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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005

(1) 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:

136

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$424,361.54

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:

115

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	8	5th	0	US$0.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/7/2005	Winner 1	Annik Skrivan / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (16)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:35
Sun, 8/7/2005	Winner 2	Lenka Hajeckova / Petra Novotna, Czech Republic (8)	Lost 21-13, 18-21, 12-15	0:46
Sun, 8/7/2005	Contender 2	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (14)	Lost 20-22, 21-16, 11-15	0:47

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$342,520.00	Total	99	2	0	3	4	25	31	27	5	0	$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	8	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	$77,800.00	24	15	61.5 %
2005	CEV	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,850.00	11	4	73.3 %
Total	FIVB	50	0	0	1	0	8	6	15	5	10	5	0	$289,040.00	118	96	55.1 %
Total	CEV	8	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$46,400.00	29	13	69.0 %

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
8	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	$38,900.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	$38,900.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$9,425.00	2005	CEV	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$9,425.00
81	2	1	2	1	17	30	17	7	4	$192,945.00	Total	Total	60	2	0	2	1	16	21	12	5	1	$168,720.00

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	62	84.9%	5	6.8%	6	8.2%	67-6	91.8%	16	34.0%	8	17.0%	23	48.9%	16-31	34.0%	62-23	72.9%	21-14	60.0%	1	1	84-38	68.9%
2004-2005	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	5	35.7%	2	14.3%	7	50.0%	5-9	35.7%	11-7	61.1%	7-3	70.0%	1	0	19-10	65.5%
Against the Field	25	80.6%	3	9.7%	3	9.7%	28-3	90.3%	6	33.3%	3	16.7%	9	50.0%	6-12	33.3%	50-16	75.8%	18-12	60.0%	1	0	35-14	71.4%

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
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 19-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-2
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Pohl/Rau	3	Kadijk/Mooren	7	21-15, 21-12	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 5 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 4-0
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
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	7	Kuhn/Schwer	3	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-2
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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 0-1
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Hajeckova/Novotna	8	Pohl/Rau	1	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 Banck/Kaup, Germany 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	3	Banck/Kaup	11	21-15, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-3
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 # 16 Skrivan/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	1	Skrivan/Zumkehr	16	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against 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 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 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