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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 World Series 13
July 14 - 20, 2008

(7) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Judith Augoustides - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Martina Stoof - 17th	Did not play
2006	Antje Roder - Country Quota	Helke Claasen - Country Quota
2007	Antje Roder - 13th	Helke Claasen - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	19	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	17, Q2	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	13	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	14	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	13	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	17	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	11	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	15, Q1	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	13	13th	150	US$3,800.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
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

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2008	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (26)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:29
Wed, 7/16/2008	Winner 2	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (10)	Won 21-14, 21-23, 17-15	1:03
Thu, 7/17/2008	Winner 3	Muriel Graessli / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (31, Q11)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 7/18/2008	Winner 4	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (14)	Won 22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
Sat, 7/19/2008	Semi-Finals	Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 23-21, 13-15	0:59
Sun, 7/20/2008	Bronze Medal	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 23-25	0:53

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	1	1	$53,400.00	19	21	47.5 %
2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	2	$51,500.00	26	21	55.3 %
Total	FIVB	46	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	5	11	6	14	$168,550.00	81	83	49.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	$26,700.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	1	$28,450.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	2	$25,750.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	2	$25,750.00
71	0	0	0	2	3	12	18	13	23	$111,360.00	Total	Total	49	0	0	0	2	3	10	11	8	15	$88,025.00

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%
2007-2008	26	56.5%	14	30.4%	6	13.0%	40-6	87.0%	10	20.0%	9	18.0%	31	62.0%	10-40	20.0%	26-31	45.6%	24-15	61.5%	0	1	50-47	51.5%
Against the Field	20	54.1%	13	35.1%	4	10.8%	33-4	89.2%	8	27.6%	6	20.7%	15	51.7%	8-21	27.6%	40-30	57.1%	42-20	67.7%	0	0	41-25	62.1%

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 lead the series against the field 38-23 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-4
7/20/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Salgado	1	Claasen/Roder	7	21-17, 25-23	0:53
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	Claasen/Roder	13	21-19, 21-16	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 2 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 2-1
7/19/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Leao	2	Claasen/Roder	7	21-16, 21-23, 15-13	0:59
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q13	21-19, 22-24, 15-8	0:55
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q26	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 3-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	14	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	21-17, 21-19	0:41
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
Series tied with # 5 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 # 6 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	13	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-3
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Claasen/Roder	17, Q2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	16	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	21	Claasen/Roder	14	21-16, 21-13	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 10 Faure/Sarpaux, France 5-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	7	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-14, 21-23, 17-15	1:03
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	14	Faure/Sarpaux	19	22-20, 21-10	0:42
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	13	Faure/Sarpaux	19	21-14, 21-18	0:40
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	14	Faure/Sarpaux	20	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	22	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Claasen/Roder	13	Martins/Santanna	28, Q5	21-18, 23-25, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 12 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 0-1
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Candelas/Garcia	18	Claasen/Roder	15	17-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:50
Series tied with # 14 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 2-2
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Claasen/Roder	7	Moiseeva/Uryadova	14	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	23	Claasen/Roder	17	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
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 # 15, Q1 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 2-0
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 3	Claasen/Roder	13	Ilustre/Pascua	27, Q6	21-14, 21-15	0:35
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Ilustre/Pascua	Q16	21-19, 21-23, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-2
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	13	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-16, 21-12	0:37
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	11	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	12-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	18	21-19, 21-19	0:40
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 # 17 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-2
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Claasen/Roder	15	Kadijk/Mooren	31, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	13	Gattelli/Perrotta	29, Q9	21-16, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 19 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-2
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Gioria/Momoli	28, Q15	Claasen/Roder	Q2	15-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:54
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Gioria/Momoli	43	Claasen/Roder	30	21-13, 14-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 20 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 3-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	17	Kuhn/Schwer	16	25-23, 21-18	0:52
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:58
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 # 22, Q2 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 1-0
6/24/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	17, Q2	Alcon/Matveeva	Q18	21-18, 20-22, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 23, Q4 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 # 26 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-3
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	26	21-13, 21-10	0:29
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	Claasen/Roder	13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
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 # 27 Cooke/Martin, Canada 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Claasen/Roder	19	Cooke/Martin	30, Q6	21-15, 21-8	0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Kongshavn/Wiig, Norway 1-0
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Claasen/Roder	17, Q2	Kongshavn/Wiig	32	21-14, 15-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Claasen/Roder	7	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:36