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US$800,000 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals presented by Vodaphone
August 23 - 26, 2017

(10) 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 Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Laura Ludwig - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	4	1st	1600	US$60,000.00
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

2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/23/2017	Pool B	Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:33
Thu, 8/24/2017	Pool B	Summer Ross / Brooke Sweat, United States (7)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:30
Fri, 8/25/2017	Winner 2	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (9)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 8/25/2017	Semi-Finals	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (3)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:35
Sat, 8/26/2017	Gold Medal	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (4)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:51

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	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$170,000.00	20	4	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	43	11	3	4	3	8	0	9	0	4	1	0	$991,275.00	183	60	75.3 %

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
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
6	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$89,000.00	2017	FIVB	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$88,000.00
140	12	11	10	6	35	36	12	7	11	$939,987.50	Total	Total	52	12	4	4	3	9	10	5	2	3	$513,387.50

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	15	83.3%	3	16.7%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	3	37.5%	0	0.0%	5	62.5%	3-5	37.5%	30-8	78.9%	12-0	100.0%	1	0	22-4	84.6%

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 22-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 7-1
8/23/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Antunes/Maestrini	2	21-17, 21-19	0:33
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
Series tied with # 3 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-1
8/25/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	21-15, 21-14	0:35
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 # 4 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-0
8/26/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 7 Ross/Sweat, United States 2-1
8/24/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Ross/Sweat	7	21-18, 21-12	0:30
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
Series tied with # 9 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
8/25/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Mader/Verge-Depre	9	21-12, 21-18	0:35
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 # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 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