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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 15,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Match #15: Contender's Bracket Round 1

(13, Q7) Thomas Kunert/Michael Murauer, Austria
vs.
(5) Andy Ces/Edouard Rowlandson, France

Thomas Kunert
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 11, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Korneuburg

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

4th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$45,759.26

Michael Murauer
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Innsbruck

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,055.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$198.27

Previous Montpellier Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/6/2013	Qualifier 2	Jan Dumek / Jakub Vesely, Czech Republic (Q10)	Won 3-2	0:44
Sun, 6/9/2013	Winner 1	Jan Hadrava / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (4, Q1)	Lost 0-3	0:26
Sun, 6/9/2013	Contender 1	Andy Ces / Edouard Rowlandson, France (5)	Lost 0-3	0:28

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type

Played

Gold

Silver

Bronze

4th

5-6th

7-8th

9-12th

13-16th

17-24th

25th

Lower

Winnings (US$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Kunert												Michael Murauer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	3	0	$18,037.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
27	0	0	0	1	4	9	9	1	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	$850.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,250.00	Confederation Championship
84	0	0	0	1	5	15	24	6	0	$36,037.50	Total	21	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	$1,850.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Kunert													Michael Murauer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2009	CEV C&S
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$140.00	2010	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$225.00	2011	CEV C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,400.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	CEV
5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$1,012.50	2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$150.00	2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00
26	0	0	0	1	3	8	3	0	11	$2,977.50	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$75.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches	3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall	Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2012-2013	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%

Team Match Records by Round

Country Quota

Qualifier

Pool Play

Lucky Loser

Elimination Rounds

Semi-Finals

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Overall

Tournament Type

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Won

Lost

Andy Cès
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 3, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Savigny sur orge

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

5th (Montpellier 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$155,019.99

Edouard Rowlandson
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mauguio

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV C&S Best:

5th (Montpellier 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$101,470.02

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$328.50
CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$1,352.16
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	US$18,400.00
Overall	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	1	4	1	1	US$20,080.66

Previous Montpellier Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q7	21st	96	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q20	41st	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	25, Q17	25th	150	US$1,500.00
CEV C&S	4/2-6/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	19	25th	84	€ 75.00

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/7/2013	Contender 2	Jaroslaw Lech / Damian Wojtasik, Poland (15, Q14)	Won 3-0	0:31
Sat, 6/8/2013	Contender 3	Janis Peda / Martins Plavins, Latvia (1)	Won 3-1	0:26
Sat, 6/8/2013	Contender 4	Jan Hadrava / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (4, Q1)	Lost 1-3	0:38
Sun, 6/9/2013	Winner 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Soeren Hoyer, Denmark (12, Q6)	Lost 0-3	0:29
Sun, 6/9/2013	Contender 1	Thomas Kunert / Michael Murauer, Austria (13, Q7)	Won 3-0	0:28

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$12,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$5,500.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$18,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andy Ces												Edouard Rowlandson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
36	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	8	0	$40,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	4	0	$52,450.00
50	0	1	0	2	4	13	10	12	0	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	3	1	1	4	4	5	0	$29,987.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
90	0	1	0	2	5	15	19	21	0	$141,675.00	Total	50	2	0	3	2	4	7	12	9	0	$90,487.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2013	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$525.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$525.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andy Ces													Edouard Rowlandson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2006	FIVB C&S
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	6	$9,800.00	2007	FIVB
17	0	1	0	1	3	3	3	5	1	$45,750.00	2008	FIVB
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$5,550.00	2008	CEV
10	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	0	0	$33,450.00	2009	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	2009	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	2	$23,000.00	2010	FIVB
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	7	$13,600.00	2011	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$6,525.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$750.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$262.50	2013	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$262.50
93	0	2	0	3	7	16	18	20	27	$141,937.50	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	$1,112.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	2-5	28.6%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
2012-2013	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	2-5	28.6%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0		0	0	3-4	42.9%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	2	2	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Total	0	0	7	2	3	15	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	20

Head to Head Results
Ces/Rowlandson lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/9/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier	Contender 1	Ces/Rowlandson	5	Kunert/Murauer	13, Q7	3-0	0:28