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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 9 - 14, 2013

(14) 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:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Sara Niedrig - 41st	Did not play
2007	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Did not play
2008	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2009	Sara Niedrig - 5th	Did not play
2010	Sara Niedrig - 2nd	Did not play
2011	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Did not play
2012	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Geeske Banck - 25th

Recent 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	6/18-23/2013	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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2013	Pool C	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (19)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:33
Wed, 7/10/2013	Pool C	Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug, Argentina (30, Q11)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:32
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool C	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (3)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:28
Fri, 7/12/2013	Winner 1	Tatyana Mashkova / Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan (22)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 7/12/2013	Winner 2	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (13)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 7/12/2013	Winner 3	Jennifer Fopma / Brooke Sweat, United States (21, Q2)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 7/13/2013	Semi-Finals	Liliane Maestrini / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (6, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:39
Sun, 7/14/2013	Bronze Medal	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (3)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:39

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	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	$53,400.00	18	12	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	$53,400.00	18	12	60.0 %

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
6	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	$26,700.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	$26,700.00
96	1	7	6	4	27	26	7	7	11	$411,050.00	Total	Total	14	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	2	3	$41,450.00

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	49	66.2%	14	18.9%	11	14.9%	63-11	85.1%	9	30.0%	2	6.7%	19	63.3%	9-21	30.0%	98-32	75.4%	46-26	63.9%	1	2	73-31	70.2%

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 15-10 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 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 # 3 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 1-3
7/14/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Antunes/Lima	3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	21-14, 21-13	0:39
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antunes/Lima	3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	21-12, 21-14	0:28
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 # 5 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 # 6, Q1 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Maestrini/Seixas	6, Q1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 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
Series tied with # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-2
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	21-15, 21-19	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 15 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Keizer/Van Iersel	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	15	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 19 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	22-20, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Fopma/Sweat, United States 2-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Fopma/Sweat	21, Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:35
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Fopma/Sweat	21	25-23, 30-28	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	22	21-13, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 23 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 # 28, Q7 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 # 30, Q11 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-0
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Gallay/Klug	30, Q11	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 31 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q13 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