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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 10 - 14, 2008

(1) 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 Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	6	7th	300	US$7,000.00
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
CEV	7/10-12/2008	European Championship	1	1st	800	€ 20,000.00
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
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	1, Q1	2nd	540	€ 7,500.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	11, Q6	1st	600	€ 11,000.00
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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Lucy Boulton / Zara Dampney, England (16)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 2	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (8)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 14-16	0:58
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 2	Celine Gemise Fareau / Mathilde Giordano, France (11)	Won 21-7, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 9/13/2008	Contender 3	Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (15, Q6)	Lost 18-21, 26-28	0:41

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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	7	$19,500.00	21	15	58.3 %
2006	CEV	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$15,825.00	17	7	70.8 %
2007	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	0	0	$121,500.00	45	26	63.4 %
2007	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	0	$59,100.00	24	18	57.1 %
2008	CEV	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$40,700.00	26	3	89.7 %
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 %
Total	CEV	10	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	$71,525.00	49	12	80.3 %

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
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
4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$7,912.50	2006	CEV	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$7,912.50
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2007	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
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
4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$20,350.00	2008	CEV	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$20,350.00
58	5	4	5	2	11	8	7	4	12	$146,037.50	Total	Total	64	4	4	4	2	13	9	8	6	14	$149,275.00

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	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%
2007-2008	27	84.4%	4	12.5%	1	3.1%	31-1	96.9%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	27-2	93.1%	8-2	80.0%	1	0	36-4	90.0%
Against the Field	17	89.5%	1	5.3%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2-5	28.6%	34-4	89.5%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	20-6	76.9%

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 30-11 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 3-3
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	16	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	21-15, 22-24, 15-12	0:59
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18	21-19, 23-21	0:46
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 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 4-2
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	1, Q1	Glesnes/Maaseide	7	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:06
4/19/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Glesnes/Maaseide	10, Q5	27-25, 21-14	0:52
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-14, 21-18	0:40
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 # 4 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 5-2
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	13	Kadijk/Mooren	29, Q10	19-21, 31-29, 15-13	1:05
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	16	Kadijk/Mooren	31, Q10	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Kadijk/Mooren	18	24-26, 21-17, 15-13	0:59
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	25	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	21-16, 22-20	0:36
8/27/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	17	21-16, 21-18	0:43
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Kadijk/Mooren	3	21-17, 21-17	0:45
7/23/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Kadijk/Mooren	3	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
4/16/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Banck/Gunther		22-20, 21-13
Lead the series against # 8 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 5-3
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:58
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	24-22, 21-12	0:39
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14, Q13	21-16, 21-16	0:40
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 # 11 Gemise Fareau/Giordano, France 2-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	11	21-7, 21-14	0:32
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	16	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	32	21-7, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-14, 21-14	0:34
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	1, Q1	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	21-14, 21-16	0:41
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-19, 10-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 15, Q6 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 0-1
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 3	Remmers/Stiekema	15, Q6	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	21-18, 28-26	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Boulton/Dampney, England 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Boulton/Dampney	16	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q3 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Graessli/Zumkehr	9, Q7	21-15, 21-18	0:37
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Graessli/Zumkehr	Q11	26-24, 29-31, 15-10	1:08
Lead the series against # Q7 Bratuhhina/Graumann, Estonia 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Bratuhhina/Graumann	Q27	21-10, 21-14	0:29