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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 17 - 21, 2003

(16) Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany

Stephanie Pohl
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1978 (46 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 (47 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Ines Pianka - 17th	Did not play
2001	Okka Rau - 9th	Stephanie Pohl - 9th
2002	Okka Rau - 9th	Stephanie Pohl - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	12	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	15	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	16	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	13	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	16	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	12	17th	60	US$2,520.00
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

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/19/2003	Pool A	Anna Bobrova / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (32, Q53)	Won 14-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:41
Thu, 6/19/2003	Pool A	Holly McPeak / Elaine Youngs, United States (1)	Lost 14-21, 8-21	0:33
Fri, 6/20/2003	Pool A	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (17)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:33

Head to Head Results
Pohl/Rau trail the series against the field 20-29 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-3
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	McPeak/Youngs	1	Pohl/Rau	16	21-14, 21-8	0:33
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	McPeak/Youngs	2	Pohl/Rau	15	21-18, 21-16	0:40
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	McPeak/Youngs	4	Pohl/Rau	20	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-4
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Pohl/Rau	15	21-19, 21-14	0:34
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Pohl/Rau	16	21-13, 24-22	0:34
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 # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Pohl/Rau	16	21-15, 21-14	0:37
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 # 4 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Connelly/Pires	5	Pohl/Rau	12	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 7 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 5-1
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Pohl/Rau	13	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
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
Series tied with # 8 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
Lead the series against # 10 Gintzburger/Skrivan, Switzerland 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Pohl/Rau	15	Gintzburger/Skrivan	39	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 17 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	17	Pohl/Rau	16	21-15, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
8/30/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-13, 21-11	0:29
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 # 22 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
Series tied with # 23 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 # 24 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
Series tied with # 25 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Ahmann/Vollmer	21	Pohl/Rau	12	24-26, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
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 # 27, Q3 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	15	Garcia/Gaxiola	18	21-16, 21-19	0:30
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	24-22, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 28, Q13 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Pohl/Rau	12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q24 Dumont/Martin, Canada 1-0
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Pohl/Rau	12	Dumont/Martin	28	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 32, Q53 Bobrova/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Pohl/Rau	16	Bobrova/Uryadova	32, Q53	14-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:41
Lead the series against Banck/Stein, Germany 1-0
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	15	Banck/Stein	31, Q14	21-13, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q51 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