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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 8 - 13, 2014

(7) Laura Ludwig/Julia Sude, 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:

179

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,039,487.50

Julia Sude
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 2, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Friedrichshafen

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

169

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$578,107.58

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	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	US$112,000.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Sara Niedrig - 41st	Did not play
2007	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Did not play
2008	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Claudia Lubetz - Country Quota
2009	Sara Niedrig - 5th	Did not play
2010	Sara Niedrig - 2nd	Jana Kohler - 33rd
2011	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Jana Kohler - 17th
2012	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play
2013	Kira Walkenhorst - 4th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/9/2014	Pool G	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (26, Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:30
Wed, 7/9/2014	Pool G	Heather Bansley / Sarah Pavan, Canada (23)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 16-18	0:55
Thu, 7/10/2014	Pool G	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (10)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
Fri, 7/11/2014	Winner 1	Barbora Hermannova / Martina Williams, Czech Republic (31, Q13)	Lost 21-15, 21-23, 13-15	0:49

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$112,000.00
Total	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$112,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Ludwig												Julia Sude
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$67,750.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$34,200.00
4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$150,000.00	World Tour Finals	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$105,000.00
82	5	7	7	4	17	27	8	3	0	$608,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	62	2	2	3	0	4	14	19	7	0	$271,450.00
73	2	4	2	2	22	19	6	9	0	$209,012.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	78	1	4	1	6	15	22	12	11	0	$152,312.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	2	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	$12,200.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	Satellite	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
179	13	12	10	6	43	52	20	12	0	$1,039,487.50	Total	169	6	9	7	8	27	40	36	18	0	$577,662.50

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
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Ludwig													Julia Sude
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00	2006	FIVB
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	$7,900.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
14	0	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	0	$77,575.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	$12,800.00
12	0	4	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	$91,250.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	$9,050.00
12	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$59,350.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	2	0	$36,975.00
9	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	$45,900.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$6,300.00
11	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	$63,950.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$14,900.00
											2013	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
5	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$39,500.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	$13,937.50
106	2	9	8	4	28	28	9	7	11	$487,800.00	Total	Total	64	0	4	2	1	5	10	16	11	15	$106,112.50

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	15	68.2%	4	18.2%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	6	54.5%	2-9	18.2%	15-6	71.4%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	21-12	63.6%
2013-2014	15	68.2%	4	18.2%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	6	54.5%	2-9	18.2%	15-6	71.4%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	21-12	63.6%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	20-8	71.4%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	15-9	62.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	12
Total	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	12

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 10 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Sude	7	Forrer/Verge-Depre	10	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 23 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 0-1
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	23	Ludwig/Sude	7	17-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Sude	7	Prokopeva/Ukolova	26, Q6	21-15, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 31, Q13 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 0-1
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hermannova/Williams	31, Q13	Ludwig/Sude	7	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:49