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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Japan Open
August 6 - 10, 2003

(23, Q2) Judith Augoustides/Helke Claasen, Germany

Judith Deister Augoustides
South Africa

/ Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cologne, Germany

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$24,210.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	3	1	2	US$33,420.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Helke Claasen - 17th	Judith Augoustides - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	27, Q11	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	Q11	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	30	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	28, Q13	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	28, Q13	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	27, Q20	17th	60	US$2,520.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/7/2003	Qualifier 2	Chrisi Gschweidl / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (Q18)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:38
Fri, 8/8/2003	Pool G	Leila Barros / Monica Rodrigues, Brazil (7, Q1)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:43
Fri, 8/8/2003	Pool G	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (10)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:43
Sat, 8/9/2003	Pool G	Rii Seike / Misaki Yamakawa, Japan (26)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-7	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	$17,170.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	$33,420.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Judith Augoustides												Helke Claasen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,750.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,125.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	3	0	$36,525.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	$11,935.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	2	2	9	10	10	0	$63,635.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Satellite
44	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	8	0	$24,210.00	Total	73	0	0	0	2	3	13	19	13	0	$117,910.00

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
2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$4,170.00	7	8	46.7 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	$14,750.00	16	15	51.6 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	$18,920.00	23	23	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Judith Augoustides													Helke Claasen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,085.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,085.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$7,375.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$7,375.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	$9,460.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	$9,460.00

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	21	67.7%	3	9.7%	7	22.6%	24-7	77.4%	5	16.7%	6	20.0%	19	63.3%	5-25	16.7%	21-19	52.5%	8-13	38.1%	0	0	29-32	47.5%
2002-2003	21	67.7%	3	9.7%	7	22.6%	24-7	77.4%	5	16.7%	6	20.0%	19	63.3%	5-25	16.7%	21-19	52.5%	8-13	38.1%	0	0	29-32	47.5%
Against the Field	8	57.1%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	4	20.0%	3	15.0%	13	65.0%	4-16	20.0%	16-26	38.1%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	14-20	41.2%

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	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	2	18	2	5	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	21
Total	1	2	21	4	6	24	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	32

Head to Head Results
Augoustides/Claasen trail the series against the field 11-15 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Connelly/Pires	5	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	21-15, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Augoustides/Claasen	30	21-12, 20-22, 15-8	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-2
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	6	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q11	21-10, 21-19	0:33
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	14	Augoustides/Claasen	30	21-13, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Fonseca/Minello	5	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	21-13, 21-10	0:32
Trail the series against # 5 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q20	17-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:52
Trail the series against # 6 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Tian/Wang	19	Augoustides/Claasen	30, Q36	22-20, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Barros/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Barros/Rodrigues	7, Q1	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	23-21, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Ji/Wang, China 0-2
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Ji/Wang	19, Q6	Augoustides/Claasen	Q11	21-16, 26-28, 15-10	0:54
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Ji/Wang	27, Q8	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q20	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Series tied with # 10 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:43
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Pohl/Rau	12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Ahmann/Vollmer	21	14-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Gattelli/Perrotta	12	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	12-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	30, Q36	Gerlic/Lochowicz	Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Arjona/Kadjo	Q20	24-22, 17-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
8/8/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q20	Hakedal/Torlen	Q13	21-17, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 26 Seike/Yamakawa, Japan 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	Seike/Yamakawa	26	19-21, 21-14, 15-7	0:51
Lead the series against # 29 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Lessard/Maxwell	Q4	21-19, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 31, Q13 Nagy/Petho, Hungary 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q11	Nagy/Petho	Q22	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:49
Series tied with # Q7 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
9/4/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q4	Augoustides/Claasen	Q13	23-21, 25-23	0:44
8/8/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q20	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q4	21-12, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
Series tied with # Q8 Dumont/Martin, Canada 1-1
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Dumont/Martin	31, Q27	Augoustides/Claasen	Q11	21-18, 21-16	0:38
7/1/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	Q11	Dumont/Martin	Q22	21-19, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q18 Gschweidl/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
8/7/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	Gschweidl/Swoboda	Q18	21-12, 21-18	0:38