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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 1 - 6, 2013

(17) Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany

Karla Borger
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 22, 1988 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Heppenheim

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

17

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

5

Career FIVB WT Wins:

4

Career Winnings:

US$548,518.70

Britta Büthe
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dearborn, MI

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

9

Tournaments:

70

Career Wins:

2

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Lucerne 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$309,875.00

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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Rieke Brink-Abeler - Country Quota	Did not play
2011	Britta Buthe - 9th	Karla Borger - 9th
2012	Britta Buthe - 9th	Karla Borger - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	16	4th	560	US$12,900.00
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

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/1/2013

Pool H

Varapatsorn Radarong / Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand (32)

Won 22-20, 21-14

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	Total	17	9	2	0.412	1	8	4	4
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	2	1	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	1	6	3	3
Britta Buthe	Total	35	22	5	0.486	0	6	2	2
	1	22	15	4	0.500	0	5	0	0
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	1	2	2

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool H

Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (41)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	Total	9	7	0	0.778	0	0	7	4
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	0	6	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	0	1	2
Britta Buthe	Total	29	16	4	0.414	1	3	2	0
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	1	1	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	1	2	1	0

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool H

Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (8)

Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-13

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	Total	24	15	3	0.500	0	12	3	5
	1	8	5	2	0.375	0	1	1	2
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	6	0	1
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	5	2	2
Britta Buthe	Total	40	22	4	0.450	3	7	3	2
	1	10	9	0	0.900	2	1	3	1
	2	18	8	2	0.333	0	6	0	1
	3	12	5	2	0.250	1	0	0	0

Thu, 7/4/2013

Winner 1

Laura Giombini / Daniela Gioria, Italy (36)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	Total	16	10	2	0.500	0	11	3	2
	1	6	4	2	0.333	0	5	1	2
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	6	2	0
Britta Buthe	Total	34	23	1	0.647	1	10	0	2
	1	20	14	1	0.650	0	6	0	1
	2	14	9	0	0.643	1	4	0	1

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 2

Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (23)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	Total	23	14	1	0.565	0	10	1	2
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	3	0	0
	2	15	9	1	0.533	0	7	1	2
Britta Buthe	Total	22	14	3	0.500	2	1	1	4
	1	13	10	1	0.692	1	0	0	2
	2	9	4	2	0.222	1	1	1	2

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 3

Lauren Fendrick / Brittany Hochevar, United States (22)

Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-11

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	Total	27	14	2	0.444	0	12	1	3
	1	13	3	1	0.154	0	4	0	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	3	0	1
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	1	0
Britta Buthe	Total	34	23	3	0.588	3	3	2	3
	1	15	11	2	0.600	0	3	0	3
	2	12	6	1	0.417	3	0	1	0
	3	7	6	0	0.857	0	0	1	0

Sat, 7/6/2013

Semi-Finals

Whitney Pavlik / April Ross, United States (3)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	Total	20	13	2	0.550	0	15	0	1
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	5	0	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	10	0	1
Britta Buthe	Total	27	16	3	0.481	2	2	1	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	0	1	2
	2	15	8	2	0.400	1	2	0	1

Sat, 7/6/2013

Gold Medal

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (2)

Lost 21-18, 17-21, 19-21

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	Total	40	20	3	0.425	0	14	1	5
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	5	0	2
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	4	0	3
	3	16	6	2	0.250	0	5	1	0
Britta Buthe	Total	33	18	6	0.364	2	3	3	3
	1	17	9	4	0.294	0	1	1	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	1	0	1	1
	3	7	4	0	0.571	1	2	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Karla Borger	176	102	15	0.494	1	82	20	26
Britta Buthe	254	154	29	0.492	14	35	14	19
Total	430	256	44	0.493	15	117	34	45
Opponents	416	203	45	0.380	11	91	18	34

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Britta Buthe - 17th	Karla Borger - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Margareta Kozuch - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Julia Sude - 9th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Julia Sude - 9th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sandra Ittlinger - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	17	2nd	900	US$45,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	10	17th	400	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Borger/Buthe lead the series against the field 29-24 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 0-3
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	2	Borger/Buthe	17	18-21, 21-17, 21-19	1:01
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Borger/Buthe	17	21-17, 22-20	0:36
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Borger/Buthe	28, Q21	21-11, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # 3 Pavlik/Ross, United States 1-0
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Semi-Finals	Borger/Buthe	17	Pavlik/Ross	3	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 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 # 7 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 # 8 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-3
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	17	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:48
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
Series tied with # 9 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
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 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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 18 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 # 19 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 # 20 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 # 21 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 # 22 Fendrick/Hochevar, United States 2-0
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	17	Fendrick/Hochevar	22	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
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 # 23 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 2-0
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	17	Nestarcova/Pridalova	23	21-17, 21-12	0:32
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 # 24 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 # 25 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 2-0
6/12/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Country Quota	Borger/Buthe	24, Q2	Bieneck/Grossner		21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:42
4/15/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Country Quota	Borger/Buthe	16, Q6	Bieneck/Grossner		21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 26 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 # 28 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 # 32 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 1-0
7/1/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	17	Radarong/Udomchavee	32	22-20, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 33 Hansel/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Borger/Buthe	14	Hansel/Schutzenhofer	30, Q14	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 35 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 # 36 Giombini/Gioria, Italy 1-0
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	17	Giombini/Gioria	36	21-18, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 38 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 # 41 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 2-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	17	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	41	21-15, 21-17	0:36
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Borger/Buthe	16	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-10, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 42 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