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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 (39 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 (35 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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007
Best Offensive Player 2011
Best Defensive Player 2013, 2017
Most Inspirational 2013, 2017
Sportsperson 2015, 2016, 2017
Most Outstanding 2016, 2017
Team of the Year 2016 (with Kira Walkenhorst)
Tour Champion 2016 (with Kira Walkenhorst)
Most Entertaining Player 2019

Awards

Most Improved Player 2013
Top Rookie 2013
Best Blocker 2016
Team of the Year 2016 (with Laura Ludwig)
Tour Champion 2016 (with Laura Ludwig)
Best Hitter 2017

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
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th	Laura Ludwig - 5th
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

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$85,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$260,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	5	2	3	3	5	0	4	0	3	0	0	$595,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	$46,875.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	43	11	3	4	3	8	0	9	0	4	1	0	$991,275.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Ludwig												Kira Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$67,750.00	World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$42,500.00
4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$150,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$130,000.00
82	5	7	7	4	17	27	8	3	0	$608,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	5	2	3	3	5	5	4	1	0	$306,450.00
73	2	4	2	2	22	19	6	9	0	$209,012.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	2	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$27,237.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											Challenger	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
179	13	12	10	6	43	52	20	12	0	$1,039,487.50	Total	52	12	4	4	3	9	10	5	2	0	$513,387.50

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
2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	$40,500.00	13	9	59.1 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	$40,500.00	13	9	59.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Ludwig													Kira Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$9,375.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00	2006	FIVB
12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00	2007	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00	2008	FIVB
14	0	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	0	$77,575.00	2009	FIVB
12	0	4	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	$91,250.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
12	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$59,350.00	2011	FIVB
9	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	$45,900.00	2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	$9,550.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$20,250.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$20,250.00
95	1	7	6	3	27	26	7	7	11	$404,600.00	Total	Total	13	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	2	3	$35,000.00

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	134	77.0%	26	14.9%	14	8.0%	160-14	92.0%	21	33.3%	10	15.9%	32	50.8%	21-42	33.3%	134-32	80.7%	47-24	66.2%	2	4	183-60	75.3%
2012-2013	33	84.6%	2	5.1%	4	10.3%	35-4	89.7%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	11	57.9%	6-13	31.6%	33-11	75.0%	8-6	57.1%	1	3	42-20	67.7%
Against the Field	50	71.4%	13	18.6%	7	10.0%	63-7	90.0%	8	25.8%	4	12.9%	19	61.3%	8-23	25.8%	100-34	74.6%	42-22	65.6%	0	2	71-30	70.3%

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	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	14	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	57	18	0	0	37	12	7	6	3	3	5	2	109	41
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	22	3	0	0	8	5	2	1	1	0	2	0	35	9
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Total	0	0	0	0	98	26	0	0	56	21	14	7	4	3	11	3	183	60

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