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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 26 - 30, 2006

(Q16) Simon Dahl/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden

Simon Dahl
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 6, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Skövde

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Brno 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$129,264.07

Stefan Gunnarsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urshult

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Brno 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Québec 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$59,069.19

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	30	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	3	US$8,400.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,900.00
Overall	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	US$12,300.00

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	29, Q9	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	24	30th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q24	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	29, Q36	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	24, Q32	2nd	72	US$3,900.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 2	Daniel Krug / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (Q17)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:38
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 3	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (25, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:42

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,000.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00
Total	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$12,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simon Dahl												Stefan Gunnarsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$6,375.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,400.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	5	$24,075.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	22	$22,375.00
64	0	0	0	0	6	16	12	13	17	$79,347.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	4	22	$29,075.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	Challenger	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$7,350.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00
94	0	1	0	0	10	23	22	15	23	$122,672.50	Total	79	0	1	0	0	1	6	10	14	47	$57,800.00

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
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$8,400.00	9	12	42.9 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	7	2	77.8 %
2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$8,400.00	9	12	42.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	7	2	77.8 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simon Dahl													Stefan Gunnarsson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	CEV
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,143.75	1999	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	$19,000.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2000	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	$21,625.00	2001	FIVB
											2001	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	$1,550.00	2001	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$17,347.50	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	$25,250.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	$14,625.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2004	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$4,200.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$4,200.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
96	0	1	0	0	12	24	21	15	23	$123,316.25	Total	Total	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	11	$6,150.00

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	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	4-4	50.0%	0	1	10-13	43.5%
2005-2006	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	4-4	50.0%	0	1	10-13	43.5%
Against the Field	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	4-14	22.2%	6-6	50.0%	0	1	5-11	31.3%

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	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7
Challenger	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Total	0	0	11	6	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	15

Head to Head Results
Dahl/Gunnarsson trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q9	21-12, 21-19	0:48
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Cunha/Neto	25, Q1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24	21-17, 23-21	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24	25-27, 21-17, 17-15	1:07
Trail the series against # 13 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q24	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Dahl/Gunnarsson		24-26, 21-17, 15-10	1:10
Trail the series against # 18 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Horrem/Pettersen	9	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24	21-16, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 20 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	13	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25, Q1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q16	21-14, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Lochhead/Pitman	Q4	21-19, 18-21, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 30, Q13 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Shiratori	26, Q7	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q10	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Insfran/Marques	4	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # Q9 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q9	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # Q17 Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q16	Krug/Urbatzka	Q17	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # Q20 Biza/Kubala, Czechia 1-1
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	30, Q20	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q13	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	1:02
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Biza/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q25 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Brinkborg/Magnusson	8	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q27 Caravano/Damez, France 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Caravano/Damez	Q1	21-16, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # Q30 Domenghini/Nota, Italy 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q24	Domenghini/Nota	Q41	21-11, 21-15	0:49