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June 21 - 25, 2005

(48) Laura Ludwig/Sara Niedrig, 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

Sara Goller Niedrig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hürth

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$386,350.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	87	0	7	5	3	17	7	21	3	7	6	2	4	5	US$767,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,700.00
Overall	88	0	7	6	3	17	7	21	3	7	6	2	4	5	US$768,700.00

Previous Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/21/2005	Winner 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (17)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 12-15	0:58
Tue, 6/21/2005	Contender 1	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (14)	Won 23-21, 21-15	0:42
Wed, 6/22/2005	Contender 2	Tatiana Barrera / Eva Hamzaoui, France (32)	Won 21-12, 18-21, 18-16	0:58
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 3	Leila Barros / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (4)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:47

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Laura Ludwig - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Laura Ludwig - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Laura Ludwig - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Laura Ludwig - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Kira Walkenhorst - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Did not play
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	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	48	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	6	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	10	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	7	9th	400	US$11,000.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	0	4	4	1	5	0	14	0	2	2	0	$421,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	3	1	2	11	7	4	3	3	4	0	$309,150.00
Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	88	0	7	6	3	17	7	21	3	7	6	0	$768,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Ludwig												Sara Niedrig
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$67,750.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$18,250.00
4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$150,000.00	World Tour Finals
82	5	7	7	4	17	27	8	3	0	$608,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	4	4	1	5	14	2	4	0	$212,675.00
73	2	4	2	2	22	19	6	9	0	$209,012.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	0	3	1	2	18	7	3	4	0	$154,575.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	95	0	7	6	3	26	24	8	8	0	$386,350.00

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
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$7,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$7,500.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Ludwig													Sara Niedrig
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,750.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$3,750.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,750.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	$5,750.00

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	181	74.5%	36	14.8%	26	10.7%	217-26	89.3%	51	29.3%	37	21.3%	86	49.4%	51-123	29.3%	181-86	67.8%	87-63	58.0%	3	1	271-150	64.4%
2004-2005	7	53.8%	2	15.4%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	7-8	46.7%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
Against the Field	35	62.5%	10	17.9%	11	19.6%	45-11	80.4%	12	22.6%	11	20.8%	30	56.6%	12-41	22.6%	70-56	55.6%	44-44	50.0%	2	0	59-50	54.1%

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	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	2	6	2	69	21	0	0	35	22	4	5	4	1	0	4	123	58
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	3	11	4	0	0	0	0	56	34	3	3	1	2	0	3	132	81
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
Total	9	5	17	6	80	25	0	0	97	62	8	8	6	3	0	7	276	150

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Barros/Connelly	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	23-21, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	23-21, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 17 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	17	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 32 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	Barrera/Hamzaoui	32	21-12, 18-21, 18-16	0:58