Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012
July 10 - 14, 2012
(30, Q6) Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands
 
Alexander Brouwer
Netherlands
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 3, 1989 (34 yrs old)
Home Town: Leiden
Resides: Den Haag
Height: 198 cm (6'6")
Weight: 88 kg (194 lb)
Seasons: 19
Tournaments: 141
Career Wins: 7
Career Winnings: US$609,175.00
Robert Meeuwsen
Netherlands
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Mar 21, 1988 (36 yrs old)
Home Town: Nieuwegein
Resides: Den Haag
Height: 207 cm (6'9")
Weight: 94 kg (207 lb)
Seasons: 17
Tournaments: 132
Career Wins: 7
Career Winnings: US$601,462.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725334157Money
FIVB12371087231331187431 US$1,200,975.00
Other30010001000000 US$1,000.00
Overall12671097231341187431 US$1,201,975.00
Previous Berlin Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/3-8/2012 Gstaad Grand Slam 31 9 320 US$8,000.00
Other 6/28-7/1/2012 Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification   0 US$0.00
FIVB 6/13-17/2012 Grand Slam Rome Q9 33 40 US$0.00
FIVB 6/7-12/2012 Moscow Grand Slam 31, Q11 25 80 US$3,500.00
FIVB 5/22-27/2012 Prague Open 29 25 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 5/8-13/2012 Beijing Grand Slam Q16 33 40 US$0.00
FIVB 5/1-6/2012 Shanghai Grand Slam 28, Q15 25 80 US$3,500.00
FIVB 4/24-29/2012 Silesia Open 26, Q9 25 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 10/4-9/2011 Agadir Open 28, Q7 17 120 US$2,800.00
FIVB 8/23-28/2011 The Hague Open 9 17 120 US$2,800.00
FIVB 8/2-7/2011 Klagenfurt Grand Slam Q24 41 24 US$0.00
FIVB 7/26-31/2011 Stare Jablonki Grand Slam Q28 33 40 US$0.00
FIVB 7/5-10/2011 Gstaad Grand Slam Q30 41 24 US$0.00
FIVB 6/6-11/2011 Beijing Grand Slam Q30 33 40 US$0.00
FIVB 5/17-22/2011 Prague Open Q25 57 6 US$0.00
FIVB 5/2-7/2011 Shanghai Open Q18 41 18 US$0.00
FIVB 4/18-23/2011 Brasilia Open 30, Q31 17 120 US$2,800.00
Berlin Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 7/10/2012 Qualifier 1 Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (Q27) Won 27-25, 18-21, 15-6 0:53
Tue, 7/10/2012 Qualifier 2 Dmitri Barsuk / Yury Bogatov, Russia (Q11) Won 21-17, 21-13 0:33
Wed, 7/11/2012 Pool L Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (3) Lost 21-18, 18-21, 18-20 0:54
Wed, 7/11/2012 Pool L Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (14) Won 21-16, 21-12 0:31
Thu, 7/12/2012 Pool L Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (19) Won 21-19, 21-19 0:41
Thu, 7/12/2012 Winner 1 Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (25, Q18) Lost 17-21, 13-21 0:37
Head to Head Results
Brouwer/Meeuwsen trail the series against the field 13-20
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
7/5/12FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool K Cerutti/Rego 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 31 21-19, 21-17 0:34
6/9/12FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool K Cerutti/Rego 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 31, Q11 21-16, 21-14 0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/11/12FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool L Gibb/Rosenthal 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 30, Q6 18-21, 21-18, 20-18 0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
7/7/12FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 2 Insfran/Schmidt 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 31 21-17, 23-21 0:46
5/4/12FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Pool N Insfran/Schmidt 12, Q1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 28, Q15 21-14, 21-17 0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
4/26/12FIVBSilesia Open Winner 1 Nummerdor/Schuil 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 26, Q9 22-20, 21-14 0:34
8/25/11FIVBThe Hague Open Winner 2 Nummerdor/Schuil 8 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 9 10-21, 21-17, 15-9 0:43
4/21/11FIVBBrasilia Open Contender 2 Nummerdor/Schuil 13 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 30, Q31 21-16, 21-16 0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
10/7/11FIVBAgadir Open Contender 2 Erdmann/Matysik 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 28, Q7 17-21, 21-16, 15-11 0:53
Trail the series against # 10 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
5/9/12FIVBBeijing Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Araujo/Solberg 6, Q1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen Q16 24-22, 21-23, 15-12 1:00
5/3/12FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Pool N Araujo/Solberg 5 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 28, Q15 23-21, 21-17 0:47
Trail the series against # 11 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/11FIVBThe Hague Open Contender 2 Boersma/Spijkers 26 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 9 21-17, 21-8 0:30
Lead the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-1
7/11/12FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool L Brouwer/Meeuwsen 30, Q6 Benes/Kubala 14 21-16, 21-12 0:31
7/6/12FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool K Brouwer/Meeuwsen 31 Benes/Kubala 15 18-21, 21-12, 15-11 0:45
6/10/12FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool K Benes/Kubala 18 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 31, Q11 22-20, 21-17 0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
5/24/12FIVBPrague Open Contender 1 Klemperer/Koreng 20 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 29 21-16, 11-21, 15-9 0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/12/12FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool L Brouwer/Meeuwsen 30, Q6 Dyachenko/Sidorenko 19 21-19, 21-19 0:41
Trail the series against # 21 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
4/26/12FIVBSilesia Open Contender 1 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 26, Q9 19-21, 25-23, 15-9 0:58
Series tied with # 22 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
7/5/12FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool K Brouwer/Meeuwsen 31 Stiekema/Varenhorst 18 21-15, 21-15 0:34
6/13/12FIVBGrand Slam Rome Qualifier 2 Stiekema/Varenhorst 28, Q8 Brouwer/Meeuwsen Q9 19-21, 21-14, 15-13 0:48
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-0
5/2/12FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 28, Q15 Lochhead/Pitman Q2 21-19, 21-23, 15-5 0:53
8/25/11FIVBThe Hague Open Winner 1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 9 Lochhead/Pitman 24, Q8 21-16, 21-13 0:34
7/27/11FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen Q28 Lochhead/Pitman Q5 21-15, 21-15 0:36
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/29/12OtherBeach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification Pool A Prokopiev/Semenov Brouwer/Meeuwsen 15-11 0:15
Trail the series against # 25, Q18 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/12/12FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Winner 1 Bockermann/Urbatzka 25, Q18 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 30, Q6 21-17, 21-13 0:37
Trail the series against # Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
6/7/11FIVBBeijing Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson 27, Q14 Brouwer/Meeuwsen Q30 21-17, 18-21, 17-15 0:53
Lead the series against # Q11 Barsuk/Bogatov, Russia 2-0
7/10/12FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 30, Q6 Barsuk/Bogatov Q11 21-17, 21-13 0:33
6/29/12OtherBeach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification Pool A Brouwer/Meeuwsen Barsuk/Bogatov 21-15, 16-21, 15-13 0:49
Lead the series against # Q20 O'Dea/O'Dea, New Zealand 1-0
6/13/12FIVBGrand Slam Rome Qualifier 1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen Q9 O'Dea/O'Dea Q24 21-13, 21-14 0:31
Lead the series against # Q21 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-0
6/8/12FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 31, Q11 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski Q22 23-21, 21-17 0:42
Trail the series against # Q22 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
5/3/11FIVBShanghai Open Qualifier 2 Kotsilianos/Zoupani Q15 Brouwer/Meeuwsen Q18 21-12, 21-13 0:29
Lead the series against # Q27 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 2-0
7/10/12FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 30, Q6 Henriquez/Mussa Q27 27-25, 18-21, 15-6 0:53
4/25/12FIVBSilesia Open Qualifier 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen 26, Q9 Henriquez/Mussa Q40 21-13, 23-21 0:34