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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 5, 2017

(4) 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 Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	3	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	2	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/16-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	2	5th	320	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/13-18/2016	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	2	1st	0	US$100,000.00
FIVB	8/6-17/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	4	1st	0	US$0.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Pool D	Mahassine Siad / Imane Zeroual, Morocco (45)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:25
Sat, 7/29/2017	Pool D	Nadja Glenzke / Julia Grossner, Germany (28)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Mon, 7/31/2017	Pool D	Karla Borger / Margareta Kozuch, Germany (21)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:40
Wed, 8/2/2017	Winner 1	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (18)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 8/3/2017	Winner 2	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (16)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:32
Fri, 8/4/2017	Winner 3	Summer Ross / Brooke Sweat, United States (5)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:31
Fri, 8/4/2017	Semi-Finals	Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 8/5/2017	Gold Medal	Lauren Fendrick / April Ross, United States (14)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-9	1:04

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th	Laura Ludwig - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Kira Walkenhorst - 17th	Laura Ludwig - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Laura Ludwig - 1st
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Margareta Kozuch - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Louisa Lippmann - 17th	Did not play

World Championships 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	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	11	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	4	1st	1600	US$60,000.00

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	13	7	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$382,375.00	69	10	87.3 %
2017	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$70,000.00	15	4	78.9 %
Total	FIVB	42	10	3	4	3	8	0	9	0	4	1	0	$891,275.00	178	60	74.8 %

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
13	7	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	$191,187.50	2016	FIVB	13	7	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	$191,187.50
5	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$39,000.00	2017	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$38,000.00
139	11	11	10	6	35	36	12	7	11	$889,987.50	Total	Total	51	11	4	4	3	9	10	5	2	3	$463,387.50

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%
2016-2017	66	80.5%	12	14.6%	4	4.9%	78-4	95.1%	10	50.0%	4	20.0%	6	30.0%	10-10	50.0%	66-6	91.7%	22-8	73.3%	1	0	89-14	86.4%
Against the Field	26	81.3%	6	18.8%	0	0.0%	32-0	100.0%	6	37.5%	2	12.5%	8	50.0%	6-10	37.5%	52-12	81.3%	24-4	85.7%	1	1	39-9	81.3%

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 34-9 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 6-1
8/4/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Antunes/Maestrini	1	21-19, 21-16	0:37
9/17/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Antunes/Maestrini	3	21-19, 21-19	0:38
8/16/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Antunes/Maestrini	1	21-18, 21-12	0:36
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	21-18, 15-21, 15-10	0:41
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
Lead the series against # 2 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 4-0
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Laboureur/Sude	14, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Laboureur/Sude	14, Q1	14-21, 26-24, 15-9	0:44
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
Series tied with # 5 Ross/Sweat, United States 1-1
8/4/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Ross/Sweat	5	21-15, 21-14	0:31
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 2	Ross/Sweat	11	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	21-19, 21-13	0:27
Lead the series against # 6 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Hermannova/Slukova	15	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
5/20/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	11	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	21-17, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 9 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Antonelli/Salgado	15, Q1	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 10 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 2-0
7/30/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Brunner/Huberli	18	21-11, 21-19	0:32
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	21-10, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 2-1
8/23/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	6	Bawden/Clancy	7	21-17, 21-13	0:47
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Bawden/Clancy	9	22-20, 18-21, 17-15	1:00
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Bawden/Clancy	21	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Fendrick/Ross, United States 2-0
8/5/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Fendrick/Ross	14	19-21, 21-13, 15-9	1:04
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 # 15 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 1-0
9/16/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
Series tied with # 16 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-1
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Cheng/Hughes	16	21-16, 21-16	0:32
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	32	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	21-18, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Mader/Verge-Depre	17	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Wang/Yue, China 3-1
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Wang/Yue	18	21-19, 21-14	0:37
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Wang/Yue	19	21-16, 21-16	0:33
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Wang/Yue	15	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	By Forfeit
5/4/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Wang/Yue	10	23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # 19 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 4-1
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	23-21, 21-16	0:39
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Lahti/Lehtonen	29, Q7	16-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:54
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q6	21-10, 21-17	0:32
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	24-22, 14-21, 16-14	0:53
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 20 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Baieva/Davidova	19	21-13, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # 21 Borger/Kozuch, Germany 1-0
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Borger/Kozuch	21	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 24 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool C	Bieneck/Schneider	14	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	22-20, 8-21, 15-9	0:40
Lead the series against # 28 Glenzke/Grossner, Germany 1-0
7/29/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Glenzke/Grossner	28	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 37 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 # 43 Alfaro/Charles, Costa Rica 1-0
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool K	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Alfaro/Charles	38	21-9, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # 45 Siad/Zeroual, Morocco 1-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Siad/Zeroual	45	21-10, 21-12	0:25