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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
September 23 - 28, 2014

(6) 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 São Paulo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Britta Buthe - 9th	Karla Borger - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	7	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	6	9th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	5	17th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	8	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	3	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	4	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	5/21-25/2014	Prague Open	4	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	6	9th	400	US$5,500.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool F	Barbara Hansel / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (27, Q5)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:41
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool F	Julia Grossner / Isabel Schneider, Germany (22)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool F	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (11)	Lost 10-21, 16-21	0:35
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 1	Emily Capers / Summer Ross, United States (16)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:50
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 2	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (2)	Lost 12-21, 10-21	0:30

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	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$90,400.00	25	17	59.5 %
2014	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	4	0	3	0	1	1	0	$178,375.00	38	18	67.9 %
Total	FIVB	43	0	2	1	1	6	0	11	1	9	3	9	$356,925.00	120	76	61.2 %
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
9	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	$47,950.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	$45,200.00
11	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	$89,187.50	2014	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	$89,187.50
55	1	2	1	1	7	14	11	3	15	$188,487.50	Total	Total	47	1	2	2	1	7	13	9	3	9	$182,937.50

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	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%
2013-2014	41	64.1%	13	20.3%	10	15.6%	54-10	84.4%	9	27.3%	4	12.1%	20	60.6%	9-24	27.3%	41-20	67.2%	22-14	61.1%	0	1	63-35	64.3%
Against the Field	28	58.3%	11	22.9%	9	18.8%	39-9	81.3%	7	18.9%	6	16.2%	24	64.9%	7-30	18.9%	56-42	57.1%	36-30	54.5%	2	1	48-37	56.5%

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
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 lead the series against the field 24-20 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 0-1
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Felisberta	14, Q1	Borger/Buthe	4	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-2
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Borger/Buthe	6	21-12, 21-10	0:30
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	8	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:46
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Borger/Buthe	6	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-4
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	4	Borger/Buthe	7	21-13, 21-12	0:31
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Borger/Buthe	5	21-19, 21-17	0:37
7/13/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	14	Borger/Buthe	8	24-22, 21-16	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 4 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 3-2
7/12/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Borger/Buthe	8	Kolocova/Slukova	3	21-18, 21-23, 15-11	0:52
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	7	Kolocova/Slukova	15	21-17, 21-17	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 5 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 3-0
7/12/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	8	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	21-15, 21-10	0:34
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	4	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	21-19, 21-15	0:42
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	6	Bednarczuk/Seixas	5	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Maestrini	28	Borger/Buthe	5	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	Borger/Buthe	6	26-24, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 11 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-2
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	11	Borger/Buthe	6	21-10, 21-16	0:35
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	22	Borger/Buthe	8	21-19, 21-17	0:39
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Series tied with # 12 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 1-1
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Bansley/Pavan	24, Q2	Borger/Buthe	8	16-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:49
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	13	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 13, Q2 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 # 14 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 1-2
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	8	Goricanec/Huberli	28	21-11, 18-21, 15-9	0:51
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Goricanec/Huberli	30, Q15	Borger/Buthe	3	21-18, 12-21, 15-13	0:44
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	Borger/Buthe	9	17-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 15, Q3 Laboureur/Schumacher, Germany 1-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	8	Laboureur/Schumacher	24, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	0:58
Lead the series against # 16 Capers/Ross, United States 1-0
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	6	Capers/Ross	16	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 17 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-1
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gallay/Klug	27, Q6	Borger/Buthe	6	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 18 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 4-1
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Forrer/Verge-Depre	20	13-21, 21-8, 15-10	0:47
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool O	Forrer/Verge-Depre	22	Borger/Buthe	6	21-15, 21-15	0:34
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 # 20 Moiseeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Moiseeva/Ukolova	23	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Grossner/Schneider, Germany 1-0
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	6	Grossner/Schneider	22	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 25 Broder/May, Canada 1-1
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool O	Broder/May	27, Q8	Borger/Buthe	6	16-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:52
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	9	Broder/May	24	24-22, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	6	Hansel/Schwaiger	27, Q5	23-21, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Braakman/van der Vlist, Netherlands 2-0
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Braakman/van der Vlist	29, Q8	21-13, 21-14	0:34
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	9	Braakman/van der Vlist	25, Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q6 Grawender/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	6	Grawender/Lundqvist	32, Q17	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:56