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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam
April 30 - May 4, 2014

(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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Did not play
2007	Sara Niedrig - 7th	Did not play
2009	Sara Niedrig - 4th	Did not play
2010	Sara Niedrig - 25th	Did not play
2011	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2012	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2013	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th	Laura Ludwig - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/23-27/2014	Fuzhou Open	3	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/3/2013	Phuket Open	2	9th	250	US$4,000.00
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

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/1/2014	Pool B	Mariafe Artacho / Nicole Laird, Australia (31, Q20)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:36
Thu, 5/1/2014	Pool B	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (18)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:28
Fri, 5/2/2014	Pool B	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (15)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:25
Fri, 5/2/2014	Winner 1	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (16)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:29
Sat, 5/3/2014	Winner 2	Maria Antonelli / Juliana Felisberta, Brazil (28, Q10)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:33
Sat, 5/3/2014	Winner 3	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (8)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:32
Sun, 5/4/2014	Semi-Finals	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (1)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:51
Sun, 5/4/2014	Gold Medal	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (10)	Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:54

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 %
2014	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$59,000.00	10	2	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	13	1	2	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	$186,900.00	52	22	70.3 %

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
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$29,500.00	2014	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$29,500.00
103	2	9	7	4	28	28	7	7	11	$477,800.00	Total	Total	21	2	3	1	1	4	5	0	2	3	$108,200.00

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%
2013-2014	46	80.7%	5	8.8%	6	10.5%	51-6	89.5%	7	30.4%	2	8.7%	14	60.9%	7-16	30.4%	46-14	76.7%	12-8	60.0%	1	4	59-26	69.4%
Against the Field	65	72.2%	16	17.8%	9	10.0%	81-9	90.0%	8	25.8%	5	16.1%	18	58.1%	8-23	25.8%	130-32	80.2%	48-28	63.2%	1	1	90-31	74.4%

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 35-11 (Lead 20 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 2-3
5/4/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Antunes/Lima	1	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 3 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
10/27/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	5	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	21-15, 21-10	0:33
10/13/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	19-21, 31-29, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 4 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 2-0
10/27/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Holtwick/Semmler	6	21-14, 21-19	0:34
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Holtwick/Semmler	4	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 7 Borger/Buthe, Germany 2-0
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Borger/Buthe	6	22-24, 21-13, 15-12	0:47
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Borger/Buthe	16	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 8 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	21-15, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Wang/Yue, China 1-0
5/4/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Wang/Yue	10	23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:54
Trail the series against # 11 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	8	25-23, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 14 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 3-1
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	8	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	27-29, 21-19, 19-17	1:06
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
Series tied with # 15 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-1
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Kolocova/Slukova	15	21-15, 21-15	0:25
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kolocova/Slukova	17	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	16	21-11, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	18	21-15, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 22 Broder/May, Canada 3-0
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Broder/May	14	21-19, 17-21, 15-9	0:46
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 # 23, Q3 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 # 24 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 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 # 28, Q10 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 2-0
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Antonelli/Felisberta	28, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:33
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Antonelli/Felisberta	30, Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q17 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
Trail the series against # 31, Q20 Artacho/Laird, Australia 0-1
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Artacho/Laird	31, Q20	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q4 Moiseeva/Syrtseva, Russia 4-0
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	19	21-11, 21-10	0:25
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 # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q16 Bloem/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Bloem/Wesselink	26, Q4	21-19, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # Q18 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 # Q19 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