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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Rio de Janeiro Four Star
May 16 - 21, 2017

(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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2005	Jana Kohler - 5th	Did not play
2016	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Laura Ludwig - 1st
2016	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th	Laura Ludwig - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/25-30/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	1	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2016	Gstaad Major	3	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2016	Porec Major	2	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2016	Poland Grand Slam	3	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	1	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	4	9th	360	US$11,000.00

Rio de Janeiro Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/18/2017	Pool B	Alexandra Jupiter / Ophelie Lusson, France (31, Q10)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 5/18/2017	Pool B	Juliana Felisberta / Carol Salgado, Brazil (18, Q2)	Won 14-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:52
Fri, 5/19/2017	Winner 2	Ievgeniia Baieva / Valentyna Davidova, Ukraine (19)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:29
Sat, 5/20/2017	Winner 3	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (11)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:31

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	39	9	3	4	3	8	0	7	0	4	1	0	$827,275.00	166	57	74.4 %

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
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00
135	10	11	10	6	35	33	12	7	11	$853,987.50	Total	Total	48	10	4	4	3	9	8	5	2	3	$431,387.50

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	19	79.2%	4	16.7%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	6	40.0%	2	13.3%	7	46.7%	6-9	40.0%	38-10	79.2%	20-6	76.9%	2	0	31-8	79.5%

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 24-6 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 5-1
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 # 3 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 10 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 6-1
9/15/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Pool B	Gallay/Klug	10	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:50
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Gallay/Klug	14	11-5 Retired	0:08
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Gallay/Klug	17	21-16, 21-19	0:34
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Gallay/Klug	20	17-21, 21-16, 21-19	0:49
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Gallay/Klug	14	21-16, 21-13	0:36
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	10	Gallay/Klug	20	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	Gallay/Klug	30, Q11	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 13 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 # 18, Q2 Felisberta/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Felisberta/Salgado	18, Q2	14-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 22 Cheng/Hughes, United States 0-1
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 # 28 Capers/Hochevar, United States 0-1
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Capers/Hochevar	30, Q14	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	21-15, 9-21, 15-8	0:38
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Jupiter/Lusson, France 1-0
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool B	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Jupiter/Lusson	31, Q10	22-20, 21-19	0:37