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

(Q9) 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 Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	30, Q9	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	31, Q23	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/8/2012	Qualifier 1	Anton Anosov / Anton Ermishenkov, Russia (Q24)	Won 17-21, 21-10, 15-6	0:41
Fri, 6/8/2012	Qualifier 2	Christian Redmann / Ben Saxton, Canada (28, Q8)	Lost 19-21, 22-24	0:39

Head to Head Results
Stiekema/Varenhorst trail the series against the field 9-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-3
5/26/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Cerutti/Rego	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	21-15, 21-17	0:37
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 # 3 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 # 6 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Solberg	6	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Fuerbringer/Lucena	3	21-16, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
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 # 11 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 # 13 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 # 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
Series tied with # 17 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Boersma/Spijkers	14	13-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:50
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, Q2 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 # 20 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Plavins/Smedins	17	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 24 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 # 28, Q8 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 0-1
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q8	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q9	21-19, 24-22	0:39
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
Lead the series against # Q14 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 # Q21 Likholetov/Yutvalin, Russia 1-0
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Likholetov/Yutvalin	Q25	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # Q24 Anosov/Ermishenkov, Russia 1-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q9	Anosov/Ermishenkov	Q24	17-21, 21-10, 15-6	0:41