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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 18 - 23, 2013

(16) Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany

Karla Borger
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 22, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Heppenheim

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

153

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$550,060.63

Britta Büthe
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dearborn, MI

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Lucerne 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$309,875.00

Awards

Best Server 2014

Awards

Top Rookie 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	65	1	2	3	2	16	0	16	1	11	4	3	1	5	US$610,800.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$8,950.00
Overall	68	2	2	3	2	17	0	17	1	11	4	3	1	5	US$619,750.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Britta Buthe - 5th	Karla Borger - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	15	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	13	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	15	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	14	17th	200	US$2,300.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	13	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	17	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool A	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (17)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:35
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool A	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (32)	Won 21-10, 21-17	0:35
Thu, 6/20/2013	Pool A	Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (1)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:41
Fri, 6/21/2013	Winner 1	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (10)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:32
Fri, 6/21/2013	Winner 2	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (12)	Won 25-23, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Sat, 6/22/2013	Winner 3	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (20)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:38
Sat, 6/22/2013	Semi-Finals	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (5)	Lost 19-21, 21-13, 11-15	0:48
Sun, 6/23/2013	Bronze Medal	Liliane Maestrini / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (11)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:42

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$52,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	1	3	2	10	0	14	0	6	4	0	$510,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	$48,200.00
Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,950.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	68	2	2	3	2	17	0	17	1	11	4	0	$619,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Karla Borger												Britta Buthe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$44,000.00	World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$26,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$78,000.00	World Tour Finals
66	0	1	4	2	13	21	12	6	0	$305,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	1	3	2	10	14	6	4	0	$255,300.00
64	2	1	1	5	11	16	14	3	0	$104,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	1	0	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	$24,100.00
10	2	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	0	$12,800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
153	6	3	7	8	29	42	31	9	0	$549,475.00	Total	70	2	2	4	2	17	18	11	4	0	$309,875.00

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
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,800.00	5	5	50.0 %
2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00	4	2	66.7 %
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	5	$33,350.00	31	16	66.0 %
2011	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2012	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	2	1	$52,000.00	21	20	51.2 %
2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$34,400.00	13	12	52.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	1	8	2	9	$122,550.00	70	53	56.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,950.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Karla Borger													Britta Buthe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	$2,800.00	2009	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,400.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	$16,675.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	$16,675.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	$26,000.00	2012	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	$26,000.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$17,200.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$17,200.00
40	1	0	0	1	3	8	10	2	15	$68,550.00	Total	Total	33	1	0	1	1	3	8	8	2	9	$65,750.00

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	131	67.9%	34	17.6%	28	14.5%	165-28	85.5%	33	29.5%	20	17.9%	59	52.7%	33-79	29.5%	131-59	68.9%	67-48	58.3%	3	2	201-109	64.8%
2012-2013	30	62.5%	9	18.8%	9	18.8%	39-9	81.3%	6	18.2%	6	18.2%	21	63.6%	6-27	18.2%	30-21	58.8%	15-15	50.0%	1	1	46-37	55.4%
Against the Field	38	60.3%	14	22.2%	11	17.5%	52-11	82.5%	11	23.9%	8	17.4%	27	58.7%	11-35	23.9%	76-50	60.3%	50-38	56.8%	1	1	64-45	58.7%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	1	12	2	84	36	0	0	32	30	1	5	3	2	0	1	137	77
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	4	8	2	23	4	0	0	11	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	53	26
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	11	5	21	4	116	43	1	0	52	46	4	5	3	2	2	2	214	112

Head to Head Results
Borger/Buthe trail the series against the field 21-24 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-3
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Cicolari/Menegatti	1	Borger/Buthe	16	21-16, 21-17	0:41
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	Borger/Buthe	14	21-14, 21-18	0:35
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	Borger/Buthe	25, Q3	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Borger/Buthe	21, Q9	21-11, 21-23, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-3
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Borger/Buthe	13	21-13, 21-19	0:34
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	Borger/Buthe	15	21-10, 24-22	0:35
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Borger/Buthe	25, Q3	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-2
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Borger/Buthe	13	By Forfeit
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Borger/Buthe	20	21-11, 21-19	0:33
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	23	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 5 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-1
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	5	Borger/Buthe	16	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-3
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Borger/Buthe	15	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Borger/Buthe	13	21-18, 21-16	0:39
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Borger/Buthe	24, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:36
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Borger/Buthe	21, Q9	Kessy/Ross	5	21-15, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 9, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	Borger/Buthe	27, Q19	22-20, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	16	Baquerizo/Fernandez	10	21-13, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 11 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 0-2
6/23/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Maestrini/Seixas	11	Borger/Buthe	16	21-17, 21-19	0:42
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Maestrini/Seixas	12	Borger/Buthe	14	22-20, 21-17	0:35
Series tied with # 12 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-2
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	16	Keizer/Van Iersel	12	25-23, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Borger/Buthe	15	Keizer/Van Iersel	2	21-14, 24-22	0:39
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	Borger/Buthe	23	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:47
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Borger/Buthe	18, Q7	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Borger/Buthe	18, Q7	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	21-8, 19-21, 15-13	0:43
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	Borger/Buthe	27, Q19	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Borger/Buthe	28, Q21	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-2
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	24, Q2	Kolocova/Slukova	8	23-21, 23-21	0:42
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Kolocova/Slukova	10	Borger/Buthe	23	21-18, 23-21	0:33
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	5	Borger/Buthe	28, Q20	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 17 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Borger/Buthe	16	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 1-0
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Borger/Buthe	14	Bawden/Clancy	19	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 19 Fendrick/Hochevar, United States 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	13	Fendrick/Hochevar	20	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	16	Nestarcova/Pridalova	20	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 3-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Borger/Buthe	15	Forrer/Verge-Depre	18, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-6	0:51
6/18/11	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Semi-Finals	Borger/Buthe	2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	7	21-12, 17-21, 15-12	0:44
6/17/11	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	7	21-12, 22-20	0:32
Lead the series against # 22 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/27/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 1	Borger/Buthe	Q16	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	Q17	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 23 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Borger/Buthe	27, Q19	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q3	21-19, 23-25, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Fopma/Sweat, United States 1-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Borger/Buthe	17	Fopma/Sweat	32, Q14	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Kohler/Schumacher, Germany 1-0
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Borger/Buthe	18	Kohler/Schumacher	15, Q5	21-16, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Boulton/Dampney, England 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	13	Boulton/Dampney	29, Q13	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against # 30, Q15 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 1-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	13	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 32 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Borger/Buthe	16	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-10, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # Q6 Sinnema/Stiekema, Netherlands 0-1
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Sinnema/Stiekema	28, Q10	Borger/Buthe	15	21-19, 11-21, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # Q7 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Borger/Buthe	22, Q12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q21	21-19, 21-12	0:33