Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(12) 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 Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	15	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2002	Canada Open	12	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	16	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	20	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	10	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	11	9th	0	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2001	China Open	7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Japan Open	16	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	16	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	19	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Hellas Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool E	Christine Mellitzer / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (28)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool E	Ana Paula Connelly / Tatiana Minello, Brazil (5)	Lost 24-26, 10-21	0:38
Sat, 7/27/2002	Pool E	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (21)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:35

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$45,250.00	27	18	60.0 %
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$24,515.00	12	12	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	4	1	0	$69,765.00	39	30	56.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	0	$22,625.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	0	$22,625.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$12,257.50	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$12,257.50
37	0	1	0	0	2	17	10	3	4	$57,482.50	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	2	9	5	1	1	$35,882.50

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	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%
2001-2002	39	78.0%	6	12.0%	5	10.0%	45-5	90.0%	4	11.1%	4	11.1%	28	77.8%	4-32	11.1%	39-28	58.2%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	49-37	57.0%
Against the Field	49	66.2%	11	14.9%	14	18.9%	60-14	81.1%	13	19.1%	10	14.7%	45	66.2%	13-55	19.1%	98-86	53.3%	48-48	50.0%	1	1	74-68	52.1%

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 26-22 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Pohl/Rau	15	21-14, 21-15	0:39
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 # 2 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	McPeak/Youngs	4	Pohl/Rau	20	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Bede/Behar	1	Pohl/Rau	16	21-18, 21-19	0:45
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	1	Pohl/Rau	16	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-4
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Connelly/Minello	5	Pohl/Rau	12	26-24, 21-10	0:38
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Connelly/Minello	5	Pohl/Rau	12	21-16, 20-22, 15-9	0:51
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Minello	3	Pohl/Rau	20	21-17, 21-14	0:34
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Minello	18	Pohl/Rau	10	21-13, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 10 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
Series tied with # 11 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-1
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	11	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:57
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Pohl/Rau	11	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Series tied with # 13 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-1
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	Pohl/Rau	7	22-20, 25-27, 17-15	1:20
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	26-24, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 15 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	10	Pohl/Rau	15	21-18, 21-18	0:29
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 # 16, Q3 Dodd/McSorley, United States 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Dodd/McSorley	22	Pohl/Rau	12	21-12, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Pohl/Rau	12	Clarke/Gooley	21	28-26, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 18 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 5-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau	20	Kadijk/Leenstra	13	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:53
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	10	Kadijk/Leenstra	8	21-10, 21-11	0:29
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	11	Kadijk/Leenstra	14	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:52
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
Lead the series against # 19 Crespo/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau	20	Crespo/Larrea Peraza	29	23-21, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 21 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-4
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Bruschini/Solazzi	21	Pohl/Rau	12	21-12, 21-17	0:35
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Pohl/Rau	10	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
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
Lead the series against # 23 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	16	Tian/Wang	17	16-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:19
Lead the series against # 24 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 2-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	Pohl/Rau	16	21-18, 21-19	0:37
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-17, 21-19	0:36
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	16	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	25-23, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q11 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Ikauniece/Minusa	24	21-19, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q16 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	15	Ahmann/Vollmer	42	21-15, 18-21, 19-17	0:53
Lead the series against # 28 Mellitzer/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Pohl/Rau	12	Mellitzer/Swoboda	28	21-11, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 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 # 32, Q5 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 4-1
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Pohl/Rau	15	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	34	21-10, 21-11	0:20
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Pohl/Rau	16	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	32	21-15, 21-17	0:32
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool P	Pohl/Rau	16	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	17	21-13, 21-13	0:41
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 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 # Q1 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 # Q4 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 1-0
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Gougeon/Lessard	23	21-14, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # Q6 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 0-1
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 1	Gerlic/Lochowicz	27, Q6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-18, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # Q15 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Alcon/Pol	26	21-11, 21-13	0:24