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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals
September 29 - October 4, 2015

(6) 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 Fort Lauderdale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	4	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	7	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	5	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	5	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	1	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	2	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	6	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	7	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	5	2nd	450	US$8,000.00

2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/30/2015	Pool B	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (10)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	0:42
Wed, 9/30/2015	Pool B	Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:48
Thu, 10/1/2015	Pool B	Heather Bansley / Sarah Pavan, Canada (3)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 10/2/2015	Pool B	Emily Capers / Jennifer Kessy, United States (7)	Won 16-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:58
Fri, 10/2/2015	Winner 1	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (4)	Lost 13-21, 24-26	0:49

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 %
2015	FIVB	11	0	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	$189,000.00	42	19	68.9 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	3	4	1	5	0	5	0	1	3	0	$369,000.00	83	38	68.6 %

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
11	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	$94,500.00	2015	FIVB	11	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	$94,500.00
73	1	4	4	3	13	10	21	12	5	$315,350.00	Total	Total	108	4	5	10	9	18	28	12	8	14	$468,150.00

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%
2014-2015	50	67.6%	16	21.6%	8	10.8%	66-8	89.2%	14	31.8%	8	18.2%	22	50.0%	14-30	31.8%	50-22	69.4%	30-16	65.2%	3	0	83-38	68.6%
Against the Field	13	65.0%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	4	18.2%	3	13.6%	15	68.2%	4-18	18.2%	26-28	48.1%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	21-21	50.0%

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
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 18-15 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-5
9/30/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	4	21-17, 21-18	0:35
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	21-12, 25-23	0:37
5/31/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	21-17, 21-14	0:40
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 # 3 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 3-0
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Bansley/Pavan	3	21-15, 21-17	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 4 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 2-3
10/2/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	21-13, 26-24	0:49
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	21-17, 24-22	0:43
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
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 # 5 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 3-2
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-11, 21-14	0:31
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Bronze Medal	Meppelink/Van Iersel	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	22-20, 21-19	0:41
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	19-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:47
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	21-15, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 7 Capers/Kessy, United States 2-1
10/2/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Capers/Kessy	7	16-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:58
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Capers/Kessy	21	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Capers/Kessy	22	21-14, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 3-2
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-13, 21-19	0:37
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Baquerizo/Fernandez	12	16-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:52
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	21-15, 21-19	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 9 Broder/May, Canada 4-1
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool D	Meppelink/Van Iersel	4	Broder/May	9	By Forfeit
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Broder/May	23, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:42
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Semi-Finals	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Broder/May	10	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
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
Series tied with # 10 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-1
9/30/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Laboureur/Sude	10	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	21-17, 23-21	0:42
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	4	Laboureur/Sude	10	21-12, 21-16	0:32