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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 3 - 8, 2012

(18) Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Jon Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Groningen

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$109,553.50

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

139

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$473,007.56

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
CEV	8	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	US$29,787.28
FIVB	29	0	0	1	1	4	1	6	0	4	4	3	5	US$184,800.00
Overall	37	0	0	2	2	6	1	9	1	4	4	3	5	US$214,587.28

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	28, Q8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	6	5th	480	€ 4,000.00
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
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	16	9th	320	€ 2,500.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	8, Q2	3rd	480	€ 5,250.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	9	13th	180	€ 1,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool K	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czechia (15)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 11-15	0:48
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool K	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (31)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:34
Fri, 7/6/2012	Pool K	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:33

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	2	$167,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	$17,100.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	33	0	0	1	1	6	1	8	0	4	4	8	$197,800.00

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	2	$83,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	2	1	1	2	9	13	16	4	3	$270,650.00
18	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	13	$9,550.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	0	3	1	11	9	8	6	14	$79,237.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$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
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	1	0	5	5	1	0	0	$21,250.00
42	0	0	1	1	7	9	4	5	15	$99,900.00	Total	132	3	4	6	4	30	29	27	11	18	$451,487.50

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 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,750.00	10	6	62.5 %
2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	$29,700.00	20	16	55.6 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	7	$29,700.00	28	22	56.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$12,750.00	13	9	59.1 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
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
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,375.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	$14,850.00	2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	$14,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
29	0	0	1	0	2	4	3	4	15	$22,225.00	Total	Total	28	0	1	1	0	4	5	1	4	12	$22,225.00

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	12	70.6%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	7	18.9%	1	2.7%	29	78.4%	7-30	18.9%	24-56	30.0%	18-8	69.2%	0	1	21-33	38.9%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10
Total	2	0	22	8	39	30	0	0	21	20	0	2	1	1	0	0	86	63

Head to Head Results
Stiekema/Varenhorst trail the series against the field 14-20 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-4
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	21-13, 21-15	0:33
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
Lead the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool N	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-2
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	21-17, 21-12	0:38
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 # 5 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 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 # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-2
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool N	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	21-16, 21-19	0:40
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 # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
8/13/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	16	23-25, 21-15, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 13 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 # 14 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 # 15 Benes/Kubala, Czechia 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	15	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 20, Q3 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 # 22, Q5 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 # 23, Q2 Barbosa/Ferramenta, Brazil 1-0
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool N	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	Barbosa/Ferramenta	21, Q3	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 24 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	Laciga/Weingart	28	21-12, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 29 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Doppler/Horst	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	21-19, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 31 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q9	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against 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 # Q4 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 # Q10 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
Trail the series against # Q13 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Coucke/van Walle	22	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	21-17, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q14 Likholetov/Yutvalin, Russia 2-0
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	Likholetov/Yutvalin	Q25	20-22, 21-16, 15-9	0:51
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Likholetov/Yutvalin	Q25	21-14, 21-17	0:31