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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fortaleza Open
April 27 - May 1, 2016

(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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Sara Niedrig - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	3	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	1	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/29-10/4/2015	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	5	2nd	0	US$60,000.00
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

Fortaleza Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/28/2016	Pool B	Carolina Horta / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (18)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Fri, 4/29/2016	Pool B	Janne Kongshavn / Vilde Solvoll, Norway (15)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:31
Fri, 4/29/2016	Winner 2	Juliana Felisberta / Taiana Lima, Brazil (4)	Lost 7-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:44

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 %
2016	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$33,375.00	17	3	85.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	3	3	3	2	7	0	6	0	4	1	0	$472,275.00	111	49	69.4 %

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
4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$16,687.50	2016	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$16,687.50
125	4	11	9	5	34	32	12	7	11	$676,487.50	Total	Total	37	4	4	3	2	8	7	4	2	3	$250,887.50

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%
2015-2016	74	72.5%	20	19.6%	8	7.8%	94-8	92.2%	9	29.0%	7	22.6%	15	48.4%	9-22	29.0%	74-15	83.1%	29-15	65.9%	1	0	104-30	77.6%
Against the Field	15	83.3%	2	11.1%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	4-7	36.4%	30-10	75.0%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	21-8	72.4%

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 13-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 3 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-4
2/27/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	28-26, 21-16	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 4 Felisberta/Lima, Brazil 0-1
4/29/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Lima	4	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	21-7, 16-21, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 1-0
10/11/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Lisboa/Maia	12	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 6 Matauatu/Pata, Vanuatu 3-1
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Matauatu/Pata	6	21-11, 21-16	0:33
8/22/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	6	Matauatu/Pata	22	21-23, 21-15, 17-15	0:55
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	6	Matauatu/Pata	22	12-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:44
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool G	Matauatu/Pata	26	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 13 Carico/Ross, United States 1-1
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Carico/Ross	16	25-23, 21-16	0:39
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Carico/Ross	27, Q8	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	6	25-23, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Kongshavn/Solvoll, Norway 1-0
4/29/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Kongshavn/Solvoll	15	21-17, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 18 Horta/Silva, Brazil 1-0
4/28/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Horta/Silva	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 22 Lavalle/Nunes, Brazil 1-0
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Lavalle/Nunes	30, Q29	21-17, 21-19	0:43