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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
August 16 - 20, 2017

(7) 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:

213

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,213,064.20

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 CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$561,939.78

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
CEV	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$76,101.80
CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,259.90
FIVB	43	11	3	4	3	8	0	9	0	4	1	US$991,275.00
Overall	49	13	4	6	3	9	0	9	0	4	1	US$1,068,636.70

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/16/2017	Pool G	Alexandra Jupiter / Ophelie Lusson, France (26)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:34
Thu, 8/17/2017	Pool G	Svetlana Kholomina / Olga Motrich, Russia (23)	Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:44
Thu, 8/17/2017	Pool G	Taru Lahti / Anniina Parkkinen, Finland (10)	Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Fri, 8/18/2017	Winner 2	Jolien Sinnema / Joy Stubbe, Netherlands (14)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:34
Sat, 8/19/2017	Winner 3	Nadja Glenzke / Julia Grossner, Germany (9)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 17-19	0:57

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
Confederation Championship	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$64,000.00
Total	48	13	3	6	3	9	0	9	0	4	1	0	$1,055,275.00

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
17	4	2	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	$82,750.00	Confederation Championship	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$32,500.00
196	17	14	14	7	45	55	20	12	0	$1,122,237.50	Total	58	14	4	6	3	10	10	6	2	0	$545,887.50

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 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$975.00	5	1	83.3 %
2014	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$72,000.00	17	6	73.9 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2015	FIVB	10	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	$239,000.00	35	20	63.6 %
2015	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2016	FIVB	13	7	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$382,375.00	69	10	87.3 %
2016	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2017	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$70,000.00	15	4	78.9 %
2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	42	10	3	4	3	8	0	9	0	4	1	0	$891,275.00	178	60	74.8 %
Total	CEV	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$64,000.00	29	5	85.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$975.00	5	1	83.3 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
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
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00	2006	FIVB
4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$7,912.50	2006	CEV
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2007	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00	2008	FIVB
5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,150.00	2008	CEV
14	0	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	0	$77,575.00	2009	FIVB
4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,400.00	2009	CEV
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2010	CEV
12	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$59,350.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2011	CEV
											2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$487.50	2013	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$487.50
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
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2015	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2016	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
169	21	17	17	7	38	37	13	7	12	$998,687.50	Total	Total	61	14	5	7	3	10	11	5	2	4	$495,950.00

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	23	76.7%	5	16.7%	2	6.7%	28-2	93.3%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	23-3	88.5%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	29-5	85.3%
2016-2017	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0		0		0		0-0		8-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	10-2	83.3%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0		0		0		0-0		8-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-1	85.7%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	10	1	2	2	2	0	2	0	29	5
Total	0	0	0	0	111	28	0	0	66	22	16	9	6	3	13	3	212	65

Head to Head Results
Ludwig/Walkenhorst lead the series against the field 20-4 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 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 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 # 3 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 # 4 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 3-0
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
6/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Brunner/Huberli	19	21-16, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 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
Series tied with # 9 Glenzke/Grossner, Germany 1-1
8/19/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Glenzke/Grossner	9	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	17-21, 21-14, 19-17	0:57
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 # 10 Lahti/Parkkinen, Finland 1-0
8/17/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool G	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	Lahti/Parkkinen	10	23-21, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 14 Sinnema/Stubbe, Netherlands 1-0
8/18/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	Sinnema/Stubbe	14	22-20, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-1
4/6/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Gold Medal	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 1-0
6/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	32	21-13, 21-13	0:27
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 23 Kholomina/Motrich, Russia 1-0
8/17/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool G	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	Kholomina/Motrich	23	21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 26 Jupiter/Lusson, France 2-0
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool G	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	Jupiter/Lusson	26	21-18, 21-18	0:34
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Jupiter/Lusson	31, Q10	22-20, 21-19	0:37