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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 1 - 6, 2013

(19) Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

Laura Ludwig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

180 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

19

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

13

Career FIVB WT Wins:

12

Career Winnings:

US$1,039,487.50

Kira Walkenhorst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

7

Tournaments:

52

Career Wins:

12

Career FIVB WT Wins:

11

Career Winnings:

US$513,387.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	43	11	3	4	3	8	0	9	0	4	1	US$991,275.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Sara Niedrig - 13th	Did not play
2010	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2011	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2012	Did not play	Geeske Banck - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	17	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	12	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	14	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	15	25th	150	US$1,500.00

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/1/2013

Pool F

Barbora Hermannova / Martina Williams, Czech Republic (30)

Won 21-13, 23-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	14	7	1	0.429	0	6	3	5
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	2	1	2
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	4	2	3
Kira Walkenhorst	Total	26	14	3	0.423	5	2	2	4
	1	9	5	1	0.444	5	1	1	2
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	1	1	2

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool F

Tanja Goricanec / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (43)

Won 21-17, 21-11

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	13	7	2	0.385	0	7	3	4
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	6	0	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	3	3
Kira Walkenhorst	Total	23	11	5	0.261	4	2	4	4
	1	14	6	2	0.286	2	2	2	3
	2	9	5	3	0.222	2	0	2	1

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool F

Maria Antonelli / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (6)

Lost 17-21, 11-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	24	11	6	0.208	0	7	0	2
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	5	0	1
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	0	1
Kira Walkenhorst	Total	20	7	4	0.150	1	3	2	4
	1	10	4	1	0.300	1	2	1	2
	2	10	3	3	0.000	0	1	1	2

Thu, 7/4/2013

Winner 1

Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (11)

Won 21-17, 14-21, 20-18

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	37	22	4	0.486	0	5	2	5
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	3	1	1
	2	15	5	2	0.200	0	1	0	0
	3	15	11	1	0.667	0	1	1	4
Kira Walkenhorst	Total	23	19	1	0.783	2	1	1	7
	1	12	9	1	0.667	1	1	0	5
	2	6	5	0	0.833	1	0	0	1
	3	5	5	0	1.000	0	0	1	1

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 2

Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (7)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	19	16	0	0.842	1	8	1	1
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	5	1	1
	2	10	9	0	0.900	1	3	0	0
Kira Walkenhorst	Total	22	12	4	0.364	5	3	0	3
	1	14	8	2	0.429	2	1	0	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	3	2	0	2

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 3

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (2)

Lost 15-21, 15-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	28	12	6	0.214	0	10	0	1
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	5	0	0
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	5	0	1
Kira Walkenhorst	Total	25	9	7	0.080	2	2	1	3
	1	15	8	3	0.333	1	2	0	0
	2	10	1	4	-0.300	1	0	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	135	75	19	0.415	1	43	9	18
Kira Walkenhorst	139	72	24	0.345	19	13	10	25
Total	274	147	43	0.380	20	56	19	43
Opponents	267	123	42	0.303	14	62	20	27

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Kira Walkenhorst - 17th	Laura Ludwig - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Laura Ludwig - 1st
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Margareta Kozuch - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Louisa Lippmann - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	19	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	11	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	4	1st	1600	US$60,000.00

Head to Head Results
Ludwig/Walkenhorst lead the series against the field 13-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 0-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	6	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	21-17, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 7 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-19, 21-16	0:38
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Birlova/Ukolova	5	21-9, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 8 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 2-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Cicolari/Menegatti	1	21-17, 21-17	0:41
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	26-24, 26-24	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Keizer/Van Iersel	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	15	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 11 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 1-1
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	Antunes/Lima	11	21-17, 14-21, 20-18	0:53
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	5	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	21-12, 16-21, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 17 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Borger/Buthe	16	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	19	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	21-16, 21-17	0:33
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	19	21-12, 21-17	0:25
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	15	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 28 Fopma/Sweat, United States 1-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Fopma/Sweat	21	25-23, 30-28	0:49
Series tied with # 29 van der Vlist/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-1
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wesselink/van der Vlist	26	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	12-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Wesselink/van der Vlist	28, Q12	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 30 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 1-0
7/1/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	Hermannova/Williams	30	21-13, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # 38 Sinnema/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Sinnema/Stiekema	28, Q10	21-16, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # 41 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-0
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-16, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 43 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	Goricanec/Huberli	43	21-17, 21-11	0:33