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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 22, 2006

(6) Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany

Rieke Brink-Abeler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emsdetten

Resides:

Münster

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$166,960.00

Hella Jürich
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokio

Resides:

Münster

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Phuket 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$146,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	52	0	0	0	1	10	1	14	4	8	6	4	2	2	US$292,900.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	15	5	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	15	9	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	19	25	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	21	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	23	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	22	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	24	13	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	6	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	20	17	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	23	13	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	18	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	14, Q5	17	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	12	13	300	US$10,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	30, Q25	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	Q17	33	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	Q16	33	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q16	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	9/20-25/2004	Brazil Open	Q12	33	18	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (27, Q6)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:31
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 2	Tatiana Barrera / Eva Hamzaoui, France (22)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:36
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 3	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (14)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:36
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 4	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (9)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:33
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 5	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (23)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:38
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 6	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (5)	Lost 9-21, 17-21	0:34

Head to Head Results
Brink-Abeler/Jurich lead the series against the field 21-13

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:50
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Tian/Wang	2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	21-14, 21-18	0:34
5/25/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q16	21-12, 21-14	0:28
Series tied with # 5 Xue/Zhang, China 1-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	21-9, 21-17	0:34
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Xue/Zhang	4	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	18	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 9 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Moiseeva/Uryadova	9	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 4-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	21-18, 21-12	0:37
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	21-18, 22-20	0:39
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	18	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	31, Q15	21-13, 15-21, 15-8	0:40
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	14, Q5	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	Q12	21-17, 17-21, 15-8	0:47
Series tied with # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	21-19, 21-17	0:40
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	29, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 2-1
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	21	Gattelli/Perrotta	20	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	Gattelli/Perrotta	9	21-23, 21-19, 15-8	1:03
6/15/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q30	21-17, 16-21, 15-7	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-3
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	22-20, 21-17	0:36
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	18	21-14, 21-18	0:36
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	14, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Zhang/Zuo, China 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Zhang/Zuo	18	23-21, 21-23, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 20 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 3-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Keizer/Leenstra	25	25-23, 17-21, 15-7	0:51
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Keizer/Leenstra	11	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	26-24, 21-12	0:44
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	Keizer/Leenstra	25, Q3	23-21, 22-20	0:41
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	12	Keizer/Leenstra	22	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 2-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Barrera/Hamzaoui	22	21-17, 22-20	0:36
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	Barrera/Hamzaoui	10	22-24, 21-15, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 23 Claasen/Roder, Germany 3-0
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Claasen/Roder	23	21-18, 21-15	0:38
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	22	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:08
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	24	Claasen/Roder	25, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 26 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Petrova/Skalnikova	31, Q22	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Baburina/Osheyko	27, Q6	21-13, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # Q5 Gioria/Lunardi, Italy 1-0
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	Gioria/Lunardi	10	21-14, 21-18	0:37