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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 26 - 30, 2005

(14) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	8	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	12	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	9	13th	300	US$10,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	7	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	3	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	10	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	6	13th	162	US$6,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Winner 1	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (19)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:36
Wed, 7/27/2005	Winner 2	Shaylyn Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (3)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:39
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 2	Mika Teru Saiki / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (29, Q12)	Won 19-21, 24-22, 15-9	0:58
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 3	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (12)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:38
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 4	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:36

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	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	3	$56,000.00	37	17	68.5 %
2004	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$81,600.00	29	19	60.4 %
2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$46,400.00	16	12	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	2	0	1	4	2	9	3	3	0	5	$186,520.00	86	53	61.9 %

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
11	0	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	3	$28,000.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	3	$28,000.00
9	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	$40,800.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	$40,800.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,200.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,200.00
29	0	2	0	1	6	12	3	0	5	$93,260.00	Total	Total	80	1	5	1	5	20	33	7	2	6	$223,735.00

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%
2004-2005	28	59.6%	10	21.3%	9	19.1%	38-9	80.9%	12	32.4%	4	10.8%	21	56.8%	12-25	32.4%	28-21	57.1%	22-13	62.9%	0	1	50-35	58.8%
Against the Field	22	64.7%	6	17.6%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	8	26.7%	5	16.7%	17	56.7%	8-22	26.7%	44-30	59.5%	28-22	56.0%	1	1	37-27	57.8%

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 32-24 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 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 0-2
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Lahme/Musch	14	21-17, 21-17	0:36
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Lahme/Musch	48	21-18, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	4	Lahme/Musch	6	By Forfeit
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Lahme/Musch	2	21-17, 21-12	0:39
5/22/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	21, Q9	Lahme/Musch	7	21-19, 18-21, 19-17	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	3	Lahme/Musch	14	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	2	Tian/Wang	15	21-15, 21-18	0:36
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
Series tied with # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-3
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Lahme/Musch	12	21-16, 21-14	0:36
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Lahme/Musch	2	Pohl/Rau	7	21-19, 21-12	0:27
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	8	Pohl/Rau	9	19-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:54
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	9	Lahme/Musch	8	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	14	Lahme/Musch	10	21-14, 21-19	0:45
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 # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-2
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Lahme/Musch	12	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Lahme/Musch	9	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 6	Barros/Connelly	4	Lahme/Musch	7	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 9 Arjona/Kadjo, France 3-0
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	8	Arjona/Kadjo	25, Q5	23-21, 25-23	0:47
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
Series tied with # 12 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Lahme/Musch	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	21-12, 21-18	0:38
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Lahme/Musch	8	21-17, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 4-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Lahme/Musch	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	21-19, 30-28	0:47
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	Lahme/Musch	8	21-12, 21-14	0:35
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Lahme/Musch	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	25-23, 21-17	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 17 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Hakedal/Torlen	22	Lahme/Musch	10	13-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 18 Li/Wang, China 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Lahme/Musch	8	Li/Wang	13, Q2	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 19 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19	21-12, 21-15	0:36
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 # 20 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 3-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Lahme/Musch	8	Clarke/Gerlic	10	21-15, 21-14	0:34
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Lahme/Musch	7	Clarke/Gerlic	16	21-18, 21-12	0:38
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Lahme/Musch	2	Clarke/Gerlic	8	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 24 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	5	Lahme/Musch	9	21-12, 19-21, 19-17	1:00
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Semi-Finals	Lahme/Musch	5	Cook/Sanderson	1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Hu/Zhang, China 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Lahme/Musch	8	Hu/Zhang	17	15-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Lahme/Musch	3	Kusuhara/Urata	14	21-14, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Teru Saiki/Tokuno, Japan 2-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Lahme/Musch	14	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	29, Q12	19-21, 24-22, 15-9	0:58
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Lahme/Musch	8	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	24, Q6	21-17, 26-24	0:44
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Maaseide/Wiig	26	21-16, 21-6	0:29
Lead the series against Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Lahme/Musch	9	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	21-13, 20-22, 16-14	1:02
Lead the series against # Q2 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q5	Lahme/Musch	6	17-21, 21-15, 20-18	0:51
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	21-16, 21-16	0:35
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool H	Lahme/Musch	9	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q6	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	0:55
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Lahme/Musch	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	22-20, 15-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # Q5 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Lahme/Musch	8	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:51
Series tied with # Q9 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 3-3
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Lahme/Musch	12	Garcia/Gaxiola	27	23-21, 21-12	0:37
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	9	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	21-14, 21-14	0:35
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	26	21-14, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
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
Trail the series against # Q13 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	30, Q11	Lahme/Musch	3	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:46