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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

(15) 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 Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV Under Age	8/4-7/2005	CEV U23 European Championships		2nd	39	€ 0.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 1	Liliana Fernandez / Alejandra Simon, Spain	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:42
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 2	Chrisi Gschweidl / Barbara Hansel, Austria	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:43
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 3	Marion Castelli / Celine Gemise Fareau, France	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:55
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 1	Katerina Tychnova / Marketa Tychnova, Czech Republic (10)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Olga Matveeva / Teresa Zunzunegui, Spain (12)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:40
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 3	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (8)	Won 21-17, 27-25	0:46
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 4	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:47
Sat, 7/22/2006	Semi-Finals	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (1)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:44
Sun, 7/23/2006	Bronze Medal	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (3)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:44

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$5,000.00	8	8	50.0 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,850.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	$23,750.00	18	20	47.4 %
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
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$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
24	2	1	4	0	1	1	3	3	9	$15,650.00	Total	Total	30	1	1	3	0	3	2	4	5	11	$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	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	22	88.0%	3	12.0%	0	0.0%	25-0	100.0%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	5	45.5%	2-9	18.2%	44-8	84.6%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	28-8	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
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 16-6 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Tychnova/Tychnova	10	21-13, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Matveeva/Zunzunegui, Spain 2-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	12	21-19, 21-13	0:40
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	Q24	22-20, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Barrio Cendoya/Hopf, Spain 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 1	Barrio Cendoya/Hopf	Q21	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q12	30-28, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 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 Castelli/Gemise Fareau, France 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Castelli/Gemise Fareau		21-19, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against Fernandez/Simon, Spain 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Fernandez/Simon		21-16, 21-11	0:42
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 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