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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 HP Beach Open
August 23 - 28, 2011

(26) Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, 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

Sophie van Gestel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oostelbeers

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corrientes 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$154,425.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	27	1	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	10	3	US$208,600.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	28	1	1	0	2	3	1	7	0	10	3	US$208,600.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Did not play	Rimke Braakman - 2nd
2009	Margo Wiltens - 17th	Did not play
2010	Marloes Wesselink - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	28, Q9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q13	17th	160	US$5,100.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 1	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (7)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:35
Thu, 8/25/2011	Contender 1	Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (23)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 2	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (9, Q7)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:35

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	5	1	0	$162,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	$31,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	28	1	1	0	2	3	1	7	0	10	3	0	$208,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Madelein Meppelink												Sophie van Gestel
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	1	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,500.00	World Tour Finals
54	1	3	4	3	10	10	11	9	0	$333,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	1	1	0	2	2	5	8	4	0	$110,300.00
47	0	2	3	2	7	9	16	7	0	$98,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	3	2	4	7	1	0	$33,125.00
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,090.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
122	2	6	7	5	21	27	32	17	0	$475,127.50	Total	60	1	3	1	5	5	11	19	6	0	$154,425.00

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
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,700.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,700.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Madelein Meppelink													Sophie van Gestel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$5,200.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$6,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	1	2	$25,400.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,525.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	$15,300.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$5,350.00
33	0	0	0	0	5	0	15	8	5	$46,900.00	Total	Total	16	0	2	0	0	2	3	4	0	5	$15,675.00

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	52	65.0%	15	18.8%	13	16.3%	67-13	83.8%	11	21.6%	9	17.6%	31	60.8%	11-40	21.6%	52-31	62.7%	26-22	54.2%	1	2	79-55	59.0%
2010-2011	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	2-8	20.0%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	7-9	43.8%
Against the Field	16	55.2%	8	27.6%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	5	19.2%	3	11.5%	18	69.2%	5-21	19.2%	32-34	48.5%	26-16	61.9%	1	0	30-25	54.5%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	0	31	17	0	0	11	12	2	1	0	1	1	1	52	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	3	2	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	20	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Total	0	0	14	0	43	24	1	0	17	22	2	2	0	2	1	1	84	56

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	4	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	22-20, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 9, Q7 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	9, Q7	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	14	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-19, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-0
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	Gielen/Mouha	20	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 21 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	21-18, 21-8	0:31
Lead the series against # 23 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	Lessard/Martin	23	21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 24 Huang/Yue, China 2-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	Huang/Yue	21	18-21, 24-22, 15-5	0:50
8/2/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	Huang/Yue	23, Q4	21-17, 14-21, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Ma/Wang, China 1-0
8/2/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	Ma/Wang	Q20	21-19, 27-25	0:45
Lead the series against # Q21 Papageorgiou/Roubanis, Greece 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	Papageorgiou/Roubanis	Q24	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:44