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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lianyungang Open
August 13 - 17, 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 Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	23, Q2	17th	60	US$2,500.00
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

Lianyungang Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/14/2003	Qualifier 2	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (Q15)	Won 25-23, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool G	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece (7)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 9-15	0:45
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool G	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (26, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:34
Sat, 8/16/2003	Pool G	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (10)	Lost 21-15, 17-21, 10-15	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	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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$17,250.00	18	17	51.4 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	5	$21,420.00	25	25	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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$8,625.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$8,625.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	$10,710.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	$10,710.00

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	12	70.6%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	4	25.0%	3	18.8%	9	56.3%	4-12	25.0%	24-18	57.1%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	18-15	54.5%

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 lead the series against the field 15-12 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	Augoustides/Claasen	30	21-19, 21-6	0:31
Series tied with # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 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 # 7 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 0-1
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q11	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:36
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q4	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 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 # 21 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 # 26, Q5 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	Lessard/Maxwell	26, Q5	21-18, 21-12	0:34
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Lessard/Maxwell	Q4	21-19, 21-12	0:36
Series tied with # 27, Q6 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 # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q11 Byberg/Wiig, Norway 1-0
9/4/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	Q13	Byberg/Wiig	Q20	21-15, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q12 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 # Q15 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
8/14/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q15	25-23, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q16 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