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US$800,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 8 - 13, 2014

(5) 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:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$529,829.13

Marleen Ramond-van Iersel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Breda

Height:

178 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

184

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$662,013.33

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
CEV	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$37,253.35
FIVB	31	0	4	4	2	8	0	8	0	2	3	US$467,375.00
Overall	35	1	4	4	3	9	0	9	0	2	3	US$504,628.35

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Marloes Wesselink - 57th
2008	Did not play	Marloes Wesselink - 9th
2009	Did not play	Sanne Keizer - 4th
2010	Marloes Wesselink - 41st	Sanne Keizer - 9th
2011	Marloes Wesselink - 33rd	Sanne Keizer - 5th
2012	Sophie van Gestel - 9th	Sanne Keizer - 2nd
2013	Sophie van Gestel - 17th	Sanne Keizer - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	6/3-7/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	6	1st	500	€ 20,000.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	3	4th	224	€ 2,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/9/2014	Pool E	Tanja Goricanec / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (28)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:36
Wed, 7/9/2014	Pool E	Barbara Hansel / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (21)	Won 29-31, 21-13, 22-20	1:02
Thu, 7/10/2014	Pool E	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat, United States (12)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 14-16	0:55

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
Confederation Championship	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,500.00
Total	34	1	4	4	2	9	0	9	0	2	3	0	$493,875.00

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	1	$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	3	$333,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	0	3	5	5	12	17	9	8	7	$383,400.00
47	0	2	3	2	7	9	16	7	1	$98,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	63	2	2	2	4	8	13	13	7	12	$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
11	2	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$33,625.00	Confederation Championship	15	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	0	0	$41,250.00
133	4	6	7	5	25	32	32	17	5	$508,752.50	Total	171	6	6	10	13	30	45	26	16	19	$629,177.50

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	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$90,000.00	22	11	66.7 %
2014	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$90,000.00	22	11	66.7 %
Total	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	10	3	76.9 %

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
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
											2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00
											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
											2007	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$6,150.00
											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
											2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	$4,500.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,150.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2012	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
6	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	$45,000.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	$45,000.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2014	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
65	2	1	2	4	11	8	22	10	5	$195,100.00	Total	Total	112	6	2	8	12	18	30	14	6	16	$369,850.00

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	39	65.0%	11	18.3%	10	16.7%	50-10	83.3%	14	33.3%	9	21.4%	19	45.2%	14-28	33.3%	78-34	69.6%	50-38	56.8%	2	0	66-36	64.7%

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	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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	2
Total	0	0	0	0	76	26	0	0	40	20	5	6	4	2	1	4	126	58

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/Van Iersel lead the series against the field 23-11 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
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 # 2 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-2
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	5	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
6/15/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
6/1/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 4 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
Series tied with # 6, Q1 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 1-1
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
Series tied with # 12 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 1-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Fendrick/Sweat	12	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-15, 18-21, 16-14	0:55
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	Fendrick/Sweat	13	24-22, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	21-19, 21-16	0:40
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Holtwick/Semmler	2	21-15, 21-15	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 17 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-0
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 # 18 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-1
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
5/31/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	Nestarcova/Pridalova	4	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 19 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 2-0
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	7	21-19, 21-23, 15-10	0:59
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
Trail the series against # 20 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-1
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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 25, Q5 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	Brzostek/Wojtasik	29, Q10	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-17, 21-12	0:39
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	23-21, 14-21, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Candelas/Revuelta, Mexico 1-0
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Candelas/Revuelta	26, Q4	21-18, 24-22	0:39
Series tied with # 28 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 1-1
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Goricanec/Huberli	28	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-16, 21-11	0:36
6/7/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Goricanec/Huberli	21	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 29, Q9 Fopma/Pavlik, United States 1-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	Fopma/Pavlik	27, Q6	21-11, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # Q3 Moiseeva/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	10	19-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:49
Lead the series against # Q11 Giombini/Gioria, Italy 1-0
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Giombini/Gioria	23	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # Q12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
6/1/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Bronze Medal	Nystrom/Nystrom	5	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q15 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	22	21-19, 21-9	0:35