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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(14) Nikolas Berger/Clemens Doppler, Austria

Nikolas Berger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Resides:

Vienna

Height:

198 cm (6'5")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$183,857.50

Clemens Doppler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 6, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Steyr

Resides:

Vienna

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

204

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$579,803.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	40	0	0	1	2	5	2	12	4	10	4	US$231,515.00

Previous Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	10	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	12	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	10	5	240	US$8,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	15	17	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	18	9	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	13	5	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	24	17	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	12, Q4	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	17, Q4	9	120	US$3,900.00

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool C

Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (30, Q23)

Won 21-16, 30-28

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	18	12	N/A	N/A	2	7	2	N/A
	1	18	12	N/A	N/A	2	7	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	30	25	N/A	N/A	0	8	2	N/A
	1	30	25	N/A	N/A	0	8	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool C

Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Tande Ramos, Brazil (3)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	13	8	N/A	N/A	0	2	4	N/A
	1	13	8	N/A	N/A	0	2	4	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	13	10	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	1	13	10	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Pool C

Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (19, Q8)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	20	12	N/A	N/A	0	2	1	N/A
	1	20	12	N/A	N/A	0	2	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	17	11	N/A	N/A	0	3	0	N/A
	1	17	11	N/A	N/A	0	3	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 1

Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (13)

Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-12

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	36	16	N/A	N/A	7	10	2	N/A
	1	36	16	N/A	N/A	7	10	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	31	20	N/A	N/A	1	11	0	N/A
	1	31	20	N/A	N/A	1	11	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 2

Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (11)

Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-8

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	27	15	N/A	N/A	2	6	2	N/A
	1	27	15	N/A	N/A	2	6	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	19	14	N/A	N/A	0	4	4	N/A
	1	19	14	N/A	N/A	0	4	4	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sun, 6/8/2003

Semi-Finals

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (24)

Lost 21-23, 20-22

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	27	14	N/A	N/A	1	3	2	N/A
	1	27	14	N/A	N/A	1	3	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	19	9	N/A	N/A	2	3	1	N/A
	1	19	9	N/A	N/A	2	3	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sun, 6/8/2003

Bronze Medal

John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (5)

Won 21-17, 18-21, 18-16

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	Total	39	25	N/A	N/A	4	1	2	N/A
	1	39	25	N/A	N/A	4	1	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Clemens Doppler	Total	17	10	N/A	N/A	0	6	3	N/A
	1	17	10	N/A	N/A	0	6	3	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nikolas Berger	180	102	N/A	N/A	16	31	15	N/A
Clemens Doppler	146	99	N/A	N/A	3	36	10	N/A

Head to Head Results
Berger/Doppler lead the series against the field 18-9

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Ferreira/Ramos, Brazil 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler	14	Ferreira/Ramos	3	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Berger/Doppler	10	21-18, 24-22	0:44
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	10	Laciga/Laciga	7	21-18, 21-19	0:48
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 1-2
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Bronze Medal	Berger/Doppler	14	Child/Heese	5	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	1:01
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Berger/Doppler	12	21-17, 24-26, 16-14	1:17
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	11	Berger/Doppler	13	24-22, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Berger/Doppler	18	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Holden/Leinemann	8	Berger/Doppler	10	17-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:18
Lead the series against # 11 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	11	21-15, 17-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Berger/Doppler	13	Schacht/Slack	20, Q2	16-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # 13 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	14	Berg/Dahl	13	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:13
Trail the series against # 17 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	32	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	10	Egger/Heyer	23	21-16, 21-9	0:35
Series tied with # 19, Q8 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	Berger/Doppler	14	21-16, 21-19	0:44
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	21-17, 21-7	0:32
Lead the series against # 20 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool A	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	Brenha/Maia	16	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Berger/Doppler	15	Canet/Hamel	31	21-13, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 24 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Berger/Doppler	14	23-21, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 27 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Kogel/Mulder	Q29	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 30, Q23 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	21-16, 30-28	0:52
Lead the series against Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 2-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	10	Klemperer/Rademacher	26	21-12, 24-22	0:43
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	18	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	31-29, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q5 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Lead the series against # Q7 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q13 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Goranson/Goranson	Q13	21-15, 26-24	0:45