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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals
September 29 - October 4, 2015

(5) 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 Fort Lauderdale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	5	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	6	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	11	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	12	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	11	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	12	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	12	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	12	17th	240	US$7,000.00

2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/29/2015	Pool A	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (8)	Won 21-9, 23-25, 15-9	0:46
Wed, 9/30/2015	Pool A	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (9)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:36
Thu, 10/1/2015	Pool A	Lauren Fendrick / April Ross, United States (1)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:37
Fri, 10/2/2015	Pool A	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (4)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 10/3/2015	Semi-Finals	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (4)	Won 21-15, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
Sun, 10/4/2015	Gold Medal	Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	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	11	0	2	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	$127,900.00	42	20	67.7 %
2014	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$72,000.00	17	6	73.9 %
2015	FIVB	10	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	$239,000.00	35	20	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	25	2	3	3	2	5	0	5	0	4	1	0	$438,900.00	94	46	67.1 %

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
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
10	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$92,000.00	2014	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$36,000.00
10	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	$119,500.00	2015	FIVB	10	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	$119,500.00
121	3	11	9	5	32	31	12	7	11	$659,800.00	Total	Total	33	3	4	3	2	6	6	4	2	3	$234,200.00

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%
2014-2015	35	66.0%	12	22.6%	6	11.3%	47-6	88.7%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	15	62.5%	5-19	20.8%	35-15	70.0%	17-10	63.0%	0	1	52-26	66.7%
Against the Field	26	68.4%	8	21.1%	4	10.5%	34-4	89.5%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	52-14	78.8%	22-12	64.7%	1	0	38-13	74.5%

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 21-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Fendrick/Ross, United States 1-0
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Fendrick/Ross	1	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 2-1
10/4/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	21-17, 21-18	0:39
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Antunes/Maestrini	1	21-18, 21-18	0:37
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	Antunes/Maestrini	1	12-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 1-3
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Bansley/Pavan	6	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Bansley/Pavan	17	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:51
5/24/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Bansley/Pavan	9	21-11, 21-8	0:25
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Bansley/Pavan	25, Q3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	8	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 4 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 3-1
10/3/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	21-15, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
10/2/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	21-17, 21-19	0:39
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	21-14, 21-17	0:38
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Seixas	1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	24-22, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-3
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-11, 21-14	0:31
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Bronze Medal	Meppelink/Van Iersel	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	22-20, 21-19	0:41
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	19-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:47
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 # 7 Capers/Kessy, United States 3-1
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Capers/Kessy	22	21-17, 21-11	0:34
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Capers/Kessy	21	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:47
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool G	Capers/Kessy	23	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	24-22, 16-21, 15-13	1:14
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Capers/Kessy	21	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 3-1
9/29/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Baquerizo/Fernandez	8	21-9, 23-25, 15-9	0:46
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Baquerizo/Fernandez	12	21-12, 21-18	0:34
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	6	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:47
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 # 9 Broder/May, Canada 4-1
9/30/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Broder/May	9	21-18, 21-17	0:36
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Broder/May	19	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	18-21, 24-22, 18-16	0:56
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 # 10 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 2-0
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Laboureur/Sude	17	21-13, 21-16	0:31
10/30/13	FIVB	Phuket Open	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Laboureur/Sude	18	By Forfeit