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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Xiamen Grand Slam
October 22 - 26, 2013

(20) 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 Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	23	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	25, Q5	5th	480	US$10,000.00
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

Xiamen Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/23/2013	Pool D	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (13)	Won 18-21, 21-9, 15-7	0:45
Wed, 10/23/2013	Pool D	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (4)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
Thu, 10/24/2013	Pool D	Peter Eglseer / Felix Koraimann, Austria (29, Q7)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 11-15	0:44
Fri, 10/25/2013	Winner 2	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (12)	Won 16-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:43
Fri, 10/25/2013	Winner 3	Alex Ranghieri / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (18, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 10/26/2013	Semi-Finals	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (9)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:39
Sat, 10/26/2013	Bronze Medal	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (11)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:39

Head to Head Results
Stiekema/Varenhorst lead the series against the field 12-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-2
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	21-18, 21-19	0:39
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 # 11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	22-20, 21-19	0:39
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 # 12 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Saxton/Schalk	12	16-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	18-21, 21-9, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18, Q1 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-1
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:34
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 # 19 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
Lead the series against # 21 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
Series tied with # 27 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Eglseer/Koraimann, Austria 0-1
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Eglseer/Koraimann	29, Q7	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # Q2 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-0
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Stiekema/Varenhorst	23	Hatch/Redmann	26, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # Q9 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