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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2001

(19) Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany

Stephanie Pohl
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Finsterwalde

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$314,995.00

Okka Rau
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leer

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$293,395.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	91	1	0	2	3	13	9	20	10	27	5	1	US$586,790.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Martina Stoof - 49th	Did not play
1999	Ines Pianka - 41st	Did not play
2000	Ines Pianka - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	23	9th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	19	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	27, Q2	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	25, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	11	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/31-11/5/2000	Brazil Open	17	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/26/2001	Winner 1	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (14)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 7-15	0:50
Thu, 7/26/2001	Contender 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Katerina Nikolaidou, Greece (30, Q14)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:29
Thu, 7/26/2001	Contender 2	Rebekka Kadijk / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (20)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:34
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 3	Claudia Oliveira / Jackie Silva, Brazil (11)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 11-15	0:50

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$51,250.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	1	1	6	1	6	2	10	1	0	$234,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	1	0	1	2	5	8	10	8	15	4	0	$294,840.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	91	1	0	2	3	13	9	20	10	27	5	0	$586,790.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Stephanie Pohl												Okka Rau
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$25,625.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$25,625.00
30	0	0	1	1	7	8	11	1	0	$118,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	1	1	7	8	10	1	0	$117,350.00
71	1	0	1	2	13	26	19	6	0	$165,920.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	1	0	1	2	13	18	15	4	0	$147,420.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
111	1	1	2	3	22	38	32	7	0	$314,995.00	Total	92	1	0	2	3	22	30	27	5	0	$293,395.00

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
2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$25,500.00	16	12	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$25,500.00	16	12	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Stephanie Pohl													Okka Rau
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$5,500.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	1999	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	2	0	$15,500.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$12,750.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$12,750.00
27	0	1	0	0	0	12	7	3	4	$35,350.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	$13,750.00

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	165	72.1%	24	10.5%	40	17.5%	189-40	82.5%	37	21.1%	28	16.0%	110	62.9%	37-138	21.1%	165-110	60.0%	61-68	47.3%	3	3	229-181	55.9%
2000-2001	20	71.4%	4	14.3%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	12	70.6%	3-14	17.6%	20-12	62.5%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	27-18	60.0%
Against the Field	37	64.9%	9	15.8%	11	19.3%	46-11	80.7%	12	20.3%	10	16.9%	37	62.7%	12-47	20.3%	74-72	50.7%	42-42	50.0%	1	0	59-57	50.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	2	1	36	21	0	0	23	25	0	2	1	1	0	0	72	58
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	11	0	23	22	0	0	41	47	1	3	1	2	1	0	137	108
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	6	0	13	1	70	49	0	0	70	80	1	5	2	3	1	0	229	181

Head to Head Results
Pohl/Rau lead the series against the field 14-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Arce/McPeak, United States 0-2
7/20/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Arce/McPeak	5	Pohl/Rau	23	21-14, 28-26	0:37
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Arce/McPeak	3	Pohl/Rau	19	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	Pohl/Rau	23	19-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	21-11, 21-13	0:30
Trail the series against # 11 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 0-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Oliveira/Silva	11	Pohl/Rau	19	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 13 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Pohl/Rau	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:50
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Series tied with # 15, Q5 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	Pohl/Rau	19	21-17, 21-18	0:33
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	Q15	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 17, Q4 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	23	Clarke/Gerlic	17, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 20 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	19	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	22-20, 21-12	0:34
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Kadijk/Leenstra	26, Q7	21-13, 25-23	0:47
Trail the series against # 21 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Pohl/Rau	11	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	26-24, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 25 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	24-22, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 30, Q14 Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou, Greece 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-11, 21-19	0:29
Lead the series against # Q2 Bragado-Corso/Wood, United States 2-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	21, Q1	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	21-19, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # Q8 O'Hara/Schritter, United States 1-0
6/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	O'Hara/Schritter	Q7	19-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # Q10 Barrera/Burte, France 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	19	Barrera/Burte	29, Q11	17-21, 21-13, 15-6	0:41
Lead the series against # Q12 Luge/Syren, France 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	23	Luge/Syren	10	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q17 Drummond/Todd, New Zealand 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	Drummond/Todd	Q15	21-14, 21-6	0:25
Lead the series against # Q26 Graumann/Sutt, Estonia 1-0
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Graumann/Sutt	Q31	21-10, 21-16	0:27