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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
September 23 - 28, 2014

(9) Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands

Madelein Meppelink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rhenen

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$475,127.50

Marleen Ramond-van Iersel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Breda

Height:

178 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

156

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$587,927.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2009
Best Server 2010
Best Setter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	31	0	4	4	2	8	0	8	0	2	3	US$467,375.00

Previous São Paulo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Sophie van Gestel - 9th	Sanne Keizer - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	6	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	8	5th	480	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	1	17th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	5	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	7	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	13	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2014	Fuzhou Open	7	9th	240	US$2,000.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool H	Brittany Hochevar / Heather McGuire, United States (24, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:36
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool H	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (25)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:36
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool H	Fernanda Alves / Taiana Lima, Brazil (8, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 1	Alexandra Moiseeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (20)	Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:47
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 2	Tanja Goricanec / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (14)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 3	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Taylor Pischke, Canada (18)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:35
Sat, 9/27/2014	Semi-Finals	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (11)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:50
Sat, 9/27/2014	Bronze Medal	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (13, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:33

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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	2	3	2	6	0	5	0	2	3	0	$419,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,375.00
Total	31	0	4	4	2	8	0	8	0	2	3	0	$467,375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Madelein Meppelink												Marleen Van Iersel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$34,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,500.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,000.00
54	1	3	4	3	10	10	11	9	0	$333,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	0	3	5	5	12	17	9	8	0	$383,400.00
47	0	2	3	2	7	9	16	7	0	$98,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	63	2	2	2	4	8	13	13	7	0	$154,187.50
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,090.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	$5,090.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	5	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
122	2	6	7	5	21	27	32	17	0	$475,127.50	Total	156	4	6	10	12	24	39	26	16	0	$587,927.50

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
2014	FIVB	11	0	0	2	1	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	$180,000.00	41	19	68.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	2	1	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	$180,000.00	41	19	68.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Madelein Meppelink													Marleen Van Iersel
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	7	$15,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$5,200.00	2009	FIVB	12	0	0	1	1	5	3	2	0	0	$56,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
12	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	1	2	$25,400.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	3	1	4	3	1	0	$45,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	$16,300.00	2011	FIVB	12	2	0	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	$79,950.00
9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	$55,000.00
8	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	$43,300.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	$24,450.00
11	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	$90,000.00	2014	FIVB	11	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	$90,000.00
62	1	1	2	3	11	8	21	10	5	$220,850.00	Total	Total	97	4	2	8	9	16	26	12	6	14	$373,650.00

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	70	67.3%	21	20.2%	13	12.5%	91-13	87.5%	17	28.3%	12	20.0%	31	51.7%	17-43	28.3%	70-31	69.3%	38-25	60.3%	4	0	112-56	66.7%
2013-2014	27	71.1%	8	21.1%	3	7.9%	35-3	92.1%	6	27.3%	5	22.7%	11	50.0%	6-16	27.3%	27-11	71.1%	14-8	63.6%	0	0	41-19	68.3%
Against the Field	32	76.2%	4	9.5%	6	14.3%	36-6	85.7%	7	21.9%	5	15.6%	20	62.5%	7-25	21.9%	64-34	65.3%	22-22	50.0%	3	0	46-28	62.2%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	47	22	0	0	29	13	2	5	3	2	0	2	81	44
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	23	6
Total	0	0	0	0	67	26	0	0	37	18	4	6	4	2	0	4	112	56

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/Van Iersel lead the series against the field 21-13 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 5 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 1-2
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Felisberta	4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	Antonelli/Felisberta	20, Q2	21-11, 23-21	0:37
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Antonelli/Felisberta	20, Q2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 2 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
7/26/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	21-16, 21-16	0:38
6/15/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	21-19, 21-16	0:40
Series tied with # 5 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	21-13, 21-23, 15-12	0:53
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	21-16, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-0
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	Borger/Buthe	6	26-24, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	13, Q1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 8, Q1 Alves/Lima, Brazil 2-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Alves/Lima	8, Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:36
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Alves/Lima	11	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Ludwig/Sude, Germany 0-1
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Sude	11	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	21-12, 21-14	0:30
Series tied with # 11 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-1
9/27/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	11	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	14	16-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 2-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	Bansley/Pavan	22	21-13, 21-15	0:31
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Bansley/Pavan	23	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-1
9/27/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q2	21-15, 21-14	0:33
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool A	Salgado/Salgado	16	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	21-13, 21-13	0:33
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	Salgado/Salgado	8	21-12, 16-21, 15-9	0:42
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	Salgado/Salgado	4	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 14 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 1-1
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Goricanec/Huberli	14	21-16, 21-15	0:34
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Goricanec/Huberli	28	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Capers/Ross, United States 1-0
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Capers/Ross	10	21-19, 21-11	0:33
Series tied with # 17 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-1
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Gallay/Klug	23	21-13, 21-19	0:29
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Gallay/Klug	25, Q5	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 1-0
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Moiseeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Moiseeva/Ukolova	20	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Prokopeva/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Prokopeva/Syrtseva	22	21-18, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Hochevar/McGuire, United States 2-0
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Hochevar/McGuire	24, Q4	21-16, 21-15	0:36
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Hochevar/McGuire	27, Q4	15-21, 21-11, 15-4	0:43
Series tied with # 25 Broder/May, Canada 1-1
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Broder/May	25	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	21-18, 21-19	0:36
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool H	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	Broder/May	24	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Hansel/Schwaiger	21	29-31, 21-13, 22-20	1:02