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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Shanghai Grand Slam presented by Jinshan Xinchen
May 1 - 6, 2012

(31, Q21) Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Jon Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Groningen

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$93,400.00

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$430,237.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2012
Best Hitter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	29	0	0	1	1	4	1	6	0	4	4	3	5	US$184,800.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Daan Spijkers - 41st	Did not play
2011	Christiaan Varenhorst - 41st	Jon Stiekema - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	31, Q15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q18	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q42	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	Q30	41st	18	US$0.00

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/2/2012	Qualifier 1	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (Q12)	Won 24-22, 24-22	0:49
Wed, 5/2/2012	Qualifier 2	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (Q5)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 5/3/2012	Pool K	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:40
Thu, 5/3/2012	Pool K	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (15)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:34
Fri, 5/4/2012	Pool K	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (18)	Lost 16-21, 21-13, 6-15	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	1	4	0	6	0	4	2	0	$167,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	$17,100.00
Total	29	0	0	1	1	4	1	6	0	4	4	0	$184,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jon Stiekema												Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$43,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
19	0	0	0	1	4	6	4	2	0	$83,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	2	1	1	2	9	13	16	4	0	$270,650.00
18	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	$9,550.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	0	3	1	11	9	8	6	0	$79,237.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
38	0	0	1	1	5	7	4	5	0	$93,400.00	Total	120	3	4	5	4	25	24	26	11	0	$430,237.50

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
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,500.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$5,500.00	14	11	56.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jon Stiekema													Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,750.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,750.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	$3,750.00	Total	Total	19	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	3	11	$3,750.00

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	46	68.7%	13	19.4%	8	11.9%	59-8	88.1%	16	27.1%	4	6.8%	39	66.1%	16-43	27.1%	46-39	54.1%	29-12	70.7%	0	2	75-53	58.6%
2011-2012	19	73.1%	4	15.4%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	10	31.3%	2	6.3%	20	62.5%	10-22	31.3%	19-20	48.7%	14-5	73.7%	0	0	33-25	56.9%
Against the Field	11	57.9%	5	26.3%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	7	17.9%	2	5.1%	30	76.9%	7-32	17.9%	22-58	27.5%	24-10	70.6%	0	1	23-35	39.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	2	31	20	0	0	11	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	51	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	13	6	2	4	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	15
Total	2	0	22	8	33	24	0	0	16	16	0	2	1	1	0	0	75	53

Head to Head Results
Stiekema/Varenhorst trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	21-12, 21-14	0:30
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q32	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	26-24, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-1
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	21-16, 13-21, 15-6	0:43
Lead the series against # 19, Q6 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	Dollinger/Windscheif	Q2	21-19, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 25, Q19 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q18	Huber/Seidl	Q15	21-14, 21-15	0:31
Series tied with # Q5 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q5	22-20, 21-18	0:40
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q42	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # Q8 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	18, Q3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q30	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # Q12 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-1
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q12	24-22, 24-22	0:49
10/5/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Qualifier 3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q14	21-12, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q24 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q30	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	Q35	21-15, 23-21	0:34