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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 5 - 11, 2008

(4) 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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	5	5th	360	US$8,500.00
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

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2008	Winner 1	Polina Bratuhhina / Kadri Puri, Estonia (29, Q6)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:33
Tue, 10/7/2008	Winner 2	Mathilde Giordano / Virginie Sarpaux, France (20)	Lost 15-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:56
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 2	Tatyana Mashkova / Alexandra Turichsheva, Kazakhstan (30, Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:35
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 3	Nancy Reynolds / Tyra Turner, United States (11)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 4	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (10)	Lost 15-21, 21-15, 19-21	1:13

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	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$75,100.00	31	15	67.4 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	2	10	$91,100.00	54	35	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
7	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$37,550.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	1	1	$39,300.00
32	2	2	1	0	3	6	2	2	14	$51,300.00	Total	Total	31	2	2	2	0	4	5	2	3	11	$53,050.00

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	30	66.7%	10	22.2%	5	11.1%	40-5	88.9%	4	12.5%	12	37.5%	16	50.0%	4-28	12.5%	60-32	65.2%	28-34	45.2%	0	0	44-33	57.1%

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 15-8 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-14, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Holtwick/Semmler	4	21-15, 15-21, 21-19	1:13
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	21-18, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 11 Reynolds/Turner, United States 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 3	Holtwick/Semmler	4	Reynolds/Turner	11	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 12 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 17 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 20 Giordano/Sarpaux, France 0-1
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Giordano/Sarpaux	20	Holtwick/Semmler	4	21-15, 15-21, 15-13	0:56
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 # 29, Q6 Bratuhhina/Puri, Estonia 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	4	Bratuhhina/Puri	29, Q6	21-13, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Mashkova/Turichsheva, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	4	Mashkova/Turichsheva	30, Q7	21-17, 21-12	0:35