Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Estathe' Italian Open
September 3 - 7, 2003

(14) 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 Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	3	9th	120	US$4,000.00
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
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

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool C	Melanie Schonenberger / Annik Skrivan, Switzerland (30, Q22)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:36
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool C	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (19)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 12-15	0:48
Sat, 9/6/2003	Pool C	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (3)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Sat, 9/6/2003	Winner 1	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (9)	Lost 19-21, 28-26, 10-15	1:02

Head to Head Results
Pohl/Rau trail the series against the field 29-30 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 10 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-4
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Pohl/Rau	13	21-12, 21-10	0:30
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
Series tied with # 3 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Cook/Sanderson	3	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	17	Pohl/Rau	16	21-15, 21-13	0:33
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 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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 9 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	9	Pohl/Rau	14	21-19, 26-28, 15-10	1:02
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 # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 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 # 15 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 # 16 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Clarke/Gerlic	19	Pohl/Rau	16	21-19, 21-15	0:39
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	23	Clarke/Gerlic	17, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with # 17 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	24	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	25	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20	Pohl/Rau	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool C	Ahmann/Vollmer	19	Pohl/Rau	14	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
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 # 23, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 25, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 26 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
Series tied with # 28, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q22 Schonenberger/Skrivan, Switzerland 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Schonenberger/Skrivan	30, Q22	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against Barros/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Barros/Rodrigues	7, Q1	Pohl/Rau	10	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 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 # Q7 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	18	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # Q12 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 # Q14 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