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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 22, 2006

(23) Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany

Helke Claasen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1977 (47 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 (46 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Antje Roder - 17th	Helke Claasen - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	26	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open		Country Quota	0	US$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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Galina Boyko / Maria Prokopeva, Russia (10)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:35
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 2	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (26)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 3	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (2)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:32
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 4	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (12)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 5	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (6)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:38

Head to Head Results
Claasen/Roder trail the series against the field 4-14 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	2	Claasen/Roder	23	21-14, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-3
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Claasen/Roder	23	21-18, 21-15	0:38
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 # 9 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	32, Q40	Claasen/Roder	Q9	21-18, 24-22	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Boyko/Prokopeva, Russia 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	23	Boyko/Prokopeva	10	21-16, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-2
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Claasen/Roder	23	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-13, 21-14	0:33
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 # 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 # 18, Q2 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 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Keizer/Leenstra	8	Claasen/Roder	25, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 26 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	23	Petrova/Skalnikova	26	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Claasen/Roder	30, Q12	Baburina/Osheyko	Q21	23-21, 17-21, 17-15	0:50