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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Klagenfurt A1 Grand Slam
July 29 - August 2, 2014

(16) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Sara Niedrig - 41st	Did not play
2007	Sara Niedrig - 3rd	Did not play
2008	Did not play	Claudia Lubetz - 33rd
2009	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Claudia Lubetz - Country Quota
2010	Sara Niedrig - 3rd	Jana Kohler - 33rd
2011	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Jana Kohler - 17th
2012	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	10	9th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	10	9th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	7	17th	240	US$7,000.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/30/2014	Pool A	Joana Mader / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (17)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:33
Wed, 7/30/2014	Pool A	Barbara Hansel / Bianca Zass, Austria (32)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:35
Thu, 7/31/2014	Pool A	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:34
Thu, 7/31/2014	Winner 1	Emily Capers / Summer Ross, United States (18)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:30
Fri, 8/1/2014	Winner 2	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (5)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:42
Fri, 8/1/2014	Winner 3	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (3)	Lost 23-25, 17-21	0:40

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$52,000.00	12	8	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$52,000.00	12	8	60.0 %

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
8	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	$62,000.00	2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	$36,437.50
109	2	9	8	4	29	30	9	7	11	$510,300.00	Total	Total	67	0	4	2	1	6	12	16	11	15	$128,612.50

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	11	61.1%	4	22.2%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2-7	22.2%	22-8	73.3%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	17-10	63.0%

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
Ludwig/Sude lead the series against the field 11-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Ludwig/Sude	16	21-16, 21-16	0:34
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Ludwig/Sude	10	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:52
Series tied with # 3 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Seixas	3	Ludwig/Sude	16	25-23, 21-17	0:40
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Sude	10	Bednarczuk/Seixas	7	21-19, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Sude	16	Holtwick/Semmler	5	22-20, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 Alves/Lima, Brazil 0-1
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Alves/Lima	7	Ludwig/Sude	10	21-9, 21-17	0:32
Series tied with # 17 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-1
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Sude	16	Mader/Zumkehr	17	21-13, 21-19	0:33
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Mader/Zumkehr	17	Ludwig/Sude	10	19-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:52
Lead the series against # 18 Capers/Ross, United States 1-0
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Sude	16	Capers/Ross	18	21-11, 21-16	0:30
Series tied with # 20, Q1 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 1-1
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Ludwig/Sude	10	Goricanec/Huberli	19, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:35
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Goricanec/Huberli	26, Q8	Ludwig/Sude	10	21-15, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 21 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
Series tied with # 24, Q2 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 1-1
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Sude	10	Bansley/Pavan	18	21-17, 21-15	0:36
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, Q4 Moiseeva/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Sude	10	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	23, Q5	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 28, 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
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 1-0
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Ludwig/Sude	10	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26, Q5	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 32 Hansel/Zass, Austria 1-0
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Sude	16	Hansel/Zass	32	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # Q11 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