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European Championship Tour
€ 80,000 Masters Final
September 19 - 21, 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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/10-14/2008	English Masters	1	7th	300	€ 2,200.00
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

Russian Masters Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/19/2008	Pool A	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (8)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 9/19/2008	Pool A	Merel Mooren / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (5)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:36
Sat, 9/20/2008	Pool A	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (4)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:33
Sat, 9/20/2008	Semi-Finals	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:40
Sat, 9/20/2008	Gold Medal	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (3)	Won 21-14, 24-26, 15-12	0:56

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	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$54,300.00	31	3	91.2 %
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	11	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	$85,125.00	54	12	81.8 %

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
5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,150.00	2008	CEV	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,150.00
59	6	4	5	2	11	8	7	4	12	$152,837.50	Total	Total	65	5	4	4	2	13	9	8	6	14	$156,075.00

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	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	18-0	100.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-3	78.6%

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
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 15-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 4-3
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	21-14, 21-18	0:40
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 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	3	21-14, 24-26, 15-12	0:56
8/15/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	23-21, 11-21, 18-16	0:54
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	27	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 4-0
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-14, 21-14	0:33
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 # 5 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Mooren/Wesselink	5	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 7 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 # 8 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 3-0
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	8	21-15, 21-13	0:36
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Moiseeva/Uryadova	23	21-19, 21-18	0:42
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Moiseeva/Uryadova	5	21-17, 21-16	0:42