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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Russian Masters
June 15 - 18, 2006

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:

213

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,213,064.20

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:

119

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

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
CEV Under Age	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
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	109	7	11	10	4	17	9	22	3	7	1	6	1	2	4	5	US$979,556.49

Previous Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV Under Age	8/4-7/2005	CEV U23 European Championships		2nd	39	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q17	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q10	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	23, Q17	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	48	17th	200	US$7,500.00

Russian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/15/2006	Qualifier 1	Mari-Liis Graumann / Katre Laanes, Estonia	Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:45
Thu, 6/15/2006	Qualifier 2	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (7)	Lost 21-19, 12-21, 19-21	0:57

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
Confederation Championship	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$82,500.00
Total	96	2	9	7	4	17	7	22	3	7	6	0	$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	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
17	4	2	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	$82,750.00	Confederation Championship	8	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$41,250.00
196	17	14	14	7	45	55	20	12	0	$1,122,237.50	Total	103	2	9	7	4	26	25	8	8	0	$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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$5,000.00	6	5	54.5 %
2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	$23,750.00	16	17	48.5 %
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2	2	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	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
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
20	2	1	3	0	1	1	3	3	6	$12,725.00	Total	Total	26	1	1	2	0	3	2	4	5	8	$15,962.50

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	68	85.0%	8	10.0%	4	5.0%	76-4	95.0%	9	40.9%	4	18.2%	9	40.9%	9-13	40.9%	68-9	88.3%	17-8	68.0%	3	0	88-17	83.8%
2005-2006	12	70.6%	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	12-3	80.0%	4-4	50.0%	1	0	17-7	70.8%
Against the Field	30	78.9%	5	13.2%	3	7.9%	35-3	92.1%	7	36.8%	4	21.1%	8	42.1%	7-12	36.8%	60-10	85.7%	24-14	63.2%	3	0	45-12	78.9%

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
Ludwig/Niedrig lead the series against the field 10-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
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 # 6 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
Series tied with # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against Claasen/Roder, Germany 2-1
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 Graumann/Laanes, Estonia 1-0
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 1	Ludwig/Niedrig		Graumann/Laanes		15-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
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 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 1-0
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q17	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	Q16	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against Matveeva/Zunzunegui, Spain 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	Q24	22-20, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/9/04	CEV	European Championship Final		Ludwig/Niedrig		Petrova/Skalnikova		21-17, 21-15	0:31