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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fortaleza Open
April 27 - May 1, 2016

(3) 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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Marloes Wesselink - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	7	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	5	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/29-10/4/2015	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	6	5th	0	US$10,000.00
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

Fortaleza Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/28/2016	Pool C	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (19)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 4/29/2016	Pool C	Kim DiCello / Kendra VanZwieten, United States (14)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Fri, 4/29/2016	Winner 2	Teresa Mersmann / Isabel Schneider, Germany (12)	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 4/30/2016	Winner 3	Linline Matauatu / Miller Pata, Vanuatu (6)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:38

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 %
2016	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,375.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	4	4	1	6	0	6	0	1	3	0	$391,375.00	93	44	67.9 %

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
											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
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,187.50	2016	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,187.50
76	1	5	4	3	14	11	21	12	5	$326,537.50	Total	Total	111	4	6	10	9	19	29	12	8	14	$479,337.50

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%
2015-2016	43	65.2%	13	19.7%	10	15.2%	56-10	84.8%	11	28.9%	7	18.4%	20	52.6%	11-27	28.9%	43-20	68.3%	24-17	58.5%	4	0	71-37	65.7%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	7	35.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	24-16	60.0%	16-4	80.0%	0	0	20-10	66.7%

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
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 16-9 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 3-4
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Seixas	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
2/27/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Semi-Finals	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Bednarczuk/Seixas	1	21-14, 21-17	0:41
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 # 2 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 4-2
2/27/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	28-26, 21-16	0:51
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
Series tied with # 5 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 1-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Lisboa/Maia	23, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:45
2/28/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Gold Medal	Lisboa/Maia	22, Q2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-10, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Matauatu/Pata, Vanuatu 0-1
4/30/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 3	Matauatu/Pata	6	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 7 Xia/Xue, China 1-0
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	Xia/Xue	9	21-12, 16-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Fopma/Hochevar, United States 0-1
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Fopma/Hochevar	26, Q6	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	25-23, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 2-0
4/29/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	Mersmann/Schneider	12	23-21, 21-18	0:39
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Mersmann/Schneider	26	21-14, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 13 Carico/Ross, United States 2-0
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool D	Meppelink/Van Iersel	4	Carico/Ross	16	21-17, 14-21, 15-12	0:45
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Carico/Ross	28, Q9	24-22, 21-23, 15-8	0:57
Lead the series against # 14 DiCello/VanZwieten, United States 1-0
4/29/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool C	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	DiCello/VanZwieten	14	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 19 Cavalcanti/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
4/28/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool C	Meppelink/Van Iersel	3	Cavalcanti/Maestrini	19	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 25 Alves/Leao, Brazil 1-0
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool E	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Alves/Leao	28	21-16, 21-14	0:32