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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South African Open
November 16 - 20, 2005

(9) 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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	4	3rd	160	€ 10,500.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	1	9th	40	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	11	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	5	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	5	5th	240	US$10,000.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	3	1st	100	€ 11,050.00
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
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	7	3rd	80	€ 5,850.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool H	Emma Wyngaard / Karen van Huyssteen, South Africa (24)	Won 21-9, 21-6	0:27
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool H	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (25, Q1)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:37
Fri, 11/18/2005	Pool H	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (8)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:39
Fri, 11/18/2005	Winner 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (13)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:38

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	9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	$80,800.00	25	18	58.1 %
2005	CEV	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,350.00	15	6	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	51	0	0	1	0	8	6	15	5	11	5	0	$292,040.00	119	99	54.6 %
Total	CEV	9	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$56,900.00	33	15	68.8 %

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
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
9	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	$40,400.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	$40,400.00
4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,675.00	2005	CEV	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,675.00
83	2	1	3	1	17	30	18	7	4	$199,695.00	Total	Total	62	2	0	3	1	16	21	13	5	1	$175,470.00

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	38	69.1%	5	9.1%	12	21.8%	43-12	78.2%	9	17.0%	9	17.0%	35	66.0%	9-44	17.0%	76-66	53.5%	28-42	40.0%	1	1	53-55	49.1%

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
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 trail the series against the field 34-35 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 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 # 3 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-3
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Pohl/Rau	4	21-18, 21-14	0:44
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-11, 21-13	0:32
7/10/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Gold Medal	Pohl/Rau	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	13-21, 26-24, 15-11	1:17
6/12/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Pohl/Rau	4	16-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:02
Series tied with # 8 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Keizer/Leenstra	8	Pohl/Rau	9	21-15, 21-17	0:39
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	11	Keizer/Leenstra	21	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 5-1
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Bronze Medal	Pohl/Rau	4	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-17, 21-19	0:41
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Pohl/Rau	4	21-18, 21-19	0:40
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
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 # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 6-2
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	5	Hakedal/Torlen	15	21-10, 21-13	0:32
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	3	Hakedal/Torlen	2	21-14, 21-19	0:36
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	5	Hakedal/Torlen	15	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:44
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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-4
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Pohl/Rau	9	21-19, 21-13	0:38
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Pohl/Rau	1	22-20, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 4-3
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
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
Series tied with # 15 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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 5	Pohl/Rau	4	Moiseeva/Uryadova	7	18-21, 21-13, 19-17	0:53
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21 Arjona/Kadjo, France 2-0
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau		Arjona/Kadjo		24-26, 21-19, 15-9	1:03
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 # 24 van Huyssteen/Wyngaard, South Africa 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Wyngaard/van Huyssteen	24	21-9, 21-6	0:27
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-1
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Claasen/Roder	25, Q1	Pohl/Rau	9	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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