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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 20 - 26, 2009

(30) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Ines Pianka - 41st	Did not play
2000	Ines Pianka - 13th	Did not play
2001	Okka Rau - 9th	Stephanie Pohl - 9th
2002	Okka Rau - 9th	Stephanie Pohl - 9th
2003	Okka Rau - 5th	Stephanie Pohl - 5th
2004	Okka Rau - 17th	Stephanie Pohl - 17th
2006	Okka Rau - 17th	Stephanie Pohl - 17th
2007	Okka Rau - 5th	Stephanie Pohl - 5th
2008	Okka Rau - 1st	Stephanie Pohl - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	19, Q7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	21	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	16	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	5	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	8	9th	0	US$0.00

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/21/2009	Winner 1	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (35, Q11)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:59
Thu, 7/23/2009	Winner 2	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (3)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:46

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	11	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	1	3	0	0	$91,400.00	29	27	51.8 %
2008	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	$87,900.00	31	19	62.0 %
2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$24,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	85	1	0	2	3	13	9	19	9	23	5	1	$564,140.00	212	170	55.5 %

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
11	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	0	0	$45,700.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	0	0	$45,700.00
10	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	$43,950.00	2008	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	$43,950.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$12,000.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$12,000.00
106	1	1	2	3	22	36	29	7	5	$304,670.00	Total	Total	87	1	0	2	3	22	28	24	5	2	$283,070.00

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%
2008-2009	39	72.2%	8	14.8%	7	13.0%	47-7	87.0%	9	23.1%	6	15.4%	24	61.5%	9-30	23.1%	39-24	61.9%	17-13	56.7%	1	3	57-40	58.8%
Against the Field	31	72.1%	6	14.0%	6	14.0%	37-6	86.0%	7	17.1%	6	14.6%	28	68.3%	7-34	17.1%	62-50	55.4%	26-24	52.0%	1	2	45-39	53.6%

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 37-30 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 3-12
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:37
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	15	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	By Forfeit
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Pohl/Rau	14	21-16, 21-18	0:43
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Pohl/Rau	8	15-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:53
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Pohl/Rau	4	21-17, 21-15	0:43
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Pohl/Rau	13	21-16, 22-20	0:41
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Pohl/Rau	19	21-16, 21-19	0:42
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	14	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	21-13, 21-17	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-3
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	3	Pohl/Rau	30	21-18, 22-20	0:46
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Pohl/Rau	19	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 1-3
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool E	Branagh/Youngs	5	Pohl/Rau	8	21-17, 21-16	0:46
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-18, 21-16	0:49
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	4	Pohl/Rau	8	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Pohl/Rau	9	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Pohl/Rau	21	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Keizer/Van Iersel	12	Pohl/Rau	5	21-18, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
7/19/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Pohl/Rau	3	Salgado/Salgado	1	23-21, 16-21, 15-11	1:05
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
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Pohl/Rau	5	21-18, 21-19	0:38
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Pohl/Rau	19	26-24, 17-21, 15-13	1:06
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Pohl/Rau	14	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	8	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q14	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 4-2
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	21-10, 13-21, 15-8	0:45
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Pohl/Rau	21	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	1:00
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	15	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	16-21, 21-8, 15-11	0:44
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	11	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	20	21-11, 22-20	0:37
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	27	Pohl/Rau	6	21-13, 21-16	0:31
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	17	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 3-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Pohl/Rau	3	Mouha/Van Breedam	4	24-26, 21-19, 15-7	0:57
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	19	Mouha/Van Breedam	21	21-13, 21-10	0:34
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Mouha/Van Breedam	28, Q5	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Pohl/Rau	19	Gioria/Momoli	43	21-12, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 17 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	14	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	21-15, 23-21	0:47
Trail the series against # 18 Huang/Zhang, China 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Huang/Zhang	15	Pohl/Rau	16	21-15, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 23 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Forrer/Schmocker	10	Pohl/Rau	21	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 26 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool I	Pohl/Rau	16	Martins/Santanna	33	21-16, 21-18	0:39
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	7	Martins/Santanna	26	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	Mooren/Wesselink	Q10	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 29 Kongshavn/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	5	Kongshavn/Maaseide	28	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 32 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	11	Jursone/Minusa	14	21-10, 21-19	0:36
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	6	Jursone/Minusa	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 35, Q11 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	30	Baquerizo/Fernandez	35, Q11	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 36 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Pohl/Rau	21	Baburina/Osheyko	28	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 37 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 8-0
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Nystrom/Nystrom	30, Q5	21-16, 22-20	0:40
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	22-20, 21-15	0:39
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	11	Nystrom/Nystrom	27	21-18, 21-10	0:28
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-10, 22-20	0:35
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 38, Q4 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool I	Pohl/Rau	16	Andreasen/Vestergaard	40	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 41, Q10 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30	24-22, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 42 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 2-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Pohl/Rau	11	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	27, Q18	21-15, 21-12	0:33
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	6	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	28	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 45 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	3	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	9	21-18, 29-27	0:46
Lead the series against Borger/Brink-Abeler, Germany 1-0
7/13/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	Borger/Brink-Abeler		21-18, 21-18	0:39