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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Myslowice Open
September 2 - 7, 2008

(7) Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany

Katrin Holtwick
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1984 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$519,112.50

Ilka Semmler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$520,862.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	116	2	5	9	7	14	2	27	6	22	11	3	3	5	US$1,026,725.00
FIVB C&S	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,500.00
Overall	120	4	5	9	7	16	2	27	6	22	11	3	3	5	US$1,038,225.00

Previous Myslowice Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	13	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	21, Q14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	25, Q14	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	25, Q10	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00

Myslowice Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2008	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (26, Q1)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:37
Thu, 9/4/2008	Winner 2	Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker / Karin Trussel, Switzerland (23, Q8)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:31
Fri, 9/5/2008	Winner 3	Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (2)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:44
Fri, 9/5/2008	Contender 4	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (22)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 9/6/2008	Contender 5	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (6)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:58
Sat, 9/6/2008	Contender 6	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (24)	Won 21-16, 21-23, 15-13	1:07
Sat, 9/6/2008	Semi-Finals	Sona Novakova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (3, Q3)	Won 21-13, 15-21, 15-12	0:54
Sun, 9/7/2008	Gold Medal	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (4)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 7-15	0:56

Head to Head Results
Holtwick/Semmler lead the series against the field 21-18 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-4
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	2	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Bede/Connelly	5	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q14	21-14, 21-16	0:31
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	8	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 2-3
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Leao	2	Holtwick/Semmler	7	24-22, 21-18	0:44
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Leao	3	Holtwick/Semmler	14	21-16, 21-19	0:39
7/28/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Gold Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Antonelli/Leao	4	21-13, 14-21, 21-19	0:57
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 3	Antonelli/Leao	4	Holtwick/Semmler	1	21-18, 21-15	0:38
7/21/07	FIVB C&S	Eboli Challenger	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Antonelli/Leao	8	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:12
Lead the series against # 3, Q3 Novakova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Novakova/Tobiasova	3, Q3	21-13, 15-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
9/7/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Gold Medal	Salgado/Salgado	4	Holtwick/Semmler	7	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	0:56
Trail the series against # 5 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Holtwick/Semmler	28, Q13	21-17, 21-15	0:41
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	10	Holtwick/Semmler	23, Q17	23-21, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-4
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:58
6/25/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler		26-24, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	19-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:54
10/24/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Holtwick/Semmler		23-21, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
9/25/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	Holtwick/Semmler		22-20, 21-19	0:43
9/12/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler	23, Q17	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-0
9/13/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 1	Holtwick/Semmler	23, Q17	Urban/Wiatr	Q16	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Series tied with # 12 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-1
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Martins/Santanna	16	21-18, 21-18	0:38
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Martins/Santanna	21, Q3	Holtwick/Semmler	Q14	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 2-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	14	Gioria/Momoli	19	21-17, 19-21, 17-15	0:53
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Holtwick/Semmler	Q16	Gioria/Momoli	Q17	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/27/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	8, Q1	Petrova/Skalnikova	1	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:45
Series tied with # 19 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-1
10/31/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Qualifier 2	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	Campisi/Lozano	Q7	21-15, 21-11	0:31
7/12/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 1	Campisi/Lozano	Q11	Holtwick/Semmler	Q22	21-19, 9-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
8/18/06	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Winner 3	Baburina/Osheyko	1	Holtwick/Semmler	5	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Series tied with # 22 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-13, 21-14	0:32
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 23, Q8 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Trussel	23, Q8	21-18, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 24 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24	21-16, 21-23, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q1	22-20, 21-13	0:37
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 29 Rodriguez/Zur, Israel 1-0
7/26/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Rodriguez/Zur	16, Q6	21-11, 21-14	0:27
Lead the series against # Q7 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Gschweidl/Hansel	29	21-16, 16-21, 15-7	0:53