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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Open
July 7 - 10, 2005

(16) Tim Joosen/Dieter Melis, Belgium

Tim Joosen
Belgium

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 7, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Schoten

Resides:

Ekerien

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (CEV Hamburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$15,822.26

Dieter Melis
Belgium

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 3, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wilrijk

Resides:

Bouwel

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (CEV Hamburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$10,554.01

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	57	Money
CEV	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	US$14,215.33
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	US$14,215.33

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q53	57	4	US$0.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/7/2005	Qualifier 1	Domenico Apicella / Alessandro Lorenzoni, Italy	Won 21-19, 21-8	0:40
Thu, 7/7/2005	Qualifier 2	Georgios Knapek / Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:31
Thu, 7/7/2005	Qualifier 3	Denis Damez / Stephane Mathurin, France	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:36
Fri, 7/8/2005	Winner 1	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (1)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:36
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 1	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (8)	Won 27-25, 21-23, 15-12	1:07
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (11)	Won 13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Sat, 7/9/2005	Contender 3	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (10)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:56

Head to Head Results
Joosen/Melis lead the series against the field 5-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	1	Joosen/Melis	16	21-15, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 1	Joosen/Melis	16	Grinbergs/Stals	8	27-25, 21-23, 15-12	1:07
Trail the series against # 10 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 0-1
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 3	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	10	Joosen/Melis	16	21-19, 21-17	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 2	Joosen/Melis	16	Babich/Nikolaev	11	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against Apicella/Lorenzoni, Italy 1-0
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 1	Joosen/Melis	16	Apicella/Lorenzoni		21-19, 21-8	0:40
Lead the series against Damez/Mathurin, France 1-0
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 3	Joosen/Melis	16	Damez/Mathurin		21-16, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against Knapek/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 2	Joosen/Melis	16	Knapek/Mourtzios		21-11, 21-15	0:31