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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 World Series 13
July 17 - 21, 2007

(4) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Ulrike Schmidt - 25th
2006	Sara Niedrig - 41st	Laura Ludwig - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	17, Q6	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	11, Q5	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	13, Q6	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	14	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	22	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	23, Q12	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	26, Q5	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q18	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2007	Winner 1	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (29, Q2)	Won 28-30, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
Wed, 7/18/2007	Winner 2	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (20)	Lost 12-21, 22-20, 13-15	0:50
Thu, 7/19/2007	Contender 2	Nadia Campisi / Clara Lozano, Spain (30, Q4)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:43
Thu, 7/19/2007	Contender 3	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (12)	Won 21-19, 10-21, 15-9	0:48
Thu, 7/19/2007	Contender 4	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (7)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 7/20/2007	Contender 5	Shaylyn Bede / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (18, Q12)	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:46
Fri, 7/20/2007	Contender 6	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (20)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:51

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	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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	7	$19,500.00	21	15	58.3 %
2007	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	$77,500.00	31	19	62.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	5	3	11	$115,750.00	62	46	57.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	5	0	100.0 %

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
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
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00
8	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	$38,750.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	$38,750.00
30	1	1	1	1	4	3	5	3	11	$58,725.00	Total	Total	35	0	1	1	1	5	3	6	5	13	$60,725.00

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%
2006-2007	36	63.2%	13	22.8%	8	14.0%	49-8	86.0%	16	32.7%	8	16.3%	25	51.0%	16-33	32.7%	36-25	59.0%	29-16	64.4%	1	0	66-41	61.7%
Against the Field	62	79.5%	9	11.5%	7	9.0%	71-7	91.0%	16	33.3%	6	12.5%	26	54.2%	16-32	33.3%	124-48	72.1%	50-26	65.8%	2	0	89-37	70.6%

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
Ludwig/Niedrig lead the series against the field 34-19 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Tian/Wang	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	32-30, 19-21, 15-12	1:10
Series tied with # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 1-1
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Xue/Zhang	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:03
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 3 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-1
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18	21-19, 23-21	0:46
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 # 5 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 # 6 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-5
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	21-15, 21-11	0:31
10/28/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	21-14, 21-16	0:38
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 # 7 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 3-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	7	21-16, 21-19	0:39
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	8	21-14, 21-18	0:35
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	4	22-20, 21-18	0:44
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	21	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 9 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Faure/Sarpaux	19	21-14, 19-21, 15-10	0:59
Lead the series against # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Pohl/Rau	14	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-19, 10-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q17	Keizer/Leenstra	Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-2
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Ludwig/Niedrig	12	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:49
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	21-19, 21-17	0:39
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 5	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 16, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 5-3
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Claasen/Roder	11	21-18, 21-19	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 17 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q11	22-20, 21-23, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 18, Q12 Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 1-0
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Bede/Bednarczuk	18, Q12	23-21, 21-18	0:46
Series tied with # 19 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-1
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	12	Petrova/Skalnikova	21	21-11, 23-25, 15-13	0:50
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 3	Petrova/Skalnikova	15	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-2
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-19, 21-19	0:51
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	0:50
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-14, 19-21, 20-18	1:03
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22, Q2	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 2-0
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-14, 23-21	0:55
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Schwer	1	14-21, 13-21	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Martins/Santanna	30, Q12	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	Gioria/Momoli	23, Q3	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 27 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	Q11	21-9, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 29, Q2 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Mouha/Van Breedam	29, Q2	28-30, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 30, Q4 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 2-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Campisi/Lozano	30, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:43
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 # Q6 Tcholakova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	Tcholakova/Yanchulova	Q12	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q13 Dalen/Wiig, Norway 1-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Dalen/Wiig	32	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q14 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 2-0
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Asao/Nishibori	Q27	21-15, 21-12	0:33
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	Asao/Nishibori	Q12	21-13, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q15 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	21-11, 22-20	0:30