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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$146,400 Phuket Open
October 29 - November 3, 2013

(2) 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 Phuket Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Sara Niedrig - 13th	Did not play
2010	Sara Niedrig - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/23-27/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	4	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	5	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	10	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	14	4th	560	US$12,900.00
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

Phuket Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/30/2013	Pool B	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (18)	Won By Forfeit
Thu, 10/31/2013	Pool B	Yupa Phokongploy / Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand (31)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:35
Thu, 10/31/2013	Pool B	Alexandra Moiseeva / Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia (15)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 11/1/2013	Winner 2	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (4)	Lost 21-13, 17-21, 11-15	0:53

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	11	0	2	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	$127,900.00	42	20	67.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	2	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	$127,900.00	42	20	67.7 %

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
11	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	$63,950.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	$63,950.00
101	1	9	7	4	28	27	7	7	11	$448,300.00	Total	Total	19	1	3	1	1	4	4	0	2	3	$78,700.00

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	33	78.6%	4	9.5%	5	11.9%	37-5	88.1%	6	50.0%	1	8.3%	5	41.7%	6-6	50.0%	66-6	91.7%	20-12	62.5%	2	0	45-9	83.3%

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 19-4 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 1-0
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool N	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Radarong/Udomchavee	28, Q10	21-13, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
11/1/13	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	4	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	13-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
8/25/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Salgado/Salgado	3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	21-15, 21-18	0:38
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	8	Salgado/Salgado	3	30-32, 21-13, 19-17	1:08
Series tied with # 5 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 2-2
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7, Q1	21-16, 16-21, 16-14	0:46
10/12/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7	22-24, 21-14, 15-11	1:00
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7, Q1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	17-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:55
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 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 3-0
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool N	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	21	21-16, 21-17	0:34
8/25/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	23	21-16, 21-10	0:33
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	23	21-13, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 9 Capers/Ross, United States 1-0
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Capers/Ross	13	18-21, 21-16, 15-4	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Broder/May, Canada 2-0
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Broder/May	20	21-12, 21-14	0:32
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	8	Broder/May	29, Q8	21-18, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 2-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Gallay/Klug	20	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
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 # 15 Moiseeva/Syrtseva, Russia 3-0
10/31/13	FIVB	Phuket Open	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	15	21-12, 21-16	0:31
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	24, Q2	21-17, 21-13	0:29
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	30	21-16, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-0
10/30/13	FIVB	Phuket Open	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Laboureur/Sude	18	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 31 Phokongploy/Tenpaksee, Thailand 1-0
10/31/13	FIVB	Phuket Open	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Phokongploy/Tenpaksee	31	21-11, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q5 Mizoe/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Mizoe/Nishibori	29, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:31