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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Mazuri Orlen Grand Slam
August 13 - 18, 2012

(5) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Margo Wiltens - 25th	Did not play
2010	Marloes Wesselink - 17th	Danielle Remmers - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	20	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	13	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	24, Q11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Stare Jablonki Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/15/2012	Pool E	Barbara Hansel / Magdalena Jirak, Austria (28, Q4)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:38
Wed, 8/15/2012	Pool E	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Niles, United States (21, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 12-15	0:44
Thu, 8/16/2012	Pool E	Nicole Branagh / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (12)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:39
Thu, 8/16/2012	Winner 1	Liliane Maestrini / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (16)	Lost 22-20, 14-21, 7-15	0:45

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	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	$79,300.00	33	19	63.5 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	6	1	0	$92,000.00	40	28	58.8 %
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
9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00
43	0	1	0	0	7	3	18	9	5	$87,550.00	Total	Total	27	0	3	1	0	4	6	7	1	5	$56,325.00

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%
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%	25-20	55.6%	14-8	63.6%	1	0	40-28	58.8%
Against the Field	17	63.0%	5	18.5%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	3	13.0%	4	17.4%	16	69.6%	3-20	13.0%	34-32	51.5%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	25-25	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	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 trail the series against the field 15-20 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 2-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	21-18, 21-13	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-4
8/3/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	21-10, 21-17	0:35
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 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool E	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	21-10, 21-19	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	21-13, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler	22	21-11, 21-10	0:29
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
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
Lead the series against # 8 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	Kuhn/Zumkehr	4	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 12 Branagh/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	12	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 1-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Barsuk/Vozakova	9	21-18, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 14 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	13	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Maestrini/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Maestrini/Salgado	16	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	20-22, 21-14, 15-7	0:45
Trail the series against # 17 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-1
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	22	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	10-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-0
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Borger/Buthe	25, Q3	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 21, Q1 Fendrick/Niles, United States 1-1
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Fendrick/Niles	21, Q1	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:44
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	Fendrick/Niles	20	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 24 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-3
7/22/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	21-13, 25-27, 15-10	0:54
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 # 27, Q7 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 # 28, Q4 Hansel/Jirak, Austria 1-0
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Hansel/Jirak	28, Q4	22-20, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q3 Giombini/Momoli, Italy 0-1
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Giombini/Momoli	29	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # Q8 Kayser/Mader, Switzerland 1-0
4/25/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	Kayser/Mader	Q25	15-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # Q13 Fabjan/Vodeb, Slovenia 1-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	Fabjan/Vodeb	28, Q5	21-13, 21-18	0:32