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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 2 - 6, 2006

(Q21) Simon Dahl/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden

Simon Dahl
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 6, 1975 (50 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$115,322.50

Stefan Gunnarsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (43 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$57,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	30	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	US$8,400.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,900.00
Overall	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	US$12,300.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Bjorn Berg - 33rd	Did not play
2000	Bjorn Berg - 17th	Did not play
2001	Bjorn Berg - 17th	Did not play
2002	Bjorn Berg - 17th	Did not play
2003	Bjorn Berg - 9th	Did not play
2004	Bjorn Berg - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/2/2006	Qualifier 2	Bjorn Berg / Robert Svensson, Sweden (Q12)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Wed, 8/2/2006	Qualifier 3	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (23, Q5)	Lost 16-21, 9-2 Retired	0:35

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	0	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$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	0	$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	0	$6,375.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	$24,075.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	$22,375.00
64	0	0	0	0	6	16	12	13	0	$79,347.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	4	0	$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	0	$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
88	0	1	0	0	8	21	20	15	0	$115,322.50	Total	77	0	1	0	0	1	6	9	13	0	$57,050.00

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$8,400.00	10	13	43.5 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	7	2	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$8,400.00	10	13	43.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	7	2	77.8 %

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
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
15	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	$19,000.00	2000	FIVB
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
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	$17,347.50	2002	FIVB
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
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$4,200.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$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
87	0	1	0	0	8	21	19	15	23	$113,822.50	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	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	2-14	12.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	1	3-12	20.0%

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 7-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 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 # 7 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
Lead the series against # 15, Q24 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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 22 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 # 23, Q5 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Ces/Dugrip	23, Q5	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q21	16-21, 9-2 Retired	0:35
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 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 # Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q8 "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
Series tied with # Q9 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q9	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q24	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:06
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 3	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	22-20, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # Q12 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q21	Berg/Svensson	Q12	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # Q14 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 # Q23 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 1-0
5/28/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Semi-Finals	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Lelliott/Reader	14, Q3	21-16, 18-21, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # Q25 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 5	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	By Forfeit
Series tied with # Q26 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 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