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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lucerne Open
May 11 - 17, 2015

(4) 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	6	9th	360	US$11,000.00
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

Lucerne Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2015	Pool D	Duda Lisboa / Elize Maia, Brazil (29, Q8)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:40
Wed, 5/13/2015	Pool D	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (20)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:35
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool D	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (13)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Fri, 5/15/2015	Winner 2	Maria Prokopeva / Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia (14)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Sat, 5/16/2015	Winner 3	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (9)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 5/16/2015	Semi-Finals	Barbara Hansel / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (23)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
Sun, 5/17/2015	Gold Medal	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (5)	Won 16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55

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 %
2015	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	44	1	2	1	1	6	0	11	1	9	3	9	$367,925.00	127	76	62.6 %
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
56	2	2	1	1	7	14	11	3	15	$193,987.50	Total	Total	48	2	2	2	1	7	13	9	3	9	$188,437.50

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%
2014-2015	42	66.7%	12	19.0%	9	14.3%	54-9	85.7%	10	32.3%	4	12.9%	17	54.8%	10-21	32.3%	42-17	71.2%	22-13	62.9%	2	1	66-31	68.0%
Against the Field	30	58.8%	15	29.4%	6	11.8%	45-6	88.2%	11	35.5%	6	19.4%	14	45.2%	11-20	35.5%	60-22	73.2%	52-24	68.4%	1	2	57-25	69.5%

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 29-11 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-0
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	8	Mader/Zumkehr	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	4	Mader/Zumkehr	17	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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
Series tied with # 5 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
5/17/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Gold Medal	Borger/Buthe	4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-2
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	4	Birlova/Ukolova	9	21-19, 21-15	0:37
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
Series tied with # 10 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 # 13 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 14 Prokopeva/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	4	Prokopeva/Syrtseva	14	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17, Q1 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 # 20 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	20	21-15, 21-14	0:35
5/22/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	20	21-11, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 23 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Semi-Finals	Borger/Buthe	4	Hansel/Schwaiger	23	21-18, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
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 # 27, Q5 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 2-0
5/24/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	4	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	14	21-8, 21-15	0:32
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 # 29, Q8 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 1-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Lisboa/Maia	29, Q8	21-16, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 31, Q23 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	23, Q3	20-22, 25-23, 15-9	0:46
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 # Q13 Jakubsova/Zolnercikova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/22/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	4	Jakubsova/Zolnercikova	29	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q15 Baran/Sliwka, Poland 1-0
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Baran/Sliwka	10	21-16, 21-14	0:29