Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 21 - 26, 2008
(12, Q1) 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: 8
Tournaments: 73
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: 6
Tournaments: 51
Career Best: 4th (2 times)
Career Winnings: US$94,575.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341CQMoney
FIVB4800021265126428 US$181,650.00
Previous Gstaad Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2000 Annette Romainczyk - 41st Did not play
2002 Judith Augoustides - 57th Did not play
2003 Judith Augoustides - 25th Did not play
2004 Martina Stoof - 41st Did not play
2005 Antje Roder - 33rd Helke Claasen - 33rd
2006 Antje Roder - Country Quota Helke Claasen - Country Quota
2007 Antje Roder - 5th Helke Claasen - 5th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/14-20/2008 Marseille Open 7 4th 420 US$10,500.00
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
Gstaad Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Mon, 7/21/2008 Country Quota Claudia Lubetz / Julia Sude, Germany Won 21-19, 21-17 0:36
Wed, 7/23/2008 Pool E Ester Alcon / Olga Matveeva, Spain (21, Q2) Won 21-17, 14-21, 16-14 0:53
Wed, 7/23/2008 Pool E Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (28, Q6) Won 21-23, 21-16, 15-8 1:01
Thu, 7/24/2008 Pool E Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (5) Lost 17-21, 24-26 0:47
Thu, 7/24/2008 Winner 1 Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (23) Won 21-18, 21-17 0:39
Fri, 7/25/2008 Winner 2 Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (1) Lost By Forfeit  
Head to Head Results
Claasen/Roder trail the series against the field 37-38 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-7
7/25/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 2 Tian/Wang 1 Claasen/Roder 12, Q1 By Forfeit  
5/24/08FIVBOsaka Open Contender 5 Tian/Wang 6 Claasen/Roder 13 21-15, 21-19 0:41
5/15/08FIVBSeoul Open Winner 2 Tian/Wang 3 Claasen/Roder 14 21-14, 21-13 0:31
8/15/07FIVBAland Open Winner 2 Tian/Wang 2 Claasen/Roder 15, Q1 21-16, 19-21, 15-8 0:44
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool C Tian/Wang 3 Claasen/Roder 19 21-15, 21-17 0:43
9/17/06FIVBPortugal Open Bronze Medal Tian/Wang 2 Claasen/Roder 22 21-15, 21-14 0:36
9/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 4 Tian/Wang 2 Claasen/Roder 22 23-25, 21-16, 15-12 0:58
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-3
7/2/08FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool C Bede/Connelly 3 Claasen/Roder 19 21-16, 21-11 0:32
5/28/08FIVBBarcelona Open Winner 2 Bede/Connelly 3 Claasen/Roder 14 21-17, 21-16 0:39
5/22/08FIVBOsaka Open Winner 2 Bede/Connelly 4 Claasen/Roder 13 21-14, 21-15 0:34
Lead the series against # 3 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 2-1
7/19/08FIVBMarseille Open Semi-Finals Antonelli/Leao 2 Claasen/Roder 7 21-16, 21-23, 15-13 0:59
8/16/07FIVBAland Open Contender 2 Claasen/Roder 15, Q1 Antonelli/Leao 32, Q13 21-19, 22-24, 15-8 0:55
7/18/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 1 Claasen/Roder 16, Q1 Antonelli/Leao 32, Q26 21-17, 17-21, 15-12 0:58
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/26/06FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 1 Xue/Zhang 5 Claasen/Roder 28, Q13 21-19, 21-16 0:46
Trail the series against # 5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-5
7/24/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool E Salgado/Salgado 5 Claasen/Roder 12, Q1 21-17, 26-24 0:47
7/20/08FIVBMarseille Open Bronze Medal Salgado/Salgado 1 Claasen/Roder 7 21-17, 25-23 0:53
8/9/07FIVBKristiansand Open Contender 3 Salgado/Salgado 11, Q1 Claasen/Roder 13 21-19, 21-16 0:38
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool C Salgado/Salgado 14, Q8 Claasen/Roder 19 21-14, 19-21, 15-12 0:57
8/4/05FIVBAustria Grand Slam Contender 2 Salgado/Salgado 13, Q9 Claasen/Roder 30, Q12 21-15, 21-14 0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-1
6/27/08FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 1 Cook/Hinchley 11 Claasen/Roder 17, Q2 21-19, 21-15 0:42
Series tied with # 7 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 3-3
7/27/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Winner 2 Claasen/Roder 30 Brink-Abeler/Jurich 11 16-21, 31-29, 16-14 1:06
9/16/06FIVBPortugal Open Contender 6 Claasen/Roder 22 Brink-Abeler/Jurich 8 21-15, 19-21, 15-13 0:49
7/26/06FIVBParis Grand Slam Contender 1 Claasen/Roder 28, Q13 Brink-Abeler/Jurich 12 21-16, 9-21, 15-11 0:44
7/21/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Contender 5 Brink-Abeler/Jurich 6 Claasen/Roder 23 21-18, 21-15 0:38
10/27/05FIVBAcapulco Open Contender 1 Brink-Abeler/Jurich 22 Claasen/Roder 27, Q7 21-19, 23-25, 15-13 1:08
10/19/05FIVBBrazil Open Contender 1 Brink-Abeler/Jurich 24 Claasen/Roder 25, Q4 21-17, 21-18 0:32
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 4-6
9/26/07FIVBBrazil Open Winner 2 Ludwig/Niedrig 6 Claasen/Roder 11 19-21, 21-17, 16-14 0:58
7/25/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool F Claasen/Roder 30 Ludwig/Niedrig 6 21-19, 14-21, 17-15 0:59
5/3/07FIVBShanghai Open Winner 1 Ludwig/Niedrig 22 Claasen/Roder 11 21-18, 21-19 0:44
7/24/06FIVBParis Grand Slam Country Quota Claasen/Roder 28, Q13 Ludwig/Niedrig 21-17, 21-18 0:41
7/3/06FIVBFrance Open Country Quota Ludwig/Niedrig Q10 Claasen/Roder 21-15, 21-18 0:45
6/26/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Country Quota Claasen/Roder Q13 Ludwig/Niedrig 21-15, 21-18 0:43
6/19/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Country Quota Ludwig/Niedrig Q11 Claasen/Roder 19-21, 21-18, 15-12 0:53
5/23/06FIVBChina Open Country Quota Ludwig/Niedrig 27, Q8 Claasen/Roder 16-21, 21-18, 15-11 0:51
7/5/05FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Qualifier 2 Claasen/Roder 26, Q7 Ludwig/Niedrig Q10 17-21, 21-17, 16-14 0:46
6/28/05FIVBNorway Grand Slam Country Quota Ludwig/Niedrig 23, Q17 Claasen/Roder 21-19, 21-12 0:33
Lead the series against # 9, Q7 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/17/08FIVBMarseille Open Winner 3 Claasen/Roder 7 Graessli/Zumkehr 31, Q11 21-18, 21-17 0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 3-0
3/27/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Winner 1 Claasen/Roder 17 Kuhn/Schwer 16 25-23, 21-18 0:52
8/16/07FIVBAland Open Contender 3 Claasen/Roder 15, Q1 Kuhn/Schwer 25, Q3 17-21, 21-19, 15-11 0:58
9/14/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Claasen/Roder 22 Kuhn/Schwer 11 19-21, 21-17, 15-8 0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
7/2/08FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool C Claasen/Roder 19 Schwaiger/Schwaiger 14 22-20, 23-25, 15-9 0:58
5/1/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Winner 1 Schwaiger/Schwaiger 20 Claasen/Roder 13 21-14, 14-21, 15-11 0:46
10/26/05FIVBAcapulco Open Qualifier 2 Schwaiger/Schwaiger 26, Q10 Claasen/Roder 27, Q7 21-14, 23-21 0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
7/3/08FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Winner 1 Hakedal/Torlen 20 Claasen/Roder 19 21-19, 21-19 0:44
5/29/08FIVBBarcelona Open Contender 2 Hakedal/Torlen 13 Claasen/Roder 14 17-21, 22-20, 15-9 0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/31/07FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Country Quota Holtwick/Semmler Q19 Claasen/Roder 21-18, 17-21, 15-10 0:51
Lead the series against # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/19/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 2 Claasen/Roder 16, Q1 Glesnes/Maaseide 15 21-17, 17-21, 15-10 0:53
Lead the series against # 16 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/2/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Contender 3 Claasen/Roder 13 Martins/Santanna 28, Q5 21-18, 23-25, 15-13 0:48
Trail the series against # 18 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-1
7/26/05FIVBFrance Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Campisi/Lozano Q19 Claasen/Roder Q14 21-19, 10-21, 18-16 0:48
Trail the series against # 19 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-2
6/3/08FIVBStare Jablonki Open Qualifier 3 Gioria/Momoli 28, Q15 Claasen/Roder Q2 15-21, 21-18, 16-14 0:54
7/26/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool F Gioria/Momoli 43 Claasen/Roder 30 21-13, 14-21, 17-15 0:53
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 2-0
7/23/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool E Claasen/Roder 12, Q1 Alcon/Matveeva 21, Q2 21-17, 14-21, 16-14 0:53
6/24/08FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Claasen/Roder 17, Q2 Alcon/Matveeva Q18 21-18, 20-22, 15-11 0:54
Lead the series against # 22 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
8/3/05FIVBAustria Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Claasen/Roder 30, Q12 Baburina/Osheyko Q21 23-21, 17-21, 17-15 0:50
Lead the series against # 23 Faure/Sarpaux, France 6-0
7/24/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 1 Claasen/Roder 12, Q1 Faure/Sarpaux 23 21-18, 21-17 0:39
7/16/08FIVBMarseille Open Winner 2 Claasen/Roder 7 Faure/Sarpaux 10 21-14, 21-23, 17-15 1:03
5/28/08FIVBBarcelona Open Winner 1 Claasen/Roder 14 Faure/Sarpaux 19 22-20, 21-10 0:42
5/23/08FIVBOsaka Open Contender 2 Claasen/Roder 13 Faure/Sarpaux 19 21-14, 21-18 0:40
5/16/08FIVBSeoul Open Contender 2 Claasen/Roder 14 Faure/Sarpaux 20 19-21, 21-18, 15-12 0:59
9/14/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 2 Claasen/Roder 22 Faure/Sarpaux 27, Q5 14-21, 21-17, 15-11 0:55
Trail the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-3
7/16/08FIVBMarseille Open Winner 1 Claasen/Roder 7 Nystrom/Nystrom 26 21-13, 21-10 0:29
8/8/07FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 1 Nystrom/Nystrom 20 Claasen/Roder 13 21-17, 21-14 0:34
7/21/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Contender 4 Claasen/Roder 23 Nystrom/Nystrom 12 21-13, 21-14 0:33
7/7/05FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Contender 2 Nystrom/Nystrom 25 Claasen/Roder 26, Q7 17-21, 25-23, 16-14 1:01
5/26/05FIVBJapan Open Contender 1 Nystrom/Nystrom 13 Claasen/Roder 29, Q7 21-17, 21-15 0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
3/28/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Contender 2 Claasen/Roder 17 Van Iersel/Wesselink 31, Q20 21-16, 15-21, 21-19 1:01
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 4-0
7/23/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool E Claasen/Roder 12, Q1 Petrova/Skalnikova 28, Q6 21-23, 21-16, 15-8 1:01
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool C Claasen/Roder 19 Petrova/Skalnikova 30, Q3 21-16, 21-17 0:43
10/27/06FIVBMexico Open Contender 2 Claasen/Roder 14 Petrova/Skalnikova 13 20-22, 21-19, 15-13 1:06
7/20/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Winner 2 Claasen/Roder 23 Petrova/Skalnikova 26 21-12, 21-16 0:34
Lead the series against # 31 Grossen/Kayser, Switzerland 1-0
7/17/07FIVBMarseille Open Qualifier 2 Claasen/Roder 16, Q1 Grossen/Kayser Q32 21-15, 21-9 0:29
Lead the series against Lubetz/Sude, Germany 2-0
7/21/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Country Quota Claasen/Roder 12, Q1 Lubetz/Sude 21-19, 21-17 0:36
6/2/08FIVBStare Jablonki Open Country Quota Claasen/Roder Q2 Lubetz/Sude 21-19, 21-18 0:40
Lead the series against # Q8 Kongshavn/Wiig, Norway 1-0
6/26/08FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool A Claasen/Roder 17, Q2 Kongshavn/Wiig 32 21-14, 15-21, 15-12 0:50
Lead the series against # Q11 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
6/3/08FIVBStare Jablonki Open Qualifier 2 Claasen/Roder Q2 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Trussel Q34 21-17, 21-12 0:38