4-24	14.3%	28-36	43.8%	22-24	47.8%	1	1	26-31	45.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	4	10	6	22	29	0	0	8	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	52
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	2	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	16
Total	10	6	21	10	24	30	0	0	9	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	70

Head to Head Results
Bockermann/Urbatzka trail the series against the field 15-16 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-0
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	Bockermann/Urbatzka	28, Q12	21-16, 26-24	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25	21-19, 21-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	15	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	21-17, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool Q	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	27-25, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-3
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool Q	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	21-19, 21-14	0:36
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	13	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	24-22, 21-16	0:42
5/3/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Country Quota	Erdmann/Matysik	28, Q10	Bockermann/Urbatzka		21-18, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Solberg	10	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 13 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-3
8/2/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Dollinger/Windscheif	Q4	Bockermann/Urbatzka		21-11, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
7/26/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Country Quota	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	Dollinger/Windscheif		21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
7/12/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Dollinger/Windscheif	17, Q5	Bockermann/Urbatzka		21-15, 10-21, 17-15	0:45
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q23	Dollinger/Windscheif		21-16, 21-15	0:34
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Dollinger/Windscheif	Q7	Bockermann/Urbatzka		21-15, 22-20	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	Benes/Kubala	18	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 21 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	31, Q11	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q27	21-13, 7-2 Retired	0:35
Series tied with # 24, Q5 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 1-1
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool Q	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	Prokopiev/Semenov	24, Q5	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Prokopiev/Semenov	21, Q4	Bockermann/Urbatzka	28, Q12	15-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:48
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
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 # Q1 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Laciga/Weingart	27, Q2	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q18	19-21, 21-15, 19-17	0:50
Lead the series against # Q2 Barbosa/Ferramenta, Brazil 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	Barbosa/Ferramenta	Q2	21-19, 15-21, 21-19	1:02
Lead the series against # Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q8	21-11, 18-21, 21-19	0:58
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q8	21-17, 22-20	0:42
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q11 Barsuk/Bogatov, Russia 0-1
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Bogatov	29, Q17	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q16	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # Q12 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 3-0
5/22/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Country Quota	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q18	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst		25-23, 15-21, 15-9	0:50
5/17/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Country Quota	Bockermann/Urbatzka	28, Q12	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst		21-12, 21-16	0:37
4/18/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Country Quota	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q8	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst		21-14, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q13 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Bockermann/Urbatzka	Q18	Mullner/Wutzl	Q15	21-18, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # Q15 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25, Q18	Dumek/Tichy	Q15	21-12, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q17 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	28, Q12	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	Q53	21-18, 21-16	0:38