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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Myslowice Open
September 2 - 7, 2008

(6) 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 Myslowice Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	9	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	16	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	10	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	3	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	5	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	10	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	6	7th	300	US$8,000.00

Myslowice Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2008	Winner 1	Romana Kayser / Simone Kuhn, Switzerland (27)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
Thu, 9/4/2008	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (11)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
Fri, 9/5/2008	Winner 3	Sona Novakova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (3, Q3)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:40
Fri, 9/5/2008	Contender 4	Sanne Keizer / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (16)	Won 27-25, 21-12	0:41
Sat, 9/6/2008	Contender 5	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (7)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 15-17	0:58

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	12	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	0	0	$121,500.00	45	26	63.4 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	0	$59,100.00	24	18	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	1	1	1	4	4	6	2	6	4	11	$218,850.00	100	71	58.5 %
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
12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00
9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00
43	1	1	2	1	9	8	6	4	11	$110,275.00	Total	Total	48	0	1	2	1	10	8	7	6	13	$112,275.00

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%
2007-2008	38	67.9%	11	19.6%	7	12.5%	49-7	87.5%	20	35.1%	9	15.8%	28	49.1%	20-37	35.1%	38-28	57.6%	31-16	66.0%	0	0	69-44	61.1%
Against the Field	57	81.4%	11	15.7%	2	2.9%	68-2	97.1%	9	31.0%	6	20.7%	14	48.3%	9-20	31.0%	114-28	80.3%	40-16	71.4%	0	0	77-22	77.8%

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 30-16 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	11	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 0-1
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Antonelli/Leao	26, Q17	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-16, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 3, Q3 Novakova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Novakova/Tobiasova	3, Q3	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-19, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-3
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	10	Ludwig/Niedrig	13	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:53
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	16	Hakedal/Torlen	22	21-19, 21-16	0:42
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Hakedal/Torlen	13	21-18, 21-16	0:48
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:48
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 # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 4-2
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:58
6/25/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler		26-24, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	19-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:54
10/24/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Holtwick/Semmler		23-21, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
9/25/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	Holtwick/Semmler		22-20, 21-19	0:43
9/12/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler	23, Q17	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 2-1
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
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
Lead the series against # 12 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Martins/Santanna	16	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
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 # 13 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 3-0
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Jursone/Minusa	20	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:51
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-19, 21-16	0:43
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 2-0
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Gioria/Momoli	43	18-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:57
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 # 16 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Keizer/de Vries	16	27-25, 21-12	0:41
Series tied with # 18 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 # 19 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
Series tied with # 20 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Baburina/Osheyko	30, Q21	21-9, 21-14	0:29
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 # 21 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Graessli/Zumkehr	9, Q7	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 4-2
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	24-22, 21-12	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 24 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-2
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24, Q3	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	21-13, 21-13	0:43
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	28	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-14, 21-14	0:34
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 # 27 Kayser/Kuhn, Switzerland 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kayser/Kuhn	27	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q7 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-0
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	Gschweidl/Hansel	Q28	21-16, 21-17	0:36
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	Gschweidl/Hansel	26	21-14, 21-19	0:41