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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 2 - 6, 2007

(11) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Antje Roder - 33rd	Helke Claasen - 33rd
2006	Antje Roder - Country Quota	Helke Claasen - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	14	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	22	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
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
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/3/2007	Winner 1	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (22)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:44
Thu, 5/3/2007	Contender 1	Daniela Gattelli / Giulia Momoli, Italy (27)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:38

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$30,750.00	20	24	45.5 %
2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	6	$32,900.00	16	17	48.5 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	5	6	11	$65,650.00	36	43	45.6 %

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
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
11	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	$16,450.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	$16,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
51	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	13	20	$59,910.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	7	12	$34,825.00

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%
2006-2007	19	55.9%	9	26.5%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	7	17.9%	9	23.1%	23	59.0%	7-32	17.9%	19-23	45.2%	16-15	51.6%	0	0	35-38	47.9%
Against the Field	19	46.3%	12	29.3%	10	24.4%	31-10	75.6%	9	17.0%	9	17.0%	35	66.0%	9-44	17.0%	38-68	35.8%	42-38	52.5%	0	1	40-54	42.6%

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
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 12-27 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 16 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
9/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Tian/Wang	2	Claasen/Roder	22	21-15, 21-14	0:36
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	2	Claasen/Roder	22	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-0
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Claasen/Roder	22	Barros/Connelly	3	21-14, 21-18	0:36
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 # 7 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Claasen/Roder	14	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 2-3
9/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Claasen/Roder	22	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	8	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:49
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
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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 12 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	14	Petrova/Skalnikova	13	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	1:06
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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 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
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Claasen/Roder	14	21-19, 21-9	0:45
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 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 3-5
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Claasen/Roder	11	21-18, 21-19	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 24 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	22	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 27 Gattelli/Momoli, Italy 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Gattelli/Momoli	27	Claasen/Roder	11	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 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 # Q4 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
Lead the series against # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	14	Mouha/Van Breedam	30, Q18	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:58