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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lianyungang Open
August 13 - 17, 2003

(3) Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany

Stephanie Pohl
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1978 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Finsterwalde

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$424,361.54

Okka Rau
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1977 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leer

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$398,906.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	23	6	1	2	4	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	US$185,056.67
FIVB	91	1	0	2	3	13	9	20	10	27	5	1	US$586,790.00
Overall	114	7	1	4	7	18	10	22	11	28	5	1	US$771,846.67

Previous Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	10	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	18	17th	104	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	24	5th	324	US$11,500.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		4th	70	€ 3,250.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	13	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	9	5th	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	16	17th	60	US$2,500.00
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
CEV	8/29-31/2002	European Championships	5	7th	50	€ 1,800.00

Lianyungang Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool C	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (19)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool C	Kylie Gerlic / Summer Lochowicz, Australia (14)	Won 12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:41
Sat, 8/16/2003	Pool C	Wen Feng Lu / Zhengqing Ren, China (30)	Won 23-21, 25-23	0:47
Sat, 8/16/2003	Winner 1	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (4)	Lost 15-21, 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	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	1	$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
Confederation Championship	7	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$49,800.00
Total	98	2	0	3	4	15	10	21	10	27	5	1	$636,590.00

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	1	$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	1	$118,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	1	1	7	8	10	1	1	$117,350.00
71	1	0	1	2	13	26	19	6	3	$165,920.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	1	0	1	2	13	18	15	4	1	$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
9	1	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	$27,525.00	Confederation Championship	7	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	$24,900.00
120	2	1	3	4	26	40	32	7	5	$342,520.00	Total	99	2	0	3	4	25	31	27	5	2	$318,295.00

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	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$41,990.00	22	19	53.7 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	3	2	60.0 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	$43,500.00	14	16	46.7 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	3	7	3	0	$130,740.00	63	53	54.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,050.00	7	5	58.3 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	1999	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV
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
10	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$20,995.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$20,995.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	$21,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	$21,750.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00
53	0	1	0	1	7	22	13	5	4	$93,120.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	1	6	13	8	3	1	$68,895.00

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%
2002-2003	35	76.1%	4	8.7%	7	15.2%	39-7	84.8%	5	12.8%	6	15.4%	28	71.8%	5-34	12.8%	35-28	55.6%	9-13	40.9%	0	0	44-41	51.8%
Against the Field	49	69.0%	9	12.7%	13	18.3%	58-13	81.7%	16	37.2%	4	9.3%	23	53.5%	16-27	37.2%	98-42	70.0%	50-34	59.5%	1	1	75-39	65.8%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	8	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	27	13
Total	6	0	13	1	75	50	0	0	78	86	2	7	3	4	2	0	256	194

Head to Head Results
Pohl/Rau lead the series against the field 30-20 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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
Lead the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 2-1
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Pohl/Rau	3	21-15, 21-13	0:36
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Tian/Wang	8	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:54
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 # 5 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	Pohl/Rau	13	21-23, 22-20, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 6 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 5-2
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Kadijk/Leenstra	8	Pohl/Rau	24	21-13, 21-9	0:31
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
Lead the series against # 7 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 8 Clarke/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Clarke/Pottharst	15	Pohl/Rau	18	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Wang/You, China 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Wang/You	24, Q5	29-27, 21-7	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-2
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	24	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	25	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Bronze Medal	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit		Pohl/Rau		21-19, 21-16	0:43
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20	Pohl/Rau	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 11 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-2
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer		Pohl/Rau		22-20, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 13 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-2
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Pohl/Rau	10	21-15, 21-15	0:35
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 # 14 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	3	Gerlic/Lochowicz	14	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:41
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 # 17 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
Series tied with # 18 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau		Glesnes/Maaseide		17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:55
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	24	Pohl/Rau	5	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 19 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 4-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-16, 21-15	0:34
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	9	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	21-12, 21-12	0:34
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 # 20, Q1 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Hakedal/Torlen	20	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 21 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	24	Arjona/Kadjo	10	21-13, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	18	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		16-21, 21-10, 15-7	0:44
Series tied with # 23, Q2 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:43
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Pohl/Rau	12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 24 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-1
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Alcon/Pol	21	Pohl/Rau	5	21-19, 21-17	0:37
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Alcon/Pol	26	21-11, 21-13	0:24
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 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 # 30 Lu/Ren, China 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	3	Lu/Ren	30	23-21, 25-23	0:47
Lead the series against # Q12 Seike/Yamakawa, Japan 1-0
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Seike/Yamakawa	26	21-9, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # Q27 Han/Sun, China 1-1
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Han/Sun	18, Q1	Pohl/Rau	7	21-18, 21-16	0:43
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	16	Han/Sun	31, Q18	21-19, 21-9	0:36