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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(19) Louisa Lippmann/Laura Ludwig, Germany

Louisa Lippmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 23, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Herford

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Baden 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$84,750.00

Laura Ludwig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

180 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,039,487.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007
Best Offensive Player 2011
Best Defensive Player 2013, 2017
Most Inspirational 2013, 2017
Sportsperson 2015, 2016, 2017
Most Outstanding 2016, 2017
Team of the Year 2016 (with Kira Walkenhorst)
Tour Champion 2016 (with Kira Walkenhorst)
Most Entertaining Player 2019

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	21	0	1	0	0	6	0	5	3	4	1	1	US$94,000.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	13, Q1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	15, Q6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	17, Q7	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	20	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	23, Q10	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	Q10	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	11/3-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/6/2023	Pool F	Miki Ishii / Sayaka Mizoe, Japan (30)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:29
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool F	Margherita Bianchin / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (43)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:28
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool F	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (6)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:41
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Agatha Bednarczuk / Rebecca Cavalcanti, Brazil (22)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 8-15	0:48

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Margareta Kozuch - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Laura Ludwig - 17th	Louisa Lippmann - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Linda Bock - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	19	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	3	2	0	0	$65,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	$22,000.00
Total	21	0	1	0	0	6	0	5	3	5	1	0	$94,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Louisa Lippmann												Laura Ludwig
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	9	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$67,750.00
											World Tour Finals	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$150,000.00
16	0	0	0	0	4	10	2	0	0	$44,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	82	5	7	7	4	17	27	8	3	0	$608,875.00
13	1	2	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$31,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	73	2	4	2	2	22	19	6	9	0	$209,012.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
32	1	2	0	0	6	14	6	2	0	$84,750.00	Total	179	13	12	10	6	43	52	20	12	0	$1,039,487.50

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	$30,750.00	21	13	61.8 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	$36,750.00	22	15	59.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Louisa Lippmann													Laura Ludwig
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$9,375.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00
											2007	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00
											2009	FIVB	14	0	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	0	$77,575.00
											2010	FIVB	12	0	4	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	$91,250.00
											2011	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$59,350.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	$45,900.00
											2013	FIVB	11	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	$63,950.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$92,000.00
											2015	FIVB	10	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	$119,500.00
											2016	FIVB	13	7	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	$191,187.50
											2017	FIVB	6	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$89,000.00
											2019	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	4	0	$41,500.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$11,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	$15,375.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	$15,375.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	$18,375.00	Total	Total	166	13	11	10	6	40	46	17	12	11	$1,010,862.50

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	28	57.1%	8	16.3%	13	26.5%	36-13	73.5%	9	23.7%	6	15.8%	23	60.5%	9-29	23.7%	28-23	54.9%	17-19	47.2%	0	2	45-44	50.6%
2022-2023	17	63.0%	3	11.1%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	17-8	68.0%	5-9	35.7%	0	1	22-18	55.0%
Against the Field	16	47.1%	7	20.6%	11	32.4%	23-11	67.6%	7	20.6%	5	14.7%	22	64.7%	7-27	20.6%	32-40	44.4%	28-32	46.7%	0	2	30-38	44.1%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	10	20	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	8	4	1	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	19	11
Total	0	0	15	3	20	28	1	1	8	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	45	44

Head to Head Results
Lippmann/Ludwig lead the series against the field 13-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-2
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	2	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:50
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	3	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q6	13-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Cheng/Hughes, United States 0-1
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Salgado/Seixas	6	Lippmann/Ludwig	19	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 1	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	8	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Xia/Xue, China 1-2
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q6	Xia/Xue	7	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool E	Xia/Xue	5	Lippmann/Ludwig	20	21-16, 21-17	0:39
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool B	Xia/Xue	2	Lippmann/Ludwig	23, Q10	17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	21-11, 14-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Flores/Gutierrez, Mexico 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool B	Lippmann/Ludwig	23, Q10	Flores/Gutierrez	11, Q3	21-17, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 13 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 3-0
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 2	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	Mader/Verge-Depre	Q8	21-14, 21-13	0:30
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 2	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q6	Mader/Verge-Depre	Q3	21-14, 21-12	0:30
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool E	Lippmann/Ludwig	17, Q7	Mader/Verge-Depre	8	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 14 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 0-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Lopes/Silva	8	Lippmann/Ludwig	23, Q10	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Donlin/Flint, United States 0-1
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Lucky Loser	Donlin/Flint	12	Lippmann/Ludwig	20	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-0
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q6	Graudina/Samoilova	9	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 2	Hermannova/Stochlova	19, Q11	Lippmann/Ludwig	17, Q7	24-26, 21-15, 15-10	0:54
Series tied with # 22 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 1-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	22	Lippmann/Ludwig	19	19-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:48
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q6	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	10	21-10, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 23 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool E	Lippmann/Ludwig	17, Q7	Cavalcanti/De Souza	5	23-21, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 24 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	Placette/Richard	12	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 30 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 1-0
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Lippmann/Ludwig	19	Ishii/Mizoe	30	21-12, 21-10	0:29
Lead the series against # 31 Gallay/Pereyra, Argentina 1-0
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool E	Lippmann/Ludwig	20	Gallay/Pereyra	8	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 43 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 1-0
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Lippmann/Ludwig	19	Bianchin/Scampoli	43	21-12, 21-12	0:28