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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Acapulco Open
October 26 - 30, 2005

(27, Q7) Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany

Helke Claasen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Schwedtiioder

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$117,910.00

Antje Röder
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 17, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$94,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	48	0	0	0	2	1	2	6	5	12	6	4	2	8	US$181,650.00

Previous Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	25, Q4	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	19	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	30, Q12	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	26, Q11	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	26, Q7	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	47	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q14	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	Q9	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	29, Q7	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q7	33rd	20	US$0.00

Acapulco Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/26/2005	Qualifier 1	Natalia Alfaro / Ingrid Morales, Costa Rica (Q26)	Won 21-9, 21-6	0:30
Wed, 10/26/2005	Qualifier 2	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (26, Q10)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:40
Thu, 10/27/2005	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (6)	Lost 24-22, 19-21, 9-15	0:57
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 1	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (22)	Lost 19-21, 25-23, 13-15	1:08

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	$54,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	5	5	6	0	$102,100.00
Total	48	0	0	0	2	1	2	6	5	12	6	0	$181,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Helke Claasen												Antje Roder
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,750.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,750.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	3	0	$36,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	0	$30,775.00
47	0	0	0	2	2	9	10	10	0	$63,635.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	2	2	8	5	6	0	$51,050.00
73	0	0	0	2	3	13	19	13	0	$117,910.00	Total	51	0	0	0	2	3	11	12	8	0	$94,575.00

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
2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	5	$27,750.00	18	22	45.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	5	$27,750.00	18	22	45.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Helke Claasen													Antje Roder
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	2000	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,085.00	2002	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	$14,625.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$10,375.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	5	$13,875.00	2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	5	$13,875.00
38	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	11	14	$40,960.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	6	$15,875.00

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	48	59.3%	19	23.5%	14	17.3%	67-14	82.7%	19	20.7%	16	17.4%	57	62.0%	19-73	20.7%	48-57	45.7%	38-30	55.9%	0	1	86-88	49.4%
2004-2005	12	66.7%	2	11.1%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	6	23.1%	4	15.4%	16	61.5%	6-20	23.1%	12-16	42.9%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	20-24	45.5%
Against the Field	18	51.4%	6	17.1%	11	31.4%	24-11	68.6%	11	23.4%	4	8.5%	32	68.1%	11-36	23.4%	36-64	36.0%	34-30	53.1%	0	0	35-47	42.7%

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	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	5	6	2	10	11	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	3	12	5	2	1	0	0	17	22	0	2	0	2	0	0	55	55
Total	7	8	18	7	14	13	0	0	22	33	0	2	0	2	0	0	86	88

Head to Head Results
Claasen/Roder trail the series against the field 6-15 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-3
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Claasen/Roder	19	21-19, 21-15	0:37
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Claasen/Roder	26, Q11	21-16, 21-9	0:27
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	Claasen/Roder	29, Q7	18-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Scott/Youngs, United States 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Scott/Youngs	3	Claasen/Roder	47	21-12, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Kadijk/Mooren	10	Claasen/Roder	26, Q11	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	19	Garcia/Gaxiola	14	22-24, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Claasen/Roder	26, Q11	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 15 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Claasen/Roder	25, Q4	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 22 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-2
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	22	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:08
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	24	Claasen/Roder	25, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	Claasen/Roder	Q14	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 26, Q10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	26, Q10	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	21-14, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 2-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	30, Q12	Maaseide/Wiig	Q5	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:46
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	26, Q7	Maaseide/Wiig	23	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q9	Claasen/Roder	30, Q12	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # Q3 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-2
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Claasen/Roder	26, Q7	17-21, 25-23, 16-14	1:01
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	Claasen/Roder	29, Q7	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # Q12 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-1
7/5/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	26, Q7	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q10	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:46
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q17	Claasen/Roder		21-19, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # Q26 Alfaro/Morales, Costa Rica 1-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 1	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	Alfaro/Morales	Q26	21-9, 21-6	0:30