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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

(15) Laura Ludwig/Sara Niedrig, Germany

Laura Ludwig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Resides:

Hamburg

Height:

181 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

204

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,196,603.58

Sara Goller Niedrig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1984 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hürth

Resides:

Hamburg

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$497,148.33

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	27	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	18	6	3	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$210,856.49
CEV Under Age	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	87	0	7	5	3	17	7	21	3	7	0	6	0	2	4	5	US$767,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,700.00
Overall	109	7	11	10	4	17	9	22	3	7	1	6	1	2	4	5	US$979,556.49

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	Q10	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q11	41	24	US$0.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters		21	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	26, Q9	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	27, Q8	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	Q12	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	30	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	23, Q2	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2005	Switzerland Satellite	6	3	26	US$1,700.00
CEV Under Age	8/4-7/2005	CEV U23 European Championships		2	39	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q17	33	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q10	33	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	23, Q17	25	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	48	17	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	7/29-8/1/2004	CEV U23 European Championships		3	38	€ 0.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 1	Liliana Fernandez / Alejandra Simon, Spain	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:42
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 2	Chrisi Gschweidl / Barbara Hansel, Austria	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:43
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 3	Marion Castelli / Celine Gemise Fareau, France	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:55
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 1	Katerina Tychnova / Marketa Tychnova, Czech Republic (10)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Olga Matveeva / Teresa Zunzunegui, Spain (12)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:40
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 3	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (8)	Won 21-17, 27-25	0:46
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 4	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:47
Sat, 7/22/2006	Semi-Finals	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (1)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:44
Sun, 7/23/2006	Bronze Medal	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (3)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:44

Head to Head Results
Ludwig/Niedrig lead the series against the field 16-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Semi-Finals	Pohl/Rau	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	21-17, 21-12	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-2
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	23-21, 21-16	0:47
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:55
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 3 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Kadijk/Mooren	3	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q17	Campisi/Lozano	Q16	21-17, 18-21, 15-7	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 0-1
5/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Eckl/Kaup	29, Q26	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-1
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	21-17, 27-25	0:46
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	23-21, 21-16	0:51
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	21-16, 23-21	0:41
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	23-21, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 9 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Schwer	1	14-21, 13-21	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Tychnova/Tychnova	10	21-13, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Matveeva/Zunzunegui, Spain 2-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	12	21-19, 21-13	0:40
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	Q24	22-20, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Barrio Cendoya/Hopf, Spain 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 1	Barrio Cendoya/Hopf	Q21	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q12	30-28, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Montagnolli/Swoboda	3	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against Castelli/Gemise Fareau, France 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Castelli/Gemise Fareau		21-19, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against Fernandez/Simon, Spain 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Fernandez/Simon		21-16, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against Graumann/Laanes, Estonia 1-0
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 1	Ludwig/Niedrig		Graumann/Laanes		15-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Gschweidl/Hansel		21-13, 21-16	0:43
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	Gschweidl/Hansel	26	21-14, 21-19	0:41