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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Japan Open
August 8 - 12, 2001

(2) Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States

Barbra Fontana
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

168 cm (5'6")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$374,510.00

Elaine Youngs
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orange, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$685,022.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$177,500.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Lori Forsythe - 1st	Did not play
1995	Lori Forsythe - 4th	Did not play
1998	Linda Hanley - 5th	Nancy Reno - 7th
1999	Lisa Arce - 5th	Liz Masakayan - 5th
2000	Lisa Arce - 5th	Liz Masakayan - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	2	4th	350	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	2	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	2	1st	450	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	2	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	3	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	4	1st	360	US$27,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	4	4th	252	US$11,000.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/10/2001	Winner 1	Bo Han / Jing Sun, China (31, Q18)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:48
Fri, 8/10/2001	Winner 2	Chun Ying Liu / Jingkun Zhang, China (15)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:50
Sat, 8/11/2001	Winner 3	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (7)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:35
Sat, 8/11/2001	Winner 4	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (6)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:43
Sat, 8/11/2001	Contender 6	Lisa Arce / Holly McPeak, United States (8)	Won 21-15, 21-11	0:32
Sun, 8/12/2001	Semi-Finals	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:44
Sun, 8/12/2001	Bronze Medal	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (6)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:39

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$111,000.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00
Total	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$177,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Barbra Fontana												Elaine Youngs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,750.00	World Championships	7	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	$59,000.00
7	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	$35,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	2	4	4	3	5	7	1	0	0	$218,250.00
68	4	5	5	12	26	9	3	1	0	$255,960.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	10	6	11	10	16	8	2	1	0	$394,982.50
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,750.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
81	5	5	7	14	29	12	4	2	0	$320,960.00	Total	100	12	10	18	14	27	15	3	1	0	$681,982.50

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
2001	FIVB	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$149,000.00	42	10	80.8 %
Total	FIVB	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$149,000.00	42	10	80.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Barbra Fontana													Elaine Youngs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,375.00	1993	FIVB
5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1994	FIVB
11	1	0	1	4	2	1	2	0	0	$19,000.00	1995	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	$25,550.00	1996	FIVB
7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1997	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$13,050.00
8	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	$56,000.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	$27,025.00
7	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	$32,750.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	$44,000.00
11	0	1	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	$38,000.00	2000	FIVB	11	3	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$59,500.00
8	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$74,500.00	2001	FIVB	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$74,500.00
66	5	5	6	14	26	7	3	0	0	$285,175.00	Total	Total	38	5	3	5	4	12	6	2	1	0	$218,075.00

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	37	86.0%	6	14.0%	0	0.0%	43-0	100.0%	5	27.8%	5	27.8%	8	44.4%	5-13	27.8%	37-8	82.2%	11-5	68.8%	1	0	49-13	79.0%
2000-2001	37	86.0%	6	14.0%	0	0.0%	43-0	100.0%	5	27.8%	5	27.8%	8	44.4%	5-13	27.8%	37-8	82.2%	11-5	68.8%	1	0	49-13	79.0%
Against the Field	25	92.6%	2	7.4%	0	0.0%	27-0	100.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	50-14	78.1%	10-6	62.5%	1	0	31-10	75.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	34	9
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	3	4	5	3	2	2	2	49	13

Head to Head Results
Fontana/Youngs lead the series against the field 28-8 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 3-3
8/12/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	1	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-17, 21-19	0:44
7/22/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Fontana/Youngs	2	Bede/Behar	1	21-13, 21-14	0:38
7/8/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Gold Medal	Bede/Behar	1	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-16, 21-16	0:39
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Gold Medal	Bede/Behar	2	Fontana/Youngs	3	21-15, 22-20	0:43
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Youngs	3	Bede/Behar	2	21-15, 21-19	0:39
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Youngs	4	Bede/Behar	1	23-21, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Minello/Pires, Brazil 4-1
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Semi-Finals	Minello/Pires	3	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	1:01
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	Fontana/Youngs	2	Minello/Pires	4	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/8/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Youngs	2	Minello/Pires	5	21-17, 21-14	0:40
6/17/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Youngs	4	Minello/Pires	5	21-18, 21-9	0:39
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Youngs	4	Minello/Pires	5	21-8, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 5 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 4-1
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	7	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-15, 10-21, 15-13	0:46
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Youngs	2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	7	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:50
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 5	Fontana/Youngs	2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	18-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:58
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Youngs	3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Youngs	3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 6 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 5-2
8/12/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Bronze Medal	Fontana/Youngs	2	Cook/Pottharst	6	21-14, 21-14	0:39
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Cook/Pottharst	6	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-18, 21-19	0:43
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Fontana/Youngs	2	Cook/Pottharst	3	21-15, 11-21, 15-13	0:48
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Youngs	2	Cook/Pottharst	3	21-18, 21-14	0:38
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Youngs	2	Cook/Pottharst	3	21-16, 21-13	0:35
6/17/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Gold Medal	Fontana/Youngs	4	Cook/Pottharst	2	10-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:48
4/8/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Semi-Finals	Cook/Pottharst	2	Fontana/Youngs	4	21-18, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-1
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Youngs	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	21-13, 21-15	0:35
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-18, 26-24	0:39
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Youngs	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Arce/McPeak, United States 1-0
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Fontana/Youngs	2	Arce/McPeak	8	21-15, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 15 Liu/Zhang, China 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Youngs	2	Liu/Zhang	15	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 17 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
7/20/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Fontana/Youngs	2	Tian/Wang	13	21-12, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 23 Arlaisuk/Pangka, Thailand 3-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool B	Fontana/Youngs	2	Arlaisuk/Pangka	31	21-14, 21-15	0:34
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Youngs	3	Arlaisuk/Pangka	30, Q4	25-23, 21-8	0:37
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Youngs	4	Arlaisuk/Pangka	20	21-11, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 26 Seike/Torii, Japan 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Fontana/Youngs	2	Seike/Torii	32	21-14, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 29, Q3 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Youngs	4	Koelliker/Trussel	29, Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 31, Q18 Han/Sun, China 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Youngs	2	Han/Sun	31, Q18	22-20, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # Q7 Montagnolli/Pichler, Austria 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fontana/Youngs	2	Montagnolli/Pichler	31	21-12, 21-11	0:34