Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 Semi Finals - Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States vs. Nick Lucena/Theo Brunner, United States Jake Gibb Casey Patterson Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: February 6, 1976 (39 yrs old) Birth Date: April 20, 1980 (35 yrs old) Home Town: Bountiful, UT Home Town: Van Nuys, CA Resides: Costa Mesa, CA Resides: Huntington Beach, CA Height: 201 cm (6'7") Height: 201 cm (6'7") Weight: 93 kg (206 lbs.) Weight: 88 kg (195 lbs.) Seasons: 11 Seasons: 4 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 95 Tournaments: 34 Best Finish: 1st (5 times) Best Finish: 1st (Shanghai 2013) Career Winnings: $576,225 Career Winnings: $173,750 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 25 1 1 2 1 4 0 11 0 4 0 US$324,400.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before St. Petersburg Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 6/17/2015 Pool H Sebastian Fuchs / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (25, Q3) Won 21-18, 21-15 0:45 Wed, 6/17/2015 Pool H Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (24, Q2) Won 21-16, 21-19 0:36 Thu, 6/18/2015 Pool H Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (9) Won 21-14, 21-16 0:35 Fri, 6/19/2015 Winner 2 Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (10) Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-9 0:49 Sat, 6/20/2015 Winner 3 Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (24, Q2) Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-12 0:55 Sat, 6/20/2015 Semi-Finals Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena, United States (26) Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 25th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Jake is playing in his 24th FIVB World Tour final four with five gold, seven silver, seven bronze medals and four 4th place finishes. Casey is playing in his 6th FIVB World Tour final four with one gold, one silver, two bronze medals and one 4th place finish. This is Jake's and Casey's 1st Final Four of 2015. Their last Final Four was a Bronze at Stare Jablonki in August, 2014. Jake finished 5th in the Olympic Games in 2008 (Beijing) and 5th in 2012 (London) with Sean Rosenthal. Jake and Casey finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki). Jake finished 13th in the FIVB World Championships with Stein Metzger in 2005 (Berlin) and finished 5th in 2007 (Gstaad), 9th in 2009 (Stavanger), and 17th in 2011 (Rome) with Sean Rosenthal. Jake and Casey are currently ranked 13th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 1,520 points and 11th in winnings with $53,000. Jake and Casey rank 42nd on the all-time FIVB World Tour team gold medal list with one, 150th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 25, and 47th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $324,400. Jake (5) ranks 31st and Casey (1) ranks 69th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals. Jake (95) ranks 77th and Casey (34) ranks 286th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Jake ($576,225) ranks 22nd and Casey ($173,750) ranks 107th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Jake and Casey won the silver medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Trinidad and Tobago in 2014 (Courland, Trinidad and Tobago). Jake was named the FIVB World Tour Top Rookie in 2005, Most Inspirational in 2013 and 2014, and was Tour Champion and named Team of the Year with Sean Rosenthal in 2012. Page 1 of 8 Nick Lucena Theo Brunner Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: September 22, 1979 (35 yrs old) Birth Date: March 17, 1985 (30 yrs old) Home Town: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Home Town: Ridgefield, CT Resides: Santa Barbara, CA Resides: Ridgefield, CT Height: 175 cm (5'9") Height: 201 cm (6'7") Weight: 61 kg (135 lbs.) Weight: 91 kg (202 lbs.) Photo:FIVB Seasons: 10 Photo:FIVB Seasons: 3 Tournaments: 68 Tournaments: 15 Best Finish: 2nd (4 times) Best Finish: 3rd (Long Beach 2014) Career Winnings: $279,500 Career Winnings: $61,163 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 US$45,750.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before St. Petersburg Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 6/17/2015 Pool G Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (7) Won 21-17, 21-18 0:44 Wed, 6/17/2015 Pool G Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (10) Won 21-17, 21-14 0:36 Thu, 6/18/2015 Pool G Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (23) Won By Forfeit Fri, 6/19/2015 Winner 2 Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2) Won 21-18, 21-18 0:39 Sat, 6/20/2015 Winner 3 Isaac Kapa / Christopher McHugh, Australia (20) Won 21-14, 21-18 0:32 Sat, 6/20/2015 Semi-Finals Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (8) Nick Lucena and Theo Brunner have been playing together since the Mangaung event in December, 2014. They are playing in their 6th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Nick is playing in his 9th FIVB World Tour final four with four silver medals, two bronze medals and two 4th place finishes. Theo is playing in his 3rd FIVB World Tour final four with one bronze medal and one 4th place finish. This is Nick's and Theo's 1st Final Four together. Nick finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships with Brad Keenan in 2009 (Stavanger), finished 9th with Matt Fuerbringer in 2011 (Rome), and finished 33rd with John Hyden in 2013 (Stare Jablonki). Nick and Theo are currently ranked 18th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 1,420 points and 17th in winnings with $42,375. Nick and Theo rank 597th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with six and 228th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $45,750. Nick (68) ranks 142nd and Theo (15) ranks 509th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Nick ($279,500) ranks 65th and Theo ($61,162) ranks 216th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Nick and Theo won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit San Diego in 2013 (San Diego, United States). Theo won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands with Todd Rogers in 2014 (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands). Theo won the gold medal at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Varadero with Todd Rogers in 2014 (Varadero, Cuba). Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson lead the series 1-0 Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 6/4/2015 Porec Major Series Pool E Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson 21-17, 21-15 0:36 Page 2 of 8 Semi Finals - Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands vs. Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria Reinder Nummerdor Christiaan Varenhorst Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: September 10, 1976 (38 yrs old) Birth Date: May 6, 1990 (25 yrs old) Home Town: Ijsselmuiden Home Town: The Hague Resides: Uithoorn Resides: The Hague Height: 194 cm (6'4") Height: 211 cm (6'11") Weight: 87 kg (193 lbs.) Weight: 106 kg (235 lbs.) Seasons: 10 Seasons: 9 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 85 Tournaments: 52 Best Finish: 1st (11 times) Best Finish: 1st (2 times) Career Winnings: $525,625 Career Winnings: $181,200 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 US$152,000.00 Previous Results Neither player has played in this venue before St. Petersburg Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 6/17/2015 Pool C Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (30, Q8) Won 21-14, 19-21, 15-8 0:51 Wed, 6/17/2015 Pool C Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (19) Won 21-17, 21-23, 15-12 1:00 Thu, 6/18/2015 Pool C Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (14) Won 21-18, 21-18 0:47 Fri, 6/19/2015 Winner 2 Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (28, Q5) Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-11 0:59 Sat, 6/20/2015 Winner 3 Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (13) Won 17-21, 21-19, 16-14 0:55 Sat, 6/20/2015 Semi-Finals Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (7) Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst have been playing together since the Stare Jablonki event in August, 2014. They are playing in their 7th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Reinder is playing in his 25th FIVB World Tour final four with 11 gold, five silver, two bronze medals and six 4th place finishes. Christiaan is playing in his 6th FIVB World Tour final four with two gold medals, one bronze medal and two 4th place finishes. This is Reinder's and Christiaan's 2nd Final Four of 2015 (4th Porec Major Series). Reinder finished 5th in the Olympic Games in 2008 (Beijing) and 4th in 2012 (London), both with Richard Schuil. Reinder finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships in 2007 (Gstaad), 17th in 2009 (Stavanger), 17th in 2011 (Rome), and 17th in 2013 (Stare Jablonki), all with Richard Schuil. Christiaan finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships with Daan Spijkers in 2013 (Stare Jablonki).