Team Preview

European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Greek Open
July 9 - 13, 2003

Axel Hager/Thomas Kroger, Germany

Axel Hager
Germany

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Burg auf Fehmarn

Resides:

Hamburg

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Zagreb 2004)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$210,816.66

Thomas Kröger
Germany

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melle

Resides:

Melle

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Under Age Schinias 1999)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Rethymnon 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$7,934.05

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$1,694.70
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$2,000.00
Overall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	US$3,694.70

Previous Rethymnon Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	27, Q5	25	30	US$2,000.00

Greek Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/9/2003		Kristians Marnics / Tomass Marnics, Latvia	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:42
Thu, 7/10/2003		Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:48
Fri, 7/11/2003	Pool C	Andris Krumins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia	Won 22-24, 21-14, 15-12	1:04
Fri, 7/11/2003	Pool C	Roman Arkaev / Dmitry Karasev, Russia	Won 21-16, 16-21, 17-15	1:10
Sat, 7/12/2003	Pool C	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria	Lost 22-20, 13-21, 13-15	1:07
Sat, 7/12/2003	Winner 1	Guilherm Deulofeu / Ogier Molinier, France	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 10-15	0:58

Head to Head Results
Hager/Kroger lead the series against the field 6-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Arkaev/Karasev, Russia 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Hager/Kroger		Arkaev/Karasev		21-16, 16-21, 17-15	1:10
Trail the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler		Hager/Kroger		20-22, 21-13, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Hager/Kroger	27, Q5	Ces/Salvetti	Q28	21-17, 21-16	0:51
Trail the series against Deulofeu/Molinier, France 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Deulofeu/Molinier		Hager/Kroger		15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against Gavrilov/Todorov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Hager/Kroger	27, Q5	Gavrilov/Todorov	Q21	21-17, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open		Hager/Kroger		Kogel/Mulder		21-17, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Hager/Kroger		Krumins/Sorokins		22-24, 21-14, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against Marnics/Marnics, Latvia 1-0
7/9/03	CEV	Greek Open		Hager/Kroger		Marnics/Marnics		21-13, 21-16	0:42