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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 KIA Open presented by Banco do Brazil
September 15 - 20, 2008

(5) Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany

Katrin Holtwick
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1984 (41 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 (40 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

Awards

Best Setter 2013

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 Guarujá Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	7	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
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

Guarajà Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 1	Natalie Lukiw / Rebecca Moskowitz, Canada (28)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:35
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 2	Shaylyn Bede / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (12)	Lost 18-21, 22-20, 9-15	0:52
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 2	Isabelle Forrer / Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland (22)	Won 28-26, 21-18	0:47
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 3	Claudia Lubetz / Julia Sude, Germany (13)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:30
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 4	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (7)	Won 21-15, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
Fri, 9/19/2008	Contender 5	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (6)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:42
Fri, 9/19/2008	Contender 6	Shaylyn Bede / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (12)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:41

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	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$53,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	65	1	3	5	5	10	0	19	0	12	6	0	$765,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	1	2	4	1	4	2	6	6	8	5	0	$208,225.00
Challenger	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	120	4	5	9	7	16	2	27	6	22	11	0	$1,038,225.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Katrin Holtwick												Ilka Semmler
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$26,500.00
67	1	3	5	5	10	19	12	6	0	$382,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	67	1	3	5	5	10	19	12	7	0	$384,500.00
48	1	2	4	1	6	12	8	5	0	$104,112.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	1	2	4	1	6	12	8	5	0	$104,112.50
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	Challenger	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
126	4	6	9	7	18	34	22	11	0	$519,112.50	Total	125	4	6	10	7	19	33	22	12	0	$520,862.50

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$5,000.00	7	9	43.8 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	8	4	66.7 %
2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	$11,000.00	16	11	59.3 %
2007	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$69,600.00	28	13	68.3 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	2	10	$85,600.00	51	33	60.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00	14	8	63.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Katrin Holtwick													Ilka Semmler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	$5,500.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	$5,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
6	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$34,800.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	$36,550.00
31	2	2	1	0	3	5	2	2	14	$48,550.00	Total	Total	30	2	2	2	0	4	4	2	3	11	$50,300.00

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	223	72.2%	53	17.2%	33	10.7%	276-33	89.3%	46	19.9%	51	22.1%	134	58.0%	46-185	19.9%	223-134	62.5%	99-84	54.1%	9	4	331-222	59.9%
2007-2008	31	70.5%	11	25.0%	2	4.5%	42-2	95.5%	4	14.3%	10	35.7%	14	50.0%	4-24	14.3%	31-14	68.9%	15-12	55.6%	1	0	47-26	64.4%
Against the Field	19	67.9%	8	28.6%	1	3.6%	27-1	96.4%	2	7.7%	8	30.8%	16	61.5%	2-24	7.7%	38-32	54.3%	20-18	52.6%	0	0	29-25	53.7%

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	10	2	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	14	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	2	4	2	114	66	0	0	62	41	4	10	5	5	1	3	193	129
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	3	14	4	27	12	0	0	38	33	3	5	4	1	1	2	122	84
Challenger	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	6
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	2
Total	5	5	20	6	153	81	0	0	112	82	7	18	9	7	4	5	345	230

Head to Head Results
Holtwick/Semmler lead the series against the field 18-15 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 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 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-15, 21-18	0:38
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 6 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Banck/Gunther	6	21-17, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 4	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Martins/Santanna	7	21-15, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
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 # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 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 # 12 Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 2-2
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 6	Bede/Bednarczuk	12	Holtwick/Semmler	5	21-18, 22-20	0:41
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Bede/Bednarczuk	12	Holtwick/Semmler	5	21-18, 20-22, 15-9	0:52
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 2	Holtwick/Semmler	28, Q13	Bede/Bednarczuk	Q20	24-22, 21-18	0:42
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	Bede/Bednarczuk	Q20	27-25, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 3	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Lubetz/Sude	13	21-14, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 19 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	14	Andreasen/Vestergaard	30, Q9	21-10, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # 20 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
Series tied with # 22 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Forrer/Schmocker	22	28-26, 21-18	0:47
7/28/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Semi-Finals	Forrer/Schmocker	3	Holtwick/Semmler	1	20-22, 17-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 25 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 # 28 Lukiw/Moskowitz, Canada 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Lukiw/Moskowitz	28	21-12, 21-12	0:35