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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fuzhou Open
April 22 - 26, 2014

(12) Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Jon Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1988 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Groningen

Resides:

Den Haag

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$93,400.00

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Resides:

The Hague

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$426,487.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	29	0	0	1	1	4	1	6	0	4	4	3	5	US$184,800.00

Previous Fuzhou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Christiaan Varenhorst - 25th	Jon Stiekema - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	20	4	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	23	17	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	25, Q5	5	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	Q11	41	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	12	25	150	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	22	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	18	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	28, Q8	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	33	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	30, Q9	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	31, Q23	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	31, Q21	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	31, Q15	25	60	US$2,000.00

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/23/2014	Pool E	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (21)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:39
Wed, 4/23/2014	Pool E	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (28, Q12)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:53
Thu, 4/24/2014	Pool E	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (5)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:37
Fri, 4/25/2014	Winner 1	Lorenz Petutschnig / Tobias Winter, Austria (22, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:28
Fri, 4/25/2014	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia (18)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 4/25/2014	Winner 3	Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (26, Q9)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 4/26/2014	Semi-Finals	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (7)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:35
Sat, 4/26/2014	Bronze Medal	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (5)	Won 17-21, 26-24, 16-14	0:56

Head to Head Results
Stiekema/Varenhorst lead the series against the field 13-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 2-1
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	17-21, 26-24, 16-14	0:56
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	21-17, 21-16	0:37
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-3
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	21-19, 21-15	0:35
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	22-20, 21-19	0:39
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	10	25-27, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	18-21, 21-9, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 1-0
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Plavins/Solovejs	18	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 19 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-1
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q12	24-22, 24-22	0:49
10/5/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Qualifier 3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q14	21-12, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 21 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-0
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Garcia/Marco	21	21-19, 21-17	0:39
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 1-0
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Petutschnig/Winter	22, Q2	21-15, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 26, Q9 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q12 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-0
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Binstock/Schachter	28, Q12	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Felipe/Goncalves	21	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	21-15, 14-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # Q8 Giginoglu/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Giginoglu/Sekerci	Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q10 Eglseer/Koraimann, Austria 0-1
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Eglseer/Koraimann	29, Q7	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # Q14 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q30	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	Q35	21-15, 23-21	0:34