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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Estathe' Italian Open
September 3 - 7, 2003

(7) Susanne Lahme/Danja Musch, Germany

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$125,710.00

Danja Müsch
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kassel

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Vasto 1996)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$253,415.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	31	0	2	0	1	4	2	11	3	3	0	2	1	1	1	US$201,120.00

Previous Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	5	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	12	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	26, Q9	9th	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	29, Q14	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	29, Q17	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q20	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	Q17	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	26	17th	60	US$2,520.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool G	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (23, Q2)	Won 32-34, 28-26, 15-12	1:11
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool G	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (10)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:50
Sat, 9/6/2003	Pool G	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (26)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 9/6/2003	Winner 1	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (12)	Won 21-16, 26-24	0:45
Sat, 9/6/2003	Winner 2	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (4)	Lost 10-21, 20-22	0:34

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$15,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	$78,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	2	0	0	4	2	4	0	2	0	0	$107,020.00
Total	31	0	2	0	1	4	2	11	3	3	0	0	$201,120.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Susanne Lahme												Danja Musch
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,250.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$15,350.00
19	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	2	0	$42,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	1	0	$45,550.00
29	0	2	0	0	7	7	2	6	0	$71,760.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	58	0	5	1	4	16	22	6	1	0	$163,135.00
											Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
52	0	2	0	1	7	17	4	8	0	$125,710.00	Total	82	1	5	1	5	20	35	7	2	0	$231,035.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$2,520.00	4	5	44.4 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	$43,000.00	32	14	69.6 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	5	$45,520.00	36	19	65.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Susanne Lahme													Danja Musch
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	$8,625.00
											1996	FIVB	10	0	2	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	$42,650.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1997	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$22,600.00
											1998	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$22,100.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$17,250.00
											2000	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	$14,250.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,260.00
9	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
12	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	5	$22,760.00	Total	Total	63	1	4	1	4	15	25	5	2	6	$153,235.00

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	53	63.9%	20	24.1%	10	12.0%	73-10	88.0%	16	25.8%	9	14.5%	37	59.7%	16-46	25.8%	53-37	58.9%	36-19	65.5%	2	1	91-57	61.5%
2002-2003	25	69.4%	10	27.8%	1	2.8%	35-1	97.2%	4	16.0%	5	20.0%	16	64.0%	4-21	16.0%	25-16	61.0%	14-6	70.0%	2	0	41-22	65.1%
Against the Field	32	64.0%	11	22.0%	7	14.0%	43-7	86.0%	11	25.0%	5	11.4%	28	63.6%	11-33	25.0%	64-52	55.2%	44-24	64.7%	2	0	56-38	59.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	6	1	7	5	0	0	9	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	29	22
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	6	3	10	5	0	0	15	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	55	30
Total	5	0	12	4	22	11	0	0	25	24	2	1	0	1	0	2	91	57

Head to Head Results
Lahme/Musch lead the series against the field 17-16 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	3	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	21-11, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Lahme/Musch	12	21-10, 29-27	0:38
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	21-9, 21-15	0:33
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 3 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Semi-Finals	Lahme/Musch	5	Cook/Sanderson	1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	4	Lahme/Musch	7	21-10, 22-20	0:34
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	14	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	21-19, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 6 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 1-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	Fonseca/Minello	7	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Wang/You, China 0-1
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Wang/You	24, Q5	Lahme/Musch	Q21	22-20, 33-31	0:55
Trail the series against # 10 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-3
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Lahme/Musch	7	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	5	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	21-16, 21-16	0:30
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool E	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Lahme/Musch	12	21-14, 21-17	0:36
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Lahme/Musch	26	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-16, 26-24	0:45
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 13 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Gold Medal	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Lahme/Musch	5	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:43
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool E	Lahme/Musch	12	Kadijk/Leenstra	5	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	Pohl/Rau	13	21-23, 22-20, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 15 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-3
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q1	Lahme/Musch	Q17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
7/25/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q1	Lahme/Musch	Q33	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20	21-19, 21-23, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 18 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ahmann/Vollmer	24	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	25-23, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	21-17, 21-7	0:32
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Lahme/Musch	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	32-34, 28-26, 15-12	1:11
Lead the series against # 24 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q8	22-20, 22-24, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Lahme/Musch	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	22-20, 15-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 26 Arjona/Kadjo, France 2-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Lahme/Musch	7	Arjona/Kadjo	26	21-17, 21-18	0:39
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool E	Lahme/Musch	5	Arjona/Kadjo	21	28-26, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # Q7 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q19	21-12, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # Q17 Brandstetter/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	Brandstetter/Mellitzer	10	21-14, 21-19	1:06
Trail the series against # Q26 Kilchenmann/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Kilchenmann/Schwer	Q45	Lahme/Musch	Q20	21-19, 7-21, 19-17	0:53