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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 12 - 16, 2006

(26) Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany

Helke Claasen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1977 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Schwedtiioder

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Moscow 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$136,835.29

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:

3rd (CEV Moscow 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$113,316.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	12	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	US$30,688.12
FIVB	48	0	0	0	2	1	2	6	5	12	0	0	6	4	2	8	US$181,650.00
Overall	60	0	0	1	2	3	3	8	5	13	1	2	6	4	2	10	US$212,338.12

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Antje Roder - 13th	Helke Claasen - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q13	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	11	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	25, Q1	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	27, Q7	25th	40	US$2,000.00
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

Canada Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/13/2006	Winner 1	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (7, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 21-14, 12-15	0:55
Thu, 7/13/2006	Contender 1	Annie Martin / Katherine Zakrzewski, Canada (10)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:42

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	7	$54,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	5	5	6	7	$102,100.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
Total	50	0	0	0	2	2	2	7	5	12	6	14	$190,150.00

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	9	$36,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	8	$30,775.00
47	0	0	0	2	2	9	10	10	14	$63,635.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	2	2	8	5	6	7	$51,050.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$5,250.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$4,250.00
77	0	0	0	2	4	14	20	13	24	$123,160.00	Total	54	0	0	0	2	4	12	12	8	16	$98,825.00

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$30,750.00	20	24	45.5 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	2	7	22.2 %
2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,950.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	10	$32,750.00	22	31	41.5 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,950.00	8	5	61.5 %

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	2	0	0	0	$0.00	1999	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	CEV	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$750.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$1,625.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$15,375.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$15,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$975.00	2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$975.00
54	0	0	0	0	0	7	15	12	20	$46,185.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	6	13	$20,975.00

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%
2005-2006	22	62.9%	5	14.3%	8	22.9%	27-8	77.1%	9	21.4%	7	16.7%	26	61.9%	9-33	21.4%	22-26	45.8%	14-15	48.3%	0	0	36-41	46.8%
Against the Field	14	63.6%	3	13.6%	5	22.7%	17-5	77.3%	6	16.2%	6	16.2%	25	67.6%	6-31	16.2%	28-48	36.8%	18-22	45.0%	0	1	23-36	39.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	7	8	18	7	14	13	0	0	24	35	0	2	0	2	0	0	91	92

Head to Head Results
Claasen/Roder trail the series against the field 4-15 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7, Q2 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	7, Q2	Claasen/Roder	26	21-18, 14-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 10 Martin/Zakrzewski, Canada 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Martin/Zakrzewski	10	Claasen/Roder	26	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Claasen/Roder	25, Q1	Pohl/Rau	9	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Claasen/Roder		21-17, 21-17	0:34
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	26, Q10	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	21-14, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q2	Claasen/Roder	25, Q1	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-2
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Keizer/Leenstra	6	Claasen/Roder	11	24-22, 17-21, 15-13	1:05
5/31/06	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	11	Keizer/Leenstra	6	21-16, 21-15	0:38
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Keizer/Leenstra	8	Claasen/Roder	25, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 25 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q13 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 1-0
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder		Labee/de Vries		21-15, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # Q11 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-1
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Campisi/Lozano	Q19	Claasen/Roder	Q14	21-19, 10-21, 18-16	0:48
Lead the series against # Q22 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
5/31/06	CEV	German Masters	Country Quota	Claasen/Roder	11	Holtwick/Semmler		14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:46