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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(10) Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany

Karla Borger
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 22, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Heppenheim

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	7	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	10	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	10	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	11	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	13	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	11	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	11	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	4	1st	500	US$11,000.00

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool G	Duda Lisboa / Elize Maia, Brazil (23, Q1)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:47
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool G	Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (26, Q3)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:50
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool G	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (7)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
Fri, 3/11/2016	Winner 2	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat, United States (9)	Won 20-22, 21-13, 17-15	0:54
Sat, 3/12/2016	Winner 3	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (13)	Won 21-16, 24-22	0:45
Sat, 3/12/2016	Semi-Finals	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (8)	Lost 21-9, 17-21, 10-15	0:45
Sun, 3/13/2016	Bronze Medal	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (20)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:48

Head to Head Results
Borger/Buthe lead the series against the field 61-34 (Lead 18 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 1-1
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	7	Antunes/Maestrini	2	23-21, 15-21, 15-11	0:47
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Maestrini	28	Borger/Buthe	5	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 3 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 2-2
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Bansley/Pavan	22	Borger/Buthe	10	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	11	Bansley/Pavan	6	21-18, 21-12	0:38
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 # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-2
6/21/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	11	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	21-17, 21-16	0:44
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	Borger/Buthe	6	22-24, 21-13, 15-12	0:47
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Borger/Buthe	16	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 2-3
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 3	Bawden/Clancy	22	Borger/Buthe	11	21-16, 21-17	0:35
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Bawden/Clancy	22	Borger/Buthe	11	21-15, 21-19	0:38
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	8	Bawden/Clancy	13	21-13, 21-19	0:35
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool F	Bawden/Clancy	11	Borger/Buthe	6	21-16, 21-19	0:36
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 # 7 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 3-2
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	10	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	Borger/Buthe	10	By Forfeit
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	11	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 8 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-4
3/12/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Borger/Buthe	10	9-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	Borger/Buthe	10	21-18, 21-18	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 9 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 3-2
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	10	Fendrick/Sweat	9	20-22, 21-13, 17-15	0:54
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool J	Fendrick/Sweat	15	Borger/Buthe	10	17-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:59
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Borger/Buthe	5	Fendrick/Sweat	12	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:48
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Fendrick/Sweat	14	Borger/Buthe	3	16-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:47
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	6	Fendrick/Sweat	11	21-16, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 12 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 3-0
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	11	Brzostek/Wojtasik	27	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	25, Q5	21-12, 21-16	0:32
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Borger/Buthe	22, Q12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q21	21-19, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 4-2
3/12/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	10	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	21-16, 24-22	0:45
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	10	15-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:55
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	10	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	7	21-14, 21-18	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 2-4
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	10	Holtwick/Semmler	15, Q3	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:50
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	11	Holtwick/Semmler	2	21-14, 21-18	0:37
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 # 15 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 # 16 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-2
2/27/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 3	Gallay/Klug	14	Borger/Buthe	7	21-15, 24-22	0:41
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	11	Gallay/Klug	25, Q6	21-14, 21-15	0:36
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gallay/Klug	27, Q6	Borger/Buthe	6	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 17 Broder/May, Canada 1-2
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Broder/May	18	Borger/Buthe	10	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
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 # 18 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-1
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool G	Mader/Zumkehr	26	Borger/Buthe	10	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:56
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 # 19 Capers/Kessy, United States 0-1
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Capers/Kessy	22	Borger/Buthe	11	21-17, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 5-1
3/13/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Borger/Buthe	10	Forrer/Verge-Depre	20	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
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 # 22 Wang/Yue, China 4-1
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	11	Wang/Yue	16	21-13, 24-22	0:44
6/22/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Borger/Buthe	4	Wang/Yue	16	21-10, 21-19	0:37
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	6	Wang/Yue	22	24-22, 13-21, 15-10	0:53
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Wang/Yue	10	Borger/Buthe	7	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Wang/Yue	10	21-18, 18-21, 15-5	0:40
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 2-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	10	Lisboa/Maia	23, Q1	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:47
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 # 24 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 4-2
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool J	Borger/Buthe	10	Birlova/Ukolova	34	21-14, 21-19	0:42
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	13	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	21-19, 21-10	0:33
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
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 2-0
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	10	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	14-7 Retired	0:16
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 # 26, Q3 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	10	Hermannova/Slukova	26, Q3	17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-0
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Laboureur/Sude	23, Q3	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 5-0
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	10	Nestarcova/Pridalova	23	15-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:47
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool D	Borger/Buthe	13	Nestarcova/Pridalova	20	21-10, 21-14	0:31
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Borger/Buthe	3	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	21-19, 21-18	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 0-1
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q8	Borger/Buthe	11	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 32, Q20 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 # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q11 Carico/Ross, United States 0-1
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Carico/Ross	26	Borger/Buthe	7	21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # Q13 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 3-0
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	7	Hansel/Schwaiger	29, Q9	21-17, 21-14	0:36
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