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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Brasília Open
April 17 - 22, 2012

(30, Q6) William Mercer/Joshua Slack, Australia

William Mercer
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Alanya 2009)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Brasília 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$1,000.00

Joshua Slack
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$268,020.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	US$2,000.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Christopher McHugh - 33rd

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Brasília Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/18/2012	Qualifier 2	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (Q27)	Won 24-22, 16-21, 15-8	0:53
Wed, 4/18/2012	Qualifier 3	Tom Lord / Robin Miedzybrodzki, England (Q22)	Won 24-26, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
Thu, 4/19/2012	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:34
Thu, 4/19/2012	Contender 1	Alexander Likholetov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (19, Q5)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:36

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

William Mercer												Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	6	0	$68,700.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	1	2	2	15	25	16	5	0	$177,570.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$1,000.00	Total	136	0	1	3	2	18	35	27	11	0	$268,020.00

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

William Mercer													Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											2000	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	6	$11,000.00
											2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	$22,375.00
											2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	$19,370.00
											2003	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	$22,375.00
											2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	$38,050.00
											2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$33,050.00
											2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$32,350.00
											2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	$55,350.00
											2008	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$17,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
											2010	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	$3,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	$10,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$1,000.00	Total	Total	130	0	1	3	2	18	35	27	11	33	$268,020.00

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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2011-2012	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-4	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-1
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	3	Mercer/Slack	30, Q6	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 19, Q5 Likholetov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Likholetov/Prokopiev	19, Q5	Mercer/Slack	30, Q6	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q22 Lord/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-0
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Qualifier 3	Mercer/Slack	30, Q6	Lord/Miedzybrodzki	Q22	24-26, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # Q27 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Qualifier 2	Mercer/Slack	30, Q6	Henriquez/Mussa	Q27	24-22, 16-21, 15-8	0:53