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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 27 - November 1, 2009

(7) 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 Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	15	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	8	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	8	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	7	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	3	7th	300	US$7,600.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 1	Anastasia Barsuk / Ekaterina Birlova, Russia (26)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 15-17	1:09
Fri, 10/30/2009	Contender 1	Jieqiong Jin / Yuan Yue, China (10)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 10/30/2009	Contender 2	Hiromi Suzuki / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (24)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:32
Fri, 10/30/2009	Contender 3	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (16)	Lost 22-24, 16-21	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	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$75,100.00	31	15	67.4 %
2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	$83,400.00	27	22	55.1 %
Total	FIVB	33	0	1	1	1	2	2	5	4	5	2	10	$174,500.00	81	57	58.7 %
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
11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$41,700.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$41,700.00
43	2	2	1	1	6	10	5	2	14	$93,000.00	Total	Total	42	2	2	2	1	7	9	5	3	11	$94,750.00

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%
2008-2009	41	71.9%	11	19.3%	5	8.8%	52-5	91.2%	5	12.8%	14	35.9%	20	51.3%	5-34	12.8%	41-20	67.2%	16-19	45.7%	1	0	58-39	59.8%
Against the Field	35	60.3%	13	22.4%	10	17.2%	48-10	82.8%	7	15.2%	13	28.3%	26	56.5%	7-39	15.2%	70-52	57.4%	40-46	46.5%	0	0	55-49	52.9%

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 26-17 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-2
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-23, 21-16, 17-15	0:57
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-14, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-7
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Holtwick/Semmler	8	21-16, 21-18	0:38
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-18, 21-13	0:34
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
Series tied with # 3 Akers/Turner, United States 1-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Akers/Turner	5	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-13, 21-15	0:36
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	11	Akers/Turner	6	21-19, 21-23, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 6 Banck/Gunther, Germany 2-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Banck/Gunther	13	21-16, 21-19	0:37
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Banck/Gunther	6	21-17, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 Jin/Yue, China 1-0
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Jin/Yue	10	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 4-1
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Petrova/Skalnikova	21	21-15, 21-15	0:33
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	21	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-17, 21-18	0:34
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Petrova/Skalnikova	24	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:52
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	11	Petrova/Skalnikova	22, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:37
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 # 13 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	21-14, 21-19	0:39
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	31, Q14	Holtwick/Semmler	Q19	27-25, 19-21, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # 16 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 4-2
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Gioria/Momoli	16	Holtwick/Semmler	7	24-22, 21-16	0:41
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Gioria/Momoli	11	Holtwick/Semmler	6	21-18, 24-26, 15-10	0:54
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Gioria/Momoli	13	21-17, 21-18	0:39
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Gioria/Momoli	18	21-11, 21-18	0:36
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 # 17 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Candelas/Garcia	25, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler	8	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	11	Candelas/Garcia	27, Q9	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 24 Suzuki/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Suzuki/Tanaka	24	21-13, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 26 Barsuk/Birlova, Russia 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Birlova	26	Holtwick/Semmler	7	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:09
Lead the series against # 27 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Blundell/Harrison	19	21-18, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-1
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Baburina/Osheyko	25	21-14, 21-11	0:33
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Baburina/Osheyko	28	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:50
8/18/06	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Winner 3	Baburina/Osheyko	1	Holtwick/Semmler	5	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # Q7 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
7/1/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	Asao/Nishibori	Q19	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q12 Kulna/Phokongploy, Thailand 1-0
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 1	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	Kulna/Phokongploy	9	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q13 Sannok/Tenpaksee, Thailand 1-0
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	Sannok/Tenpaksee	10	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q14 Hermannova/Nakladalova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Hermannova/Nakladalova	32, Q14	21-16, 21-11	0:27