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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Porec Major, Five Star
June 26 - July 1, 2017

(20) 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 Porec Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Marleen Van Iersel - 25th	Did not play
2016	Marleen Van Iersel - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	14	25th	90	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/16-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	12	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/7-12/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	12	9th	360	US$8,000.00

Porec Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/28/2017	Pool D	Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (13)	Won 14-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
Thu, 6/29/2017	Pool D	Summer Ross / Brooke Sweat, United States (4)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 12-15	0:49
Thu, 6/29/2017	Pool D	Katharina Schutzenhofer / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (29)	Lost 17-21, 21-12, 11-15	0:43

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 %
2013	FIVB	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$86,600.00	31	13	70.5 %
2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$17,000.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	25	1	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	8	3	0	$195,600.00	76	50	60.3 %
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
8	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	$43,300.00	2013	FIVB	8	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	$43,300.00
11	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	$90,000.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00
11	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	$94,500.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	$17,500.00
9	0	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	$49,187.50	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	1	1	$19,800.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	$9,500.00	2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	$8,500.00
87	1	5	4	4	16	16	22	14	5	$374,037.50	Total	Total	58	1	3	1	5	5	11	17	6	9	$147,925.00

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%
2016-2017	6	50.0%	1	8.3%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	6-5	54.5%	2-7	22.2%	0	2	8-14	36.4%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	8-8	50.0%	4-12	25.0%	0	1	6-11	35.3%

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 4-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
2/10/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	21-18, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 2 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	3	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	25-23, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-0
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	5	30-28, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Ross/Sweat, United States 0-1
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool D	Ross/Sweat	4	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 1-0
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 17 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 1-2
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool C	Bieneck/Schneider	19	Meppelink/van Gestel	14	By Forfeit
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	Bieneck/Schneider	20	21-18, 21-18	0:33
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool E	Bieneck/Schneider	21	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:44
Series tied with # 21, Q1 Capers/Hochevar, United States 1-1
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	Capers/Hochevar	28	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool E	Capers/Hochevar	28, Q4	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 29 Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool D	Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger	29	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against 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