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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
May 8 - 13, 2012

(31, Q23) Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Jon Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1988 (36 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 (34 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

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 Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
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

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/9/2012	Qualifier 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (Q10)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:55
Wed, 5/9/2012	Qualifier 2	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (Q7)	Won 22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Thu, 5/10/2012	Pool K	Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 28-30, 18-21	0:49
Thu, 5/10/2012	Pool K	Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (18)	Lost 23-25, 18-21	0:46
Fri, 5/11/2012	Pool K	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (15)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:51
Fri, 5/11/2012	Winner 1	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (5)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:43

Head to Head Results
Stiekema/Varenhorst trail the series against the field 8-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Cunha/Santos	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	30-28, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cerutti/Rego	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	21-14, 21-17	0:43
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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-0
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:51
Trail the series against # 17, Q3 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 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Boersma/Spijkers	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	25-23, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 19, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 25 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 # Q7 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q7	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # Q9 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
Series tied with # Q10 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	Ces/Ces	Q10	19-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:55
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	18, Q3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q30	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # Q14 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 # 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
Lead the series against # Q26 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