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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open
June 8 - 12, 2005

Laura Ludwig/Sara Niedrig, Germany

Laura Ludwig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

180 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

207

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,212,348.31

Sara Goller Niedrig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1984 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hürth

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$497,148.33

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	21	25	27	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	18	6	3	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$210,856.49
FIVB	87	0	7	5	3	17	7	21	3	7	0	6	0	2	4	5	US$767,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,700.00
Overall	106	6	10	9	4	17	9	22	3	7	1	6	1	2	4	5	US$979,556.49

Previous Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		27th	12	€ 0.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/7/2005	Country Quota	Geeske Banck / Mireya Kaup, Germany (Q21)	Lost 17-21, 17-21

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	4	$421,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	3	1	2	11	7	4	3	3	4	7	$309,150.00
Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Confederation Championship	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$82,500.00
Total	96	2	9	7	4	17	7	22	3	7	6	12	$851,200.00

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	4	$608,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	4	4	1	5	14	2	4	5	$212,675.00
73	2	4	2	2	22	19	6	9	7	$209,012.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	0	3	1	2	18	7	3	4	8	$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
17	4	2	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	$82,750.00	Confederation Championship	8	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	$41,250.00
196	17	14	14	7	45	55	20	12	12	$1,122,237.50	Total	103	2	9	7	4	26	25	8	8	14	$427,600.00

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
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	3	$3,237.50

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	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	43	68.3%	12	19.0%	8	12.7%	55-8	87.3%	10	20.4%	9	18.4%	30	61.2%	10-39	20.4%	86-58	59.7%	44-34	56.4%	1	0	66-46	58.9%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	1	11	1	0	0	17	1	4	2	1	1	2	2	36	8
Total	9	5	18	7	91	26	0	0	114	63	12	10	7	4	2	9	312	158

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q21 Banck/Kaup, Germany 0-1
6/7/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Country Quota	Banck/Kaup	Q21	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-17, 21-17
Lead the series against # Q31 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 1-0
6/9/04	CEV	European Championship Final		Ludwig/Niedrig		Petrova/Skalnikova		21-17, 21-15	0:31