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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open
April 20 - 25, 2009

(11) Laura Ludwig/Sara Niedrig, Germany

Laura Ludwig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

180 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

207

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,212,348.31

Sara Goller Niedrig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1984 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hürth

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (7 times)

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
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	106	6	10	9	4	17	9	22	3	7	1	6	1	2	4	5	US$979,556.49

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	1	1st	1200	€ 13,600.00
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

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 1	Stine Andreasen / Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark (22)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:35
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 2	Vanilda Leao / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (6, Q1)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:39
Thu, 4/23/2009	Winner 3	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (14)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:47
Thu, 4/23/2009	Winner 4	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:39
Fri, 4/24/2009	Contender 6	Vanilda Leao / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (6, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-23, 18-16	1:09
Fri, 4/24/2009	Semi-Finals	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:37
Sat, 4/25/2009	Bronze Medal	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Won 21-18, 32-30	0:55

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	4	$421,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	3	1	2	11	7	4	3	3	4	7	$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	1	$82,500.00
Total	96	2	9	7	4	17	7	22	3	7	6	12	$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	4	$608,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	4	4	1	5	14	2	4	5	$212,675.00
73	2	4	2	2	22	19	6	9	7	$209,012.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	0	3	1	2	18	7	3	4	8	$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	1	$82,750.00	Confederation Championship	8	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	$41,250.00
196	17	14	14	7	45	55	20	12	12	$1,122,237.50	Total	103	2	9	7	4	26	25	8	8	14	$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 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	41	0	1	2	1	4	4	6	2	6	4	11	$233,850.00	105	73	59.0 %
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
											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
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
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
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
55	4	3	4	2	11	8	7	4	12	$160,337.50	Total	Total	61	3	3	4	2	13	8	8	6	14	$163,575.00

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%
2008-2009	61	85.9%	5	7.0%	5	7.0%	66-5	93.0%	12	24.5%	16	32.7%	21	42.9%	12-37	24.5%	61-21	74.4%	17-21	44.7%	1	1	79-43	64.8%
Against the Field	57	78.1%	7	9.6%	9	12.3%	64-9	87.7%	15	22.1%	16	23.5%	37	54.4%	15-53	22.1%	114-70	62.0%	44-50	46.8%	1	1	80-61	56.7%

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 23-19 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-3
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	21-16, 21-14	0:37
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	5	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	21-14, 21-16	0:40
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Kessy/Ross	7	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:00
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs, United States 1-4
4/25/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 32-30	0:55
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	21-19, 21-17	0:39
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:57
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-14, 21-17	0:42
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	9	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 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 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	21-19, 21-14	0:38
6/16/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 6, Q1 Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-0
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 6	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Leao/Ribeiro	6, Q1	21-16, 21-23, 18-16	1:09
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Leao/Ribeiro	6, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 6-4
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Hakedal/Torlen	3	24-22, 22-20	0:58
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
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	1, Q1	Hakedal/Torlen	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:57
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Hakedal/Torlen	6	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:48
8/27/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Bronze Medal	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	17	13-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:47
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	17	Hakedal/Torlen	4	21-19, 14-21, 17-15	0:53
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 # 9 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 # 12 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 6-1
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Mouha/Van Breedam	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	27-25, 21-14	0:47
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	1, Q1	Mouha/Van Breedam	9	By Forfeit
4/19/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q6	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	21-19, 21-11	0:42
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Mouha/Van Breedam	31, Q14	21-15, 21-18	0:40
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Mouha/Van Breedam	29, Q2	28-30, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Mouha/Van Breedam		21-15, 13-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-2
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	14	21-17, 21-16	0:47
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 # 17 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 3-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Martins/Santanna	16	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
7/10/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Martins/Santanna	32	21-9, 21-17	0:42
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 # 22 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Andreasen/Vestergaard	22	21-14, 21-14	0:35