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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Nissan Grand Slam
September 18 - 21, 2003

(18) Andrea Ahmann/Jana Vollmer, Germany

Andrea "Andi" Lipp Ahmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Suttgart-bad

Height:

168 cm (5'6")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Alanya 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$86,613.49

Jana Vollmer
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1973 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mlada Boleslav (CZE)

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$91,648.34

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
CEV	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$25,611.39
FIVB	30	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	13	5	2	1	US$112,860.00
Overall	35	0	1	0	0	5	0	8	0	13	5	2	1	US$138,471.39

Previous Carson Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	19	9th	120	US$4,000.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		2nd	180	€ 12,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	11	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	13	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	24	5th	312	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	21, Q5	25th	54	US$3,000.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		5th	60	€ 2,250.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	21, Q4	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	10	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	25	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	21	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	20	9th	120	US$3,900.00

United States Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool B	Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:44
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool B	Shaylyn Bede / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (31, Q25)	Lost 22-24, 21-17, 14-16	0:48
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool B	Lisa Arce / Rachel Scott, United States (15)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 13-15	0:50

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	3	0	$50,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	8	2	3	$57,110.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,350.00
Total	33	0	1	0	0	3	0	8	0	13	5	3	$131,210.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andrea Ahmann												Jana Vollmer
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	0	0	1	0	1	$2,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	0	$25,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	3	0	$27,125.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	7	9	2	4	$30,055.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	3	3	$33,905.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	Challenger
4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$16,925.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$15,025.00
38	0	1	1	0	3	9	14	5	5	$75,380.00	Total	40	0	2	0	0	3	10	15	7	3	$81,305.00

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
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	2	$18,110.00	20	14	58.8 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	3	2	60.0 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	2	0	$42,000.00	19	20	48.7 %
2003	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	8	4	2	$60,110.00	39	34	53.4 %
Total	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,100.00	10	7	58.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andrea Ahmann													Jana Vollmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	1996	FIVB C&S
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$850.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
											2000	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00	2001	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	$9,055.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	$9,055.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	$21,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	$21,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,375.00	2003	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,375.00
27	0	1	1	0	2	6	9	4	4	$47,880.00	Total	Total	28	0	2	0	0	2	7	10	5	2	$51,055.00

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	42	71.2%	10	16.9%	7	11.9%	52-7	88.1%	9	16.1%	13	23.2%	34	60.7%	9-47	16.1%	42-34	55.3%	19-20	48.7%	1	1	62-55	53.0%
2002-2003	30	73.2%	6	14.6%	5	12.2%	36-5	87.8%	6	17.1%	7	20.0%	22	62.9%	6-29	17.1%	30-22	57.7%	12-12	50.0%	0	1	42-35	54.5%
Against the Field	24	66.7%	5	13.9%	7	19.4%	29-7	80.6%	5	12.2%	11	26.8%	25	61.0%	5-36	12.2%	48-48	50.0%	20-36	35.7%	1	0	35-42	45.5%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	8	10	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	15	3	17	16	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	36
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	7
Total	1	1	17	3	31	29	0	0	13	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	72	62

Head to Head Results
Ahmann/Vollmer trail the series against the field 28-32 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 16 Series, 3 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 0-1
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Ahmann/Vollmer	32, Q7	21-19, 21-8	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-4
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool B	Connelly/Pires	2	Ahmann/Vollmer	18	21-16, 21-19	0:44
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	1	Ahmann/Vollmer	13	21-16, 21-15	0:37
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	1	Ahmann/Vollmer	24	21-13, 21-15	0:37
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Connelly/Pires	5	Ahmann/Vollmer	21	21-17, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool C	Ahmann/Vollmer	19	Cook/Sanderson	3	21-14, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q5	22-20, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czechia 0-1
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Ahmann/Vollmer	22	15-21, 29-27, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 9 Lahme/Musch, Germany 1-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ahmann/Vollmer	24	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	25-23, 21-13	0:45
Series tied with # 11 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 3-3
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Ahmann/Vollmer		Kadijk/Leenstra		21-15, 21-16	0:43
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Ahmann/Vollmer	11	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:44
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Ahmann/Vollmer	24	Kadijk/Leenstra	8	21-14, 22-20	0:38
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Ahmann/Vollmer	10	Kadijk/Leenstra	7	21-15, 21-14	0:35
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Leenstra	7	Ahmann/Vollmer	25	23-21, 21-14	0:38
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Kadijk/Leenstra	4	Ahmann/Vollmer	20	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 0-2
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool D	Fonseca/Minello	4	Ahmann/Vollmer	13	21-18, 21-17	0:37
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Fonseca/Minello	5	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q4	21-18, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-4
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Ahmann/Vollmer	19	21-15, 32-30	0:49
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	Ahmann/Vollmer	25	25-23, 21-16	0:45
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Ahmann/Vollmer	22	22-20, 21-19	0:44
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Ahmann/Vollmer	32, Q7	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-18, 15-21, 15-9	0:40
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Ahmann/Vollmer	Q10	21-15, 24-22	0:38
Series tied with # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-3
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool C	Ahmann/Vollmer	19	Pohl/Rau	14	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Pohl/Rau		Ahmann/Vollmer		21-15, 21-18	0:44
8/28/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Ahmann/Vollmer		19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:52
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer		Pohl/Rau		22-20, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Ahmann/Vollmer	21	Pohl/Rau	12	24-26, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	15	Ahmann/Vollmer	42	21-15, 18-21, 19-17	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Arce/Scott, United States 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool B	Arce/Scott	15	Ahmann/Vollmer	18	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 17 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 5-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Ahmann/Vollmer		21-19, 21-16	0:38
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Ahmann/Vollmer	24	Karadassiou/Sfyri	25	21-13, 21-17	0:34
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Vollmer		Karadassiou/Sfyri		10-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:52
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Vollmer	25	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-18, 21-13	0:42
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Ahmann/Vollmer	22	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:55
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	27, Q16	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 19 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 2	Gattelli/Perrotta		Ahmann/Vollmer		14-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	43	Garcia/Gaxiola	30	22-20, 21-16	0:36
7/25/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Ahmann/Vollmer	27, Q16	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q1	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 22 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q5	12-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Ahmann/Vollmer		Hakedal/Torlen		21-12, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 24 Dodd/McSorley, United States 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Dodd/McSorley	11	Ahmann/Vollmer	27	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-1
8/28/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-19, 21-17	0:50
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-13, 28-26	0:47
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-17, 21-16	0:31
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	Ahmann/Vollmer	32, Q7	30-28, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Arjona/Kadjo, France 2-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer	13	Arjona/Kadjo	20, Q5	21-19, 21-17	0:42
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Ahmann/Vollmer	22	Arjona/Kadjo	12	21-10, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 28, Q1 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	19	Ahmann/Vollmer	20	21-17, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 29, Q2 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	Ahmann/Vollmer	10	21-11, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 Alcon/Pol, Spain 2-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q4	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	21-19, 21-23, 15-8	0:54
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Ahmann/Vollmer	Q15	Alcon/Pol	Q18	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 31, Q25 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool B	Bede/Ribeiro	31, Q25	Ahmann/Vollmer	18	24-22, 17-21, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against # Q7 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	Ahmann/Vollmer	10	17-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # Q8 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Ahmann/Vollmer	21	14-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:49
Trail the series against # Q9 Dumont/Martin, Canada 0-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool F	Dumont/Martin	27, Q6	Ahmann/Vollmer	11	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:54
Series tied with # Q11 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	11	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-14, 21-15	0:30
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Ahmann/Vollmer		17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # Q12 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Ahmann/Vollmer	24	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q13 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer	13	Lessard/Maxwell	29	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q22 Bragado-Corso/Wood, United States 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	27	Bragado-Corso/Wood	22, Q3	22-24, 21-18, 20-18	1:06