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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 26 - 30, 2005

(5) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	5	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	4	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	6	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	5	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	4	3rd	320	US$16,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	7	7th	200	US$8,000.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Winner 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Satoko Urata, Japan (28, Q6)	Lost 13-21, 21-11, 18-20	0:57
Wed, 7/27/2005	Contender 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (12)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:39

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	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$41,990.00	22	19	53.7 %
2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	2	2	0	$70,500.00	22	22	50.0 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	$53,500.00	23	22	51.1 %
2005	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	$71,500.00	22	13	62.9 %
Total	FIVB	49	0	0	1	0	8	6	15	4	10	5	0	$282,740.00	116	94	55.2 %

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
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
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
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
7	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	$35,750.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	$35,750.00
70	0	1	1	0	14	27	16	7	4	$163,970.00	Total	Total	51	0	0	1	0	14	19	11	5	1	$142,370.00

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	63	72.4%	6	6.9%	18	20.7%	69-18	79.3%	15	21.4%	9	12.9%	46	65.7%	15-55	21.4%	126-88	58.9%	42-54	43.8%	1	1	85-72	54.1%

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 37-34 (Lead 18 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 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 0-9
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	19	Pohl/Rau	6	21-19, 21-17	0:38
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Pohl/Rau	9	21-17, 21-13	0:37
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Pohl/Rau	18	21-19, 21-13	0:32
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Pohl/Rau	24	17-21, 21-18, 15-4	0:47
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Pohl/Rau	9	21-18, 21-17	0:37
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 # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-2
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Pohl/Rau	5	21-13, 21-14	0:34
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
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 # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
6/12/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Pohl/Rau	4	16-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:02
Trail the series against # 7 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Barros/Connelly	4	Pohl/Rau	5	21-16, 20-22, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 11, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Pohl/Rau	5	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	21-19, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	Pohl/Rau	5	21-18, 21-18	0:39
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Pohl/Rau	5	13-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 13 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 5	Kadijk/Mooren	6	Pohl/Rau	4	23-21, 21-13	0:40
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Pohl/Rau	7	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Series tied with # 14 Lahme/Musch, Germany 3-3
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Lahme/Musch	12	21-16, 21-14	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 15 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 3-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-18, 21-18	0:39
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	4	Kuhn/Schwer	7	15-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	6	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	1:01
Trail the series against # 16 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-4
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Pohl/Rau	8	21-14, 21-17	0:40
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool L	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	Pohl/Rau	14	21-18, 8-21, 15-9	0:49
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 # 17 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	5	Hakedal/Torlen	15	21-10, 21-13	0:32
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	5	Hakedal/Torlen	15	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:44
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 5	Hakedal/Torlen	10	Pohl/Rau	16	18-21, 21-15, 22-20	1:02
Lead the series against # 19 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	21	21-19, 22-20	0:34
Series tied with # 20 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 2-2
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	16	Clarke/Gerlic	22, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:47
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Clarke/Gerlic	27, Q1	Pohl/Rau	13	21-16, 21-18	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 23 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	14, Q5	21-17, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 24 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 2-1
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Pohl/Rau	8	Cook/Sanderson	5	21-10, 22-20	0:41
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 # 26, Q4 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 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
Series tied with # 28, Q6 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Urata	28, Q6	Pohl/Rau	5	21-13, 11-21, 20-18	0:57
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	4	Kusuhara/Urata	20	17-21, 21-19, 19-17	1:03
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Teru Saiki/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	6	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	38	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 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
Trail the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Pohl/Rau	4	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # Q2 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-2
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-16, 21-11	0:32
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	Pohl/Rau	8	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:08
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 # Q5 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	16	Nystrom/Nystrom	31	21-10, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # Q9 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 5-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	5	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q9	29-27, 21-13	0:46
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 # Q11 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	4	Gschweidl/Hansel	29, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q13 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	5	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q12	21-15, 17-21, 15-9	0:46
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	4	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q11	21-16, 21-13	0:42
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