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US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 1 - 4, 2007

Geeske Banck/Susanne Lahme, Germany

Geeske Banck
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1981 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kiel

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

108

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Phuket 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$137,238.59

Susanne Lahme
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Luckenwalde

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$129,014.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	8	1	7	US$50,300.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Danja Musch - 37th
2003	Did not play	Danja Musch - 9th
2004	Did not play	Danja Musch - 13th
2005	Did not play	Danja Musch - 9th
2006	Susanne Lahme - Country Quota	Geeske Banck - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	23	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	13	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	20	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	20	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	21, Q3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	27, Q10	7th	300	US$8,000.00
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 21-15, 18-21, 13-15	0:49

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	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$6,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	6	2	$36,500.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	8	8	$50,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Geeske Banck												Susanne Lahme
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,250.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	24	$26,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	2	8	$42,700.00
54	0	0	1	0	5	11	7	10	20	$75,410.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	2	0	0	7	7	2	6	5	$71,760.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	Challenger
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,250.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
96	0	3	1	0	7	15	12	14	44	$120,260.00	Total	53	0	2	0	1	7	18	4	8	13	$127,210.00

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
2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	6	3	$33,300.00	13	21	38.2 %
2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	$17,000.00	6	13	31.6 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	8	8	$50,300.00	19	34	35.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Geeske Banck													Susanne Lahme
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,260.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	3	$28,000.00
											2004	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	$40,800.00
											2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$30,500.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2005	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,887.50	2005	CEV
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	3	$16,650.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	3	$16,650.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	$8,500.00	2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	$8,500.00
44	0	2	0	0	4	4	4	8	22	$34,747.50	Total	Total	54	0	2	0	1	7	19	4	8	13	$127,960.00

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	10	45.5%	6	27.3%	6	27.3%	16-6	72.7%	3	10.7%	8	28.6%	17	60.7%	3-25	10.7%	10-17	37.0%	9-14	39.1%	0	3	19-34	35.8%
2006-2007	10	45.5%	6	27.3%	6	27.3%	16-6	72.7%	3	10.7%	8	28.6%	17	60.7%	3-25	10.7%	10-17	37.0%	9-14	39.1%	0	3	19-34	35.8%
Against the Field	7	50.0%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	2	10.0%	5	25.0%	13	65.0%	2-18	10.0%	14-24	36.8%	10-18	35.7%	0	1	12-22	35.3%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	22
Total	1	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	34

Head to Head Results
Banck/Lahme trail the series against the field 12-22 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 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
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Banck/Lahme	31, Q11	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Banck/Lahme	29	21-11, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool B	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Banck/Lahme	23	21-11, 21-12	0:33
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Banck/Lahme	20	21-16, 21-8	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Banck/Lahme	20	21-17, 21-11	0:34
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	4	Banck/Lahme	29	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	17-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:06
Trail the series against # 12 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	11	Banck/Lahme	23	21-17, 21-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
6/18/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	Banck/Lahme		20-22, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
8/1/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q18	Banck/Lahme		21-16, 19-21, 15-6	0:48
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	Banck/Lahme	22	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 17 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Banck/Lahme	20	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	21-14, 21-12	0:33
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	21-19, 27-25	0:56
Trail the series against # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-3
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	13	Banck/Lahme	20	21-17, 18-21, 15-6	0:44
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	18	Banck/Lahme	21, Q3	21-10, 21-12	0:34
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Kadijk/Mooren	11	Banck/Lahme	27	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 20 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-1
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 2	Banck/Lahme	21, Q3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	5	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:57
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 5	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	21-19, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	18	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 22 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	Banck/Lahme	Q9	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 24, Q7 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool B	Banck/Lahme	23	Jursone/Minusa	26	21-14, 20-22, 16-14	0:53
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Banck/Lahme	31, Q11	Jursone/Minusa	Q27	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	20, Q6	Banck/Lahme	29	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 29 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Banck/Lahme	20	Moiseeva/Uryadova	13	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Banck/Lahme	21, Q3	Kuhn/Schwer	12	25-23, 21-13	0:48
Trail the series against Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 0-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Bede/Bednarczuk	20, Q9	Banck/Lahme	13	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # Q9 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q6	Banck/Lahme	20	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # Q19 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-3
7/31/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler	Q19	Banck/Lahme		15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
6/25/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler		Banck/Lahme		12-21, 21-18, 10-8 Retired	0:51
5/22/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler	28, Q13	Banck/Lahme		21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q24 Skrivan/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool B	Banck/Lahme	23	Skrivan/Zumkehr	47	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q28 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 2-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Banck/Lahme	20	Van Iersel/Wesselink	30, Q31	24-22, 21-16	0:39
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 1	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Van Iersel/Wesselink	Q23	21-16, 28-30, 16-14	1:17