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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Brazil Open
October 30 - November 4, 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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Liz Masakayan - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	3	3rd	0	US$19,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Japan Open	2	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/1/2001	Winner 1	Lise Roald Hansen / Cecilie Josefsen, Norway (31)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:29
Thu, 11/1/2001	Winner 2	Gerusa Da Costa / Monica Paludo, Brazil (18, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:42
Fri, 11/2/2001	Winner 3	Adriana Bento Buczmiejuk / Claudia Oliveira, Brazil (7)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 25-27	1:13
Fri, 11/2/2001	Contender 4	Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley, United States (5, Q2)	Won 8-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:44
Fri, 11/2/2001	Contender 5	Tatiana Minello / Sandra Pires, Brazil (3)	Won By Forfeit	0:27
Fri, 11/2/2001	Contender 6	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:42

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	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$177,500.00	49	13	79.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$177,500.00	49	13	79.0 %

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
10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,750.00	2001	FIVB	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,750.00
68	5	5	7	14	27	7	3	0	0	$299,425.00	Total	Total	40	5	3	6	4	13	6	2	1	0	$232,325.00

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	12	92.3%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	24-8	75.0%	6-6	50.0%	1	0	16-7	69.6%

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 16-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 3-5
11/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Bede/Behar	1	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-14, 21-19	0:42
9/3/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Fontana/Youngs	3	21-18, 18-21, 15-8	0:56
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 # 3 Minello/Pires, Brazil 5-1
11/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Youngs	2	Minello/Pires	3	By Forfeit	0:27
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, Q2 Dodd/McSorley, United States 1-0
11/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Youngs	2	Dodd/McSorley	5, Q2	8-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Bento Buczmiejuk/Oliveira, Brazil 0-1
11/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Bento Buczmiejuk/Oliveira	7	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-18, 18-21, 27-25	1:13
Lead the series against # 8 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-0
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Fontana/Youngs	2	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	21-14, 18-21, 15-6	0:52
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Youngs	2	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fontana/Youngs	2	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	21-14, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Youngs	2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
8/30/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Fontana/Youngs	3	Kadijk/Leenstra	14	21-9, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 18, Q6 Da Costa/Paludo, Brazil 1-0
11/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Youngs	2	Da Costa/Paludo	18, Q6	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 31 Hansen/Josefsen, Norway 1-0
11/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Youngs	2	Hansen/Josefsen	31	21-11, 21-12	0:29