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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open
June 8 - 12, 2005

(4) 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 Milan Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Okka Rau - 9th	Stephanie Pohl - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/9/2005	Winner 1	Eiko Koizumi / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (29, Q11)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:42
Thu, 6/9/2005	Winner 2	Chiaki Kusuhara / Satoko Urata, Japan (20)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 19-17	1:03
Fri, 6/10/2005	Winner 3	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (21)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 6/11/2005	Winner 4	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:41
Sun, 6/12/2005	Semi-Finals	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (11)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 15-17	1:02
Sun, 6/12/2005	Bronze Medal	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Won 24-22, 24-22	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	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	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$24,000.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	44	0	0	1	0	6	5	14	4	10	4	0	$235,240.00	102	84	54.8 %

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
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
65	0	1	1	0	11	26	16	6	4	$140,220.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	1	0	11	18	11	4	1	$118,620.00

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	59	76.6%	7	9.1%	11	14.3%	66-11	85.7%	11	18.6%	12	20.3%	36	61.0%	11-48	18.6%	118-66	64.1%	36-46	43.9%	1	2	78-58	57.4%

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 19-13 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 2-5
6/12/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Bronze Medal	Pohl/Rau	4	Bede/Behar	1	24-22, 24-22	0:48
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 4	Pohl/Rau	4	Bede/Behar	1	23-21, 21-18	0:41
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 # 5 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-2
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 # 6 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 # 8 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 # 11 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
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 # 14 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 # 18 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 # 20 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
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 # 21 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 # 22 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, Q11 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
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 # 30, 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
Lead the series against # 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 # Q20 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