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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
May 7 - 12, 2012

(24, Q11) Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands

Madelein Meppelink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1989 (35 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 Beijing Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Marloes Wesselink - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	27, Q12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	18, Q8	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	31, Q13	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	26	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	26	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/8/2012	Qualifier 1	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (Q22)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:36
Tue, 5/8/2012	Qualifier 2	Angie Akers / Brittany Hochevar, United States (Q6)	Won 28-26, 21-17	0:45
Wed, 5/9/2012	Pool H	Yuanyuan Ma / Changning Zhang, China (9)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:35
Wed, 5/9/2012	Pool H	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (8)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:34
Thu, 5/10/2012	Pool H	Jana Kohler / Julia Sude, Germany (25)	Lost 20-22, 23-21, 19-21	1:01
Thu, 5/10/2012	Winner 1	Vivian Cunha / Taiana Lima, Brazil (11)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:42
Fri, 5/11/2012	Winner 2	Katrien Gielen / Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium (18)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$12,700.00	7	9	43.8 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	$23,500.00	17	9	65.4 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	$36,200.00	24	18	57.1 %
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
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	$16,300.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$6,350.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$11,750.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$11,750.00
38	0	0	0	0	6	1	17	9	5	$59,650.00	Total	Total	22	0	2	1	0	3	4	6	1	5	$28,425.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								3 Set Matches		All Matches		By Forfeit
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		By Forfeit
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%	26-22	54.2%	79-55	59.0%	1	2
2011-2012	25	69.4%	7	19.4%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	7	22.6%	4	12.9%	20	64.5%	7-24	22.6%	14-8	63.6%	40-28	58.8%	1	0
Against the Field	31	70.5%	8	18.2%	5	11.4%	39-5	88.6%	5	15.6%	6	18.8%	21	65.6%	5-27	15.6%	26-22	54.2%	45-31	59.2%	1	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	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
Meppelink/van Gestel lead the series against the field 18-17 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	21-14, 25-23	0:39
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	21-13, 21-14	0:33
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	25-23, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 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 # 7 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-2
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	21-18, 21-13	0:35
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	14	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-19, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-2
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	21-15, 21-16	0:34
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	16-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 9 Ma/Zhang, China 1-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	Ma/Zhang	9	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 2-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	Cunha/Lima	11	21-17, 23-21	0:42
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Cunha/Lima	11	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	21-11, 21-13	0:34
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	Cunha/Lima	6	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 18 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-1
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gielen/Mouha	18	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	21-16, 21-18	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 20 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 1-0
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	Cook/Hinchley	15	21-14, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 21 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	Candelas/Garcia	25, Q8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 25 Kohler/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Kohler/Sude	25	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	22-20, 21-23, 21-19	1:01
Trail the series against # 26, Q5 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-2
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	17	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
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 Pellucci/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Pellucci/Salgado	22, Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q2 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 2-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	Bansley/Maloney	15	21-18, 21-13	0:43
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	Bansley/Maloney	17	19-21, 25-23, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # Q6 Akers/Hochevar, United States 2-0
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	Akers/Hochevar	Q6	28-26, 21-17	0:45
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Akers/Hochevar	Q5	16-21, 22-20, 15-6	0:45
Lead the series against # Q9 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
4/16/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Qualifier 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	Martins/Santanna	Q4	21-13, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q12 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 # Q16 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	Dampney/Mullin	Q8	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # Q17 Mizoe/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 1	Mizoe/Tanaka	23, Q11	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	21-19, 23-21	0:49
Lead the series against # Q22 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	Jursone/Minusa	Q22	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q23 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q21	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q32 Broder/May, Canada 1-0
4/25/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	Broder/May	Q24	21-14, 20-22, 15-9	0:51