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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 17 - 21, 2005

(7) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Okka Rau - 7th	Stephanie Pohl - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	7	3rd	80	€ 5,850.00
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	8	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	20	9th	216	US$8,250.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	11	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	7	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	16	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	9	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	13	13th	108	US$4,000.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		5th	120	€ 4,500.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	5	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	8	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	8	25th	36	US$2,000.00

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/18/2005	Winner 1	Kathrine Maaseide / Kristine Wiig, Norway (26)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:34
Wed, 5/18/2005	Winner 2	Xiaoyan Hu / Xi Zhang, China (10)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:35
Thu, 5/19/2005	Winner 3	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:39
Thu, 5/19/2005	Contender 4	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (4)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:53
Fri, 5/20/2005	Contender 5	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (16)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 12-15	0:48

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	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	2	2	0	$70,500.00	22	22	50.0 %
2003	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,250.00	11	3	78.6 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	$53,500.00	23	22	51.1 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	43	0	0	0	0	6	5	14	4	10	4	0	$219,240.00	97	83	53.9 %
Total	CEV	6	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	$33,400.00	23	11	67.6 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	2	0	$35,250.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	2	0	$35,250.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00	2003	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	0	$26,750.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	0	$26,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,925.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,925.00
72	1	1	1	1	14	27	17	6	4	$151,545.00	Total	Total	51	1	0	1	1	13	18	12	4	1	$127,320.00

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%
2004-2005	30	62.5%	5	10.4%	13	27.1%	35-13	72.9%	12	30.8%	4	10.3%	23	59.0%	12-27	30.8%	30-23	56.6%	17-17	50.0%	1	0	48-40	54.5%
Against the Field	56	72.7%	7	9.1%	14	18.2%	63-14	81.8%	14	23.0%	12	19.7%	35	57.4%	14-47	23.0%	112-66	62.9%	42-52	44.7%	1	1	78-60	56.5%

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 27-24 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Pohl/Rau	14	21-15, 20-22, 15-8	0:50
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 # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Pohl/Rau	7	21-13, 21-19	0:39
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	20	Felisberta/Maestrini	4	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Lahme/Musch, Germany 2-3
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Lahme/Musch	2	Pohl/Rau	7	21-19, 21-12	0:27
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	8	Pohl/Rau	9	19-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:54
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	9	Lahme/Musch	8	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	14	Lahme/Musch	10	21-14, 21-19	0:45
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	Pohl/Rau	13	21-23, 22-20, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 4-6
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	7	Gattelli/Perrotta	4	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:53
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Semi-Finals	Gattelli/Perrotta	1	Pohl/Rau	7	21-18, 21-13	0:50
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	12	Pohl/Rau	11	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Gattelli/Perrotta	17, Q1	Pohl/Rau	7	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:48
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	8	Gattelli/Perrotta	25	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:53
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Gattelli/Perrotta	19	21-15, 21-19	0:39
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	9	Pohl/Rau	14	21-19, 26-28, 15-10	1:02
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Pohl/Rau		Gattelli/Perrotta		21-19, 21-19	0:50
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Semi-Finals	Gattelli/Perrotta		Pohl/Rau		21-17, 21-13	0:41
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
Series tied with # 6 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-3
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	Pohl/Rau	8	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:08
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Pohl/Rau		22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-19, 21-14	0:35
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-17, 21-11	0:36
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 # 8 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	7	Kuhn/Schwer	3	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Hu/Zhang, China 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Hu/Zhang	10	21-15, 24-22	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-0
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-16, 21-19	0:38
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	16	Nystrom/Nystrom	31	21-10, 21-12	0:28
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau		Nystrom/Nystrom		21-18, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 3-2
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Bronze Medal	Pohl/Rau	7	Hakedal/Torlen	4	26-28, 22-20, 17-15	1:14
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 5	Hakedal/Torlen	10	Pohl/Rau	16	18-21, 21-15, 22-20	1:02
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Pohl/Rau		Hakedal/Torlen		21-14 Retired	0:19
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool A	Hakedal/Torlen		Pohl/Rau		21-19, 21-17	0:40
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Hakedal/Torlen	20	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Pohl/Rau	7	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 4-1
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:37
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	28	Pohl/Rau	5	15-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:52
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	8	Garcia/Gaxiola	26	19-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:57
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
Lead the series against # 26 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	7	Maaseide/Wiig	26	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	11	Lessard/Maxwell	27, Q7	21-18, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # Q12 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	10	Pohl/Rau	7	21-8, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q17 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