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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Moscow Grand Slam
August 21 - 25, 2013

(25, Q5) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Christiaan Varenhorst - 33rd	Jon Stiekema - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	Q11	41st	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	12	25th	150	US$1,500.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/21/2013	Qualifier 2	Murat Giginoglu / Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye (Q12)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:38
Thu, 8/22/2013	Pool H	Ruslan Bykanov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (8)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool H	Evandro Goncalves / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (9)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:36
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool H	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (24, Q3)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 1	Jan Hadrava / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (18)	Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (10)	Won 25-27, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 3	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (4)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 13-15	0:55

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	1	$45,700.00	26	20	56.5 %
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$11,500.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	4	8	$57,200.00	39	32	54.9 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$5,750.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	1	$17,550.00
27	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	5	15	$29,600.00	Total	Total	34	0	1	0	0	4	6	5	5	13	$41,400.00

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%
2012-2013	19	65.5%	6	20.7%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	12	32.4%	3	8.1%	22	59.5%	12-25	32.4%	19-22	46.3%	18-7	72.0%	0	2	37-31	54.4%
Against the Field	16	76.2%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	6	35.3%	0	0.0%	11	64.7%	6-11	35.3%	32-22	59.3%	18-4	81.8%	0	0	25-13	65.8%

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 lead the series against the field 10-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 6 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
Lead the series against # 8 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Bykanov/Koshkarev	8	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Rego, Brazil 0-1
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Goncalves/Rego	9	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:36
Series tied with # 10 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	10	25-27, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
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 # 11 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 # 13 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 # 18 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Hadrava/Kufa	18	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 20 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	Eithun/Horrem	29, Q12	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/6/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q11	24-22, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q12 Giginoglu/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Giginoglu/Sekerci	Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q15 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