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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 29, 2021

(7) Margareta Kozuch/Laura Ludwig, Germany

Margareta Kozuch
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hamburg

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rome 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$99,563.98

Laura Ludwig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

180 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,039,487.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007
Best Offensive Player 2011
Best Defensive Player 2013, 2017
Most Inspirational 2013, 2017
Sportsperson 2015, 2016, 2017
Most Outstanding 2016, 2017
Team of the Year 2016 (with Kira Walkenhorst)
Tour Champion 2016 (with Kira Walkenhorst)
Most Entertaining Player 2019

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	19	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	3	4	US$113,000.00

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	7	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	20	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	20, Q2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	26, Q7	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	22, Q4	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	28, Q7	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	34	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	29, Q8	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	24, Q5	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	23	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	4	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	21	25th	240	US$2,000.00

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool G	Megan McNamara / Nicole McNamara, Canada (26, Q3)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:41
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool G	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (10)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 2	Alix Klineman / April Ross, United States (6)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:36

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$24,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	3	0	$40,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	19	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	3	4	0	$113,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Margareta Kozuch												Laura Ludwig
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	9	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$67,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	World Tour Finals	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$150,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	$29,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	82	5	7	7	4	17	27	8	3	0	$608,875.00
21	0	0	1	0	1	9	7	3	0	$39,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	73	2	4	2	2	22	19	6	9	0	$209,012.50
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
39	1	1	1	0	5	14	12	5	0	$99,400.00	Total	179	13	12	10	6	43	52	20	12	0	$1,039,487.50

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
2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2019	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	4	0	$83,000.00	29	20	59.2 %
2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$15,000.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	2	4	0	$106,000.00	38	28	57.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Margareta Kozuch													Laura Ludwig
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$9,375.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00
											2007	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00
											2009	FIVB	14	0	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	0	$77,575.00
											2010	FIVB	12	0	4	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	$91,250.00
											2011	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$59,350.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	$45,900.00
											2013	FIVB	11	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	$63,950.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$92,000.00
											2015	FIVB	10	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	$119,500.00
											2016	FIVB	13	7	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	$191,187.50
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$15,050.00	2017	FIVB	6	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$89,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	0	$27,500.00	2018	FIVB
11	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	4	0	$41,500.00	2019	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	4	0	$41,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$9,000.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$7,500.00
32	1	0	1	0	4	12	9	5	0	$93,050.00	Total	Total	155	13	11	10	6	36	43	14	11	11	$988,987.50

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	29	64.4%	6	13.3%	10	22.2%	35-10	77.8%	8	25.8%	4	12.9%	19	61.3%	8-23	25.8%	29-19	60.4%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	44-33	57.1%
2020-2021	7	53.8%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	7-8	46.7%	5-2	71.4%	1	0	13-10	56.5%
Against the Field	10	52.6%	3	15.8%	6	31.6%	13-6	68.4%	6	25.0%	3	12.5%	15	62.5%	6-18	25.0%	20-30	40.0%	18-18	50.0%	0	0	19-24	44.2%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	2	5	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	13	11	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	20
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	10	0	22	19	0	0	10	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	44	33

Head to Head Results
Kozuch/Ludwig trail the series against the field 15-19 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Kholomina/Makroguzova	12	Kozuch/Ludwig	28, Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-1
9/8/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Gold Medal	Kozuch/Ludwig	20	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	21-19, 21-17	0:43
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # 5 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
9/7/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Semi-Finals	Kozuch/Ludwig	20	Mader/Verge-Depre	10	24-22, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-2
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	6	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	22-20, 21-13	0:36
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Kozuch/Ludwig	21	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-2
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Keizer/Meppelink	21	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	21-16, 21-15	0:40
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	Keizer/Meppelink	10	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:48
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Keizer/Meppelink	12	Kozuch/Ludwig	21	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool D	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	Kozuch/Ludwig	20, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 10 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	Graudina/Samoilova	10	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool H	Graudina/Samoilova	25, Q6	Kozuch/Ludwig	24, Q5	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 2-1
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Kozuch/Ludwig	20	Kolinske/Stockman	16	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:47
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Kozuch/Ludwig	34	Kolinske/Stockman	15	21-19, 21-15	0:40
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Kolinske/Stockman	11, Q1	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-2
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool D	Borger/Sude	13	Kozuch/Ludwig	20	21-19, 27-25	0:44
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool G	Borger/Sude	10	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	21-12, 25-23	0:40
Trail the series against # 15 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-2
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	10	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	21-18, 21-18	0:44
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	7	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	18-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 18, Q1 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	12, Q2	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	21-15, 23-21	0:35
Series tied with # 19 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-1
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	Kozuch/Ludwig	20, Q2	17-21, 33-31, 15-11	1:09
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	18	17-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 20 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 1-2
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	17	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	20-22, 21-15, 22-20	1:02
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	21-17, 21-15	0:35
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	22-24, 21-14, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 21 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool A	Bieneck/Schneider	17	Kozuch/Ludwig	16	21-14, 16-21, 18-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	23, Q2	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 23 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 2-0
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	Ishii/Murakami	26	21-18, 21-19	0:44
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	Ishii/Murakami	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 McNamara/McNamara, Canada 1-0
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	McNamara/McNamara	26, Q3	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 2-0
6/12/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Qualifier 2	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	Lobato/Navarro	Q9	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	Lobato/Navarro	26, Q4	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 0-1
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	27, Q7	Kozuch/Ludwig	22, Q4	21-15, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against Kortzinger/Schneider, Germany 1-0
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	Kortzinger/Schneider	26, Q2	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	1:01