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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Paf Open
August 15 - 20, 2011

(28, Q9) Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, 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

Sophie van Gestel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1991 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oostelbeers

Resides:

Den Haag

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corrientes 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$154,925.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	27	1	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	10	3	US$208,600.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Other	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	30	1	1	0	2	3	1	8	0	10	3	US$209,600.00

Previous Åland Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q13	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/16-20/2009	Under 21 World Championships	24, Q1	5	0	US$0.00

Åland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/16/2011	Qualifier 2	JoAnna Papageorgiou / Christina Roubanis, Greece (Q24)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:44
Tue, 8/16/2011	Qualifier 3	Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin, England (Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:34
Wed, 8/17/2011	Winner 1	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (5)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:35
Wed, 8/17/2011	Contender 1	Ying Huang / Yuan Yue, China (21)	Won 18-21, 24-22, 15-5	0:50
Thu, 8/18/2011	Contender 2	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (27, Q4)	Lost 18-21, 8-21	0:31

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/van Gestel lead the series against the field 6-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	4	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	22-20, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 21 Huang/Yue, China 2-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	Huang/Yue	21	18-21, 24-22, 15-5	0:50
8/2/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	Huang/Yue	23, Q4	21-17, 14-21, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 23 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-0
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	Gielen/Mouha	20	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 27, Q4 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	21-18, 21-8	0:31
Lead the series against # Q8 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	Dampney/Mullin	Q8	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q14 Ma/Wang, China 1-0
8/2/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	Ma/Wang	Q20	21-19, 27-25	0:45
Lead the series against # Q24 Papageorgiou/Roubanis, Greece 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	Papageorgiou/Roubanis	Q24	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:44