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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 12 - 16, 2007

(7) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Martina Stoof - 49th	Did not play
1999	Ines Pianka - 41st	Did not play
2000	Ines Pianka - 25th	Did not play
2001	Okka Rau - 13th	Stephanie Pohl - 13th
2005	Okka Rau - 5th	Stephanie Pohl - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	6	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	14	3rd	640	US$22,100.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	16	13th	240	US$6,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	12	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	17	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	23	4th	560	US$17,700.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	40	US$0.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2007	Winner 1	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (26, Q3)	Lost 22-20, 14-21, 9-15	0:49
Wed, 6/13/2007	Contender 1	Juliana Antunes / Maria Francisca Esteves, Portugal (10)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Thu, 6/14/2007	Contender 2	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (8, Q5)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	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	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	9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	$80,800.00	25	18	58.1 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$68,800.00	24	15	61.5 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$17,000.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	62	0	0	2	2	8	7	16	7	14	5	1	$377,840.00	150	120	55.6 %

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
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
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
8	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	$34,400.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	$34,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,500.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,500.00
83	0	1	2	2	15	31	20	7	5	$211,520.00	Total	Total	64	0	0	2	2	15	23	15	5	2	$189,920.00

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%
2006-2007	41	77.4%	3	5.7%	9	17.0%	44-9	83.0%	8	19.5%	10	24.4%	23	56.1%	8-33	19.5%	41-23	64.1%	11-19	36.7%	1	0	53-42	55.8%
Against the Field	54	67.5%	8	10.0%	18	22.5%	62-18	77.5%	13	19.7%	14	21.2%	39	59.1%	13-53	19.7%	108-72	60.0%	42-64	39.6%	1	2	76-70	52.1%

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 36-33 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	2	Pohl/Rau	7	21-16, 21-16	0:42
7/16/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Bronze Medal	Tian/Wang	3	Pohl/Rau	12	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:12
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	23	Tian/Wang	2	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-6
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Pohl/Rau	14	21-18, 23-21	0:50
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Pohl/Rau	16	21-16, 21-9	0:39
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Pohl/Rau	12	21-17, 21-23, 15-13	1:06
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Pohl/Rau	17	21-17, 21-10	0:40
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 2-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	12	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	21-18, 21-19	0:37
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 # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
6/9/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	4	Pohl/Rau	6	21-17, 21-9	0:37
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	4	Pohl/Rau	12	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-2
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Barros/Connelly	3	21-19, 21-17	0:39
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Barros/Connelly	25, Q1	Pohl/Rau	23	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:58
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 # 6 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 4-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	16	Hakedal/Torlen	17	21-13, 21-17	0:34
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	23	Hakedal/Torlen	8	21-17, 21-14	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 8, Q5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	8, Q5	Pohl/Rau	7	21-14, 21-16	0:38
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Pohl/Rau	4	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Antunes/Esteves, Portugal 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	7	Antunes/Esteves	10	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 14 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 4-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	27-25, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	31, Q11	Pohl/Rau	17	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:54
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	23	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-14, 21-19	0:40
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	16	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	1:03
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	13	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q7	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 15 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	17	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 18 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-3
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	22	Pohl/Rau	6	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:58
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Pohl/Rau	14	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	21-19, 21-15	0:42
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-11, 21-13	0:32
6/12/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Pohl/Rau	4	16-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 19 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	6	Jursone/Minusa	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 22 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	Pohl/Rau	7	21-11, 36-34	0:54
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	21-14, 21-14	0:31
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	21	21-19, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	6	Nystrom/Nystrom	21	21-13, 21-16	0:33
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	14	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-11, 21-14	0:27
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	16	Nystrom/Nystrom	31	21-10, 21-12	0:28
Trail the series against # 24, Q1 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-3
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Pohl/Rau	9	21-19, 21-13	0:38
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 # 25 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	24	21-18, 27-25	0:40
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Maxwell	26, Q3	Pohl/Rau	7	20-22, 21-14, 15-9	0:49
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	11	Lessard/Maxwell	22	21-15, 21-16	0:36
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 # 27, Q2 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-4
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	7	Gattelli/Perrotta	4	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:53
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
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 # 28, Q4 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 # 30 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 3-0
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	14	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	14-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:53
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	21-12, 21-15	0:41
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against Makabe/Oguri, Japan 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	18	Makabe/Oguri	31, Q26	21-13, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # Q17 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	7	Martins/Santanna	26	21-15, 21-19	0:37