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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 2 - 5, 2006

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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Judith Augoustides - 25th	Did not play
2004	Martina Stoof - 25th	Did not play
2005	Antje Roder - 17th	Helke Claasen - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	28, Q13	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/19-22/2006	St. Petersburg Open	23	7th	300	US$8,000.00
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
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/1/2006	Country Quota	Michaela Eckl / Mireya Kaup, Germany (Q21)	Lost 24-26, 16-21	0:39

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	$14,900.00	9	12	42.9 %
2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,950.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	5	11	$45,650.00	29	36	44.6 %
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
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	$7,450.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	$7,450.00
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
57	0	0	0	0	1	7	16	12	21	$52,635.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	6	14	$27,425.00

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	22	51.2%	9	20.9%	12	27.9%	31-12	72.1%	13	19.1%	11	16.2%	44	64.7%	13-55	19.1%	44-86	33.8%	44-46	48.9%	0	1	44-67	39.6%

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 13-37 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 20 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	5	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	21-19, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-1
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	Montagnolli/Swoboda	Q4	21-13, 21-16	0:36
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 # 11, Q5 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 # 12 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-2
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:50
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 14 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 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Kadijk/Mooren	10	Claasen/Roder	26, Q11	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:51
5/11/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 2	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Claasen/Roder		27-25, 21-15	0:29
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 20 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-4
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	12	21-16, 9-21, 15-11	0:44
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Claasen/Roder	23	21-18, 21-15	0:38
5/18/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich		Claasen/Roder		21-16, 21-15	0:42
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 # 23 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 # 28, Q11 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 # 32, Q16 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	23	Petrova/Skalnikova	26	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # Q1 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 # Q2 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 # Q7 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 # Q18 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 3-5
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Claasen/Roder		By Forfeit
7/24/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-17, 21-18	0:41
7/3/06	FIVB	France Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q10	Claasen/Roder		21-15, 21-18	0:45
6/26/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Claasen/Roder	Q13	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-15, 21-18	0:43
6/19/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q11	Claasen/Roder		19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	Claasen/Roder		16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
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
Trail the series against # Q19 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 # Q20 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
Trail the series against # Q21 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 0-3
8/1/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Eckl/Kaup	Q21	Claasen/Roder		26-24, 21-16	0:39
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Eckl/Kaup	Q20	Claasen/Roder	Q13	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
5/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Eckl/Kaup	29, Q26	Claasen/Roder		21-14, 27-29, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # Q22 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 2-0
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder		Labee/de Vries		21-17, 22-20	0:40
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder		Labee/de Vries		21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q23 Suzuki/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	Suzuki/Teru Saiki	Q20	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # Q25 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
Trail the series against # Q28 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	8	Claasen/Roder	11	21-18, 21-14	0:38