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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 1 - 4, 2007

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 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
2006	Antje Roder - Country Quota	Helke Claasen - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	30	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	16, Q1	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	19	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/31/2007	Country Quota	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (Q19)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 10-15	0:51

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	$40,600.00	12	15	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	7	6	12	$104,250.00	48	56	46.2 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	$20,300.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	$22,050.00
57	0	0	0	1	2	6	14	13	21	$79,210.00	Total	Total	35	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	8	13	$55,875.00

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%
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	22	45.8%	14	29.2%	12	25.0%	36-12	75.0%	12	19.0%	11	17.5%	40	63.5%	12-51	19.0%	44-78	36.1%	52-46	53.1%	0	1	48-63	43.2%

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 20-43 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 21 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Claasen/Roder	30	21-10, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 0-3
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Tian/Wang	3	Claasen/Roder	19	21-15, 21-17	0:43
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 # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Claasen/Roder	18	21-18, 21-18	0:46
9/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Claasen/Roder	22	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 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
Series tied with # 6 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	5	Claasen/Roder	12	24-22, 21-19	0:45
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Claasen/Roder	22	Barros/Connelly	3	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 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
Series tied with # 12 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 3-3
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	30	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	11	16-21, 31-29, 16-14	1:06
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
Lead the series against # 13 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-0
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Claasen/Roder	30	Pohl/Rau	19	21-14, 21-11	0:32
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 # 14, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q8	Claasen/Roder	19	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
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 # 15 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 4-5
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Claasen/Roder	30	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-19, 14-21, 17-15	0:59
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
Trail the series against # 16 Wang/Zuo, China 0-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Wang/Zuo	8	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	21-10, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadijk/Mooren	15	Claasen/Roder	18	21-17, 21-19	0:46
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 # 19, Q5 Scott/Turner, United States 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Scott/Turner	26, Q11	Claasen/Roder	19	21-19, 21-12	0:42
Trail the series against # 20 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-2
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	19	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-15, 21-11	0:38
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	22	Claasen/Roder	12	21-16, 25-27, 15-7	0:53
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 # 22 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	Claasen/Roder	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 25, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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
Series tied with # 29 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	30	Moiseeva/Uryadova	42	21-13, 22-20	0:40
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 # 30, Q6 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	22	Kuhn/Schwer	11	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 31, Q14 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Claasen/Roder	18	Mouha/Van Breedam	31, Q11	21-17, 21-17	0:41
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	14	Mouha/Van Breedam	30, Q18	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # Q10 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-2
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	17	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	21-23, 21-18, 15-9	1:05
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 # Q15 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Gioria/Momoli	43	Claasen/Roder	30	21-13, 14-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # Q16 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 # Q19 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/31/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler	Q19	Claasen/Roder		21-18, 17-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # Q22 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-0
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Ilustre/Pascua	Q16	21-19, 21-23, 16-14	0:56