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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 2 - 5, 2006

(Q18) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Ulrike Schmidt - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	15	3rd	480	€ 5,850.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q11	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	26, Q9	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	27, Q8	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	Q12	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	30	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	23, Q2	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2005	Switzerland Satellite	6	3rd	26	US$1,700.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/1/2006	Country Quota	Geeske Banck / Susanne Lahme, Germany	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-6	0:48
Wed, 8/2/2006	Qualifier 2	Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson, United States (25, Q15)	Lost 16-21, 21-12, 13-15	0:48

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	$18,750.00	10	12	45.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	5	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$5,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,850.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	10	$23,750.00	19	22	46.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,850.00	10	4	71.4 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$9,375.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	$9,375.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$2,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,925.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,925.00
22	1	0	2	0	1	1	3	3	11	$15,650.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	2	0	3	1	4	5	13	$18,887.50

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%
2005-2006	19	59.4%	6	18.8%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	19-17	52.8%	11-10	52.4%	1	0	31-27	53.4%
Against the Field	54	63.5%	16	18.8%	15	17.6%	70-15	82.4%	20	24.7%	14	17.3%	47	58.0%	20-61	24.7%	108-90	54.5%	72-58	55.4%	2	0	92-74	55.4%

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
Ludwig/Niedrig lead the series against the field 24-21 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 8 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-3
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	30	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:56
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q17	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Montagnolli/Swoboda	3	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 11, Q5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-2
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	23-21, 21-16	0:47
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:55
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Semi-Finals	Pohl/Rau	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	21-17, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Kadijk/Mooren	3	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Schwer	1	14-21, 13-21	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	21	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 21 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Ludwig/Niedrig	30	21-11, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 25, Q15 Turner/Wilson, United States 0-1
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Turner/Wilson	25, Q15	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q18	21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 26 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-1
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	21-17, 27-25	0:46
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	23-21, 21-16	0:51
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	21-16, 23-21	0:41
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	23-21, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 30 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Gschweidl/Hansel		21-13, 21-16	0:43
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	Gschweidl/Hansel	26	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 32, Q16 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 1-0
6/9/04	CEV	European Championship Final		Ludwig/Niedrig		Petrova/Skalnikova		21-17, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against Banck/Lahme, Germany 2-0
8/1/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q18	Banck/Lahme		21-16, 19-21, 15-6	0:48
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	Banck/Lahme	22	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against Claasen/Roder, Germany 5-3
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Claasen/Roder		By Forfeit
7/24/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-17, 21-18	0:41
7/3/06	FIVB	France Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q10	Claasen/Roder		21-15, 21-18	0:45
6/26/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Claasen/Roder	Q13	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-15, 21-18	0:43
6/19/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q11	Claasen/Roder		19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	Claasen/Roder		16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
7/5/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	26, Q7	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q10	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:46
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q17	Claasen/Roder		21-19, 21-12	0:33
Series tied with # Q2 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 2	Keizer/Leenstra	7	Ludwig/Niedrig		19-21, 21-12, 21-19	0:57
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q17	Keizer/Leenstra	Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q4 Zhang/Zuo, China 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	Zhang/Zuo	15, Q8	19-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q6 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 2-0
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	Barrera/Hamzaoui	18	21-23, 21-12, 15-11	0:48
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	Barrera/Hamzaoui	32	21-12, 18-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # Q8 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Lessard/Maxwell	23	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # Q17 Gioria/Lunardi, Italy 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	Gioria/Lunardi	Q9	21-13, 23-25, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # Q20 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Baburina/Osheyko	Q22	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q11	22-20, 24-22	0:40
Trail the series against # Q21 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 0-1
5/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Eckl/Kaup	29, Q26	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # Q22 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 0-1
7/4/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Labee/de Vries	Q23	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q10	23-21, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q25 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q17	Campisi/Lozano	Q16	21-17, 18-21, 15-7	0:40
Lead the series against # Q31 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
8/12/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker	15, Q10	21-17, 21-17	0:34