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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(42) Madelein Meppelink/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands

Madelein Meppelink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rhenen

Resides:

The Hague

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$475,627.50

Marloes Wesselink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Doetinchem

Resides:

The Hague

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S San Sebastiàn 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (The Hague 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$101,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	7	2	1	2	US$76,300.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Marloes Wesselink - 17th	Madelein Meppelink - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	32, Q5	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	Q3	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	24	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	23	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	20	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/2-7/2010	Phuket Thailand Open	15	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2010	Sanya Open	13	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	10	5	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	24	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	18	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q6	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	28, Q10	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	26, Q9	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	30, Q8	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open	25, Q2	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	11/3-8/2009	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	27, Q4	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2009	Sanya Open	22, Q4	17	120	US$2,800.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool G

Louise Bawden / Becchara Palmer, Australia (18)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	Total	9	3	3	0.000	2	2	0	1
	1	4	1	2	-0.250	2	2	0	1
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	0	0	0
Marloes Wesselink	Total	26	9	7	0.077	0	5	0	5
	1	14	5	3	0.143	0	2	0	2
	2	12	4	4	0.000	0	3	0	3

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool G

Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (31)

Lost 17-21, 21-19, 14-16

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	Total	24	12	5	0.292	2	5	0	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	1	0	0
	2	11	6	2	0.364	1	1	0	1
	3	9	4	2	0.222	1	3	0	0
Marloes Wesselink	Total	48	28	8	0.417	0	11	5	2
	1	15	12	1	0.733	0	1	1	0
	2	21	10	3	0.333	0	4	3	1
	3	12	6	4	0.167	0	6	1	1

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool G

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)

Lost 21-19, 15-21, 12-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	Total	22	7	3	0.182	0	3	4	3
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	1	2	1
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	1	0	1
	3	8	1	0	0.125	0	1	2	1
Marloes Wesselink	Total	57	24	9	0.263	0	16	0	4
	1	21	11	2	0.429	0	5	0	1
	2	18	7	4	0.167	0	4	0	2
	3	18	6	3	0.167	0	7	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	55	22	11	0.200	4	10	4	5
Marloes Wesselink	131	61	24	0.282	0	32	5	11

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Stavanger	Did not play	Merel Mooren - 17th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Sophie van Gestel - 17th	Jantine van der Vlist - 33rd
2015	The Hague	Marleen Van Iersel - 9th	Did not play
2017	Vienna	Sophie van Gestel - 17th	Did not play
2019	Hamburg	Sanne Keizer - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	42	37	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/Wesselink trail the series against the field 15-27

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Meppelink/Wesselink	32, Q5	24-22, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Meppelink/Wesselink	10	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-2
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Kessy/Ross	6	Meppelink/Wesselink	22	21-13, 21-10	0:33
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	3	Meppelink/Wesselink	30, Q8	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 3-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Meppelink/Wesselink	20	21-12, 21-17	0:34
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/Wesselink	24	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	21-16, 21-19	0:38
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/Wesselink	22	Keizer/Van Iersel	11	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Meppelink/Wesselink	25, Q2	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	21-18, 24-22	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	Meppelink/Wesselink	23	22-20, 18-21, 15-10	0:52
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	4	Meppelink/Wesselink	13	17-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Meppelink/Wesselink	42	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:53
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	Meppelink/Wesselink	15	21-16, 21-12	0:36
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Meppelink/Wesselink	26, Q9	21-19, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	9	Meppelink/Wesselink	25, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Akers/Branagh, United States 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Akers/Branagh	8	Meppelink/Wesselink	24	21-19, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-2
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Cicolari/Menegatti	25	Meppelink/Wesselink	24	21-23, 21-16, 15-9	1:16
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Wesselink	28, Q10	Cicolari/Menegatti	12	21-17, 21-18	0:37
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	9	Meppelink/Wesselink	26, Q9	26-24, 27-25	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 2-0
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Meppelink/Wesselink	15	Gioria/Momoli	18	10-21, 28-26, 15-10	0:56
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Wesselink	26, Q9	Gioria/Momoli	10	16-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 17 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-2
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Meppelink/Wesselink	32, Q5	21-13, 21-12	0:31
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Meppelink/Wesselink	22, Q4	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 0-2
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Bawden/Palmer	18	Meppelink/Wesselink	42	21-16, 21-14	0:34
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Bawden/Palmer	17	Meppelink/Wesselink	32, Q5	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	Meppelink/Wesselink	25, Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:37
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 1	Meppelink/Wesselink	27, Q4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Wesselink	26, Q9	Kolocova/Slukova	23	21-17, 10-21, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 22 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	20	Meppelink/Wesselink	28, Q10	21-23, 21-17, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # 25 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Meppelink/Wesselink	10	Kadijk/Mooren	27, Q27	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-2
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	Meppelink/Wesselink	23	11-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:49
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Meppelink/Wesselink	18	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Martins/Santanna	16	Meppelink/Wesselink	18	21-16, 21-12	0:36
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/Wesselink	28, Q10	Martins/Santanna	21, Q1	22-20, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 30 Huang/Yue, China 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Huang/Yue	9	Meppelink/Wesselink	24	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with # 31 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Banck/Gunther	31	Meppelink/Wesselink	42	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:52
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/Wesselink	22, Q4	Banck/Gunther	6	23-21, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 32 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 0-1
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	21	Meppelink/Wesselink	27, Q4	21-12, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 37 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 2-0
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/Wesselink	18	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	31, Q13	21-9, 21-18	0:30
6/29/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/Wesselink	28, Q10	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	Q26	17-21, 21-9, 16-14	0:48
Lead the series against # 40 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Wesselink	28, Q10	Holtwick/Semmler	17	21-19, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 43 Cook/West, Australia 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/Wesselink	32, Q5	Cook/West	Q21	21-14, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 45 Maaseide/Torlen, Norway 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Maaseide/Torlen	31, Q14	Meppelink/Wesselink	Q3	21-13, 22-20	0:39