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$50,000 Evian Open presented by Bravo Card
July 12 - 13, 1997

(3) Barbra Fontana/Linda Hanley

Barbra Fontana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career WPVA Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,005,704.50

Linda Robertson Hanley

Photo: AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1960 (65 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

5'9"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

217

Career Wins:

Career WPVA Wins:

Career Winnings:

$499,197.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	17	2	1	0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	US$167,900.00
WPVA	26	4	9	6	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	$211,765.00
Overall	43	6	10	6	6	7	5	2	1	0	0	US$379,665.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 1984	Did not play	Dale Keough - 1st
AVP 1986	Did not play	Nina Matthies - 1st
1987	Did not play	Nina Matthies - 3rd
AVP 1993	Did not play	Rita Crockett Royster - 3rd
AVP 1994	Did not play	Linda Chisholm - 4th
1996	Linda Hanley - 2nd	Barbra Fontana - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
WPVA	6/27-29/1997	U.S. Open	3	2nd	72	$9,720.00
WPVA	6/21-22/1997	Atlantic City Open	3	3rd	64	$5,700.00
WPVA	6/13-15/1997	Irving Open	3	4th	56	$4,100.00
WPVA	5/31-6/1/1997	San Diego Open	2	2nd	72	$8,100.00
WPVA	5/16-18/1997	Austin Open	3	2nd	72	$8,100.00
WPVA	5/8-11/1997	Orlando Open	3	4th	56	$5,100.00
WPVA	4/19-20/1997	Deerfield Beach Open	2	9th	32	$1,575.00
WPVA	4/5-6/1997	Miami Beach Open	1	5th	48	$3,600.00
FIVB	3/13-16/1997	Australian Open	9	5th	144	US$5,400.00
FIVB	2/13-16/1997	Brazil Open	8	9th	96	US$2,800.00
WPVA	9/14-15/1996	Best of the Beach III	1	2nd	0	$12,000.00
FIVB	9/6-8/1996	Puerto Rico Open	17	7th	300	US$13,500.00
WPVA	8/31-9/1/1996	Portland Open	1	1st	72	$11,000.00
WPVA	8/16-18/1996	National Championships	1	2nd	72	$15,200.00
WPVA	8/8-11/1996	New York Indoor	1	2nd	0	$14,025.00
FIVB	7/23-27/1996	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	4	4th	0	US$0.00
WPVA	7/13-14/1996	Chicago Open	2	2nd	72	$11,400.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/12/1997	Winner 1	Tiffany Rodriguez / Cherry Simkins (30)	Won 15-3
Sat, 7/12/1997	Winner 2	Evelyn Conley / Liz Pagano (19)	Won 15-1
Sat, 7/12/1997	Winner 3	Leanne McSorley / Jennifer Meredith (11)	Lost 12-15
Sat, 7/12/1997	Contender 4	Linda Chisholm / Deb Richardson (5)	Won 15-8
Sat, 7/12/1997	Contender 5	Karolyn Kirby / Nancy Reno (2)	Lost 11-15

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	2	1	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	$136,400.00
Total	17	2	1	0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	$167,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Barbra Fontana												Linda Hanley
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,750.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,000.00
7	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	$35,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00
142	4	12	24	12	54	25	7	1	0	$476,077.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	13	9	3	6	23	7	2	1	0	$162,651.50
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,750.00	Goodwill Games
8	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$31,980.00	Manhattan Beach	5	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,522.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,975.00	Tour Championships	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,528.00
165	6	12	26	14	62	32	8	2	0	$577,032.50	Total	81	15	10	7	8	29	8	2	1	0	$207,951.50

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
1996	WPVA	14	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$141,725.00	52	12	81.3 %
1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	$27,100.00	4	3	57.1 %
1997	WPVA	9	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$48,370.00	38	17	69.1 %
Total	WPVA	23	4	8	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$190,095.00	90	29	75.6 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	$27,100.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Barbra Fontana													Linda Hanley
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1976	P&R	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1977	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1978	P&R	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1979	P&R	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1980	P&R	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1981	P&R	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25.00
											1984	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1984	P&R	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$175.00
											1985	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$562.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1985	P&R	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$37.50
											1986	AVP	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,020.00
											1986	P&R	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
											1987	WPVA	9	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,887.50
											1989	P&R	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$525.00
											1989	WPVA	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$1,100.00
											1990	WPVA	11	1	3	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	$15,812.50
17	0	0	0	1	8	7	1	0	0	$12,660.00	1991	WPVA	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$500.00
16	0	0	1	2	5	8	0	0	0	$17,225.00	1992	WPVA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											1993	AVP	16	2	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	$23,580.00	1993	WPVA
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,375.00	1993	FIVB
											1994	AVP	14	2	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	$25,619.00
14	3	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$52,425.00	1994	WPVA
5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1994	FIVB
13	1	1	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	$21,950.00	1995	WPVA	14	2	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	$40,175.00
11	1	0	1	4	2	1	2	0	0	$19,000.00	1995	FIVB	7	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	$15,000.00
14	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$70,862.50	1996	WPVA	14	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$70,862.50
8	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	$25,550.00	1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$13,550.00
9	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	$24,185.00	1997	WPVA	9	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	$24,185.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$8,100.00	1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,100.00
127	11	22	19	14	36	22	3	0	0	$295,912.50	Total	Total	154	44	34	26	14	20	8	6	2	0	$224,036.50

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	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	95-31	75.4%
1996-1997	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	95-31	75.4%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	36	100.0%	0-36	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	22	100.0%	0-22	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	36-22	62.1%

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	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	4

Head to Head Results
Fontana/Hanley lead the series against the field 32-20 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Arce/McPeak 3-7
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Arce/McPeak	1	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-9
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Semi-Finals	Arce/McPeak	1	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-9
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Semi-Finals	Arce/McPeak	1	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-4
5/31/97	WPVA	San Diego Open	Gold Medal	Arce/McPeak	1	Fontana/Hanley	2	15-0
5/16/97	WPVA	Austin Open	Gold Medal	Arce/McPeak	1	Fontana/Hanley	3	18-16
8/31/96	WPVA	Portland Open	Gold Medal	Fontana/Hanley	1	Arce/McPeak	2	15-12
8/16/96	WPVA	National Championships	Gold Medal	Arce/McPeak	3	Fontana/Hanley	1	13-12
5/18/96	WPVA	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Hanley	4	Arce/McPeak	2	15-9
5/3/96	WPVA	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Hanley	4	Arce/McPeak	3	14-9
4/27/96	WPVA	Beach Volley '96	Semi-Finals	Arce/McPeak	2	Fontana/Hanley	4	15-6
Trail the series against # 2 Kirby/Reno 5-8
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Kirby/Reno	2	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-11
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Fontana/Hanley	3	Kirby/Reno	2	16-14
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	2	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-5
5/16/97	WPVA	Austin Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Hanley	3	Kirby/Reno	2	15-7
5/8/97	WPVA	Orlando Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Hanley	3	Kirby/Reno	2	15-10
4/19/97	WPVA	Deerfield Beach Open	Contender 4	Kirby/Reno	3	Fontana/Hanley	2	15-12
4/5/97	WPVA	Miami Beach Open	Contender 6	Kirby/Reno	5	Fontana/Hanley	1	15-8
5/18/96	WPVA	San Diego Open	Gold Medal	Kirby/Reno	1	Fontana/Hanley	4	15-9
5/18/96	WPVA	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	1	Fontana/Hanley	4	15-4
5/3/96	WPVA	Hermosa Beach Open	Gold Medal	Fontana/Hanley	4	Kirby/Reno	1	12-11
5/3/96	WPVA	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	1	Fontana/Hanley	4	18-16
4/27/96	WPVA	Beach Volley '96	Bronze Medal	Fontana/Hanley	4	Kirby/Reno	1	15-12
4/27/96	WPVA	Beach Volley '96	Winner 4	Kirby/Reno	1	Fontana/Hanley	4	18-16
Series tied with # 4 Poppinga/Rock 1-1
5/31/97	WPVA	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Hanley	2	Poppinga/Rock	3	15-8
5/8/97	WPVA	Orlando Open	Bronze Medal	Poppinga/Rock	5	Fontana/Hanley	3	16-14
Lead the series against # 5 Chisholm/Richardson 5-0
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Hanley	3	Chisholm/Richardson	5	15-8
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Fontana/Hanley	3	Chisholm/Richardson	6	15-7
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Fontana/Hanley	3	Chisholm/Richardson	6	15-11
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Bronze Medal	Fontana/Hanley	3	Chisholm/Richardson	7	15-11
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Hanley	3	Chisholm/Richardson	8	15-6
Lead the series against # 6 Roque/Shupryt Knoop 7-1
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Contender 6	Fontana/Hanley	3	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	5	15-2
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Hanley	3	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	5	15-9
5/16/97	WPVA	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Hanley	3	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	4	15-13
8/31/96	WPVA	Portland Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Hanley	1	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	5	15-6
7/13/96	WPVA	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Hanley	2	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	5	15-2
5/31/96	WPVA	Austin Open	Contender 6	Fontana/Hanley	2	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	5	15-0
5/3/96	WPVA	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Hanley	4	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	5	15-13
4/5/96	WPVA	Deerfield Beach Open	Contender 6	Roque/Shupryt Knoop	6	Fontana/Hanley	3	16-14
Lead the series against # 7 Blomquist/Podraza 1-0
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Contender 6	Fontana/Hanley	3	Blomquist/Podraza	6	15-3
Trail the series against # 8 Castro Kehl/Stammer 0-1
4/19/97	WPVA	Deerfield Beach Open	Winner 3	Castro Kehl/Stammer	7	Fontana/Hanley	2	15-11
Lead the series against # 11 McSorley/Meredith 4-1
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Winner 3	McSorley/Meredith	11	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-12
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Hanley	3	McSorley/Meredith	11	15-6
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Contender 3	Fontana/Hanley	3	McSorley/Meredith	11	15-7
5/31/97	WPVA	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Hanley	2	McSorley/Meredith	12	15-9
5/16/97	WPVA	Austin Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Hanley	3	McSorley/Meredith	14	15-1
Trail the series against # 12 Masakayan/Youngs 0-1
6/13/97	WPVA	Irving Open	Bronze Medal	Masakayan/Youngs	17	Fontana/Hanley	3	15-12
Lead the series against # 14 Johnson-Black/Reeves 2-0
6/27/97	WPVA	U.S. Open		Fontana/Hanley	3	Johnson-Black/Reeves	14	15-8
5/8/97	WPVA	Orlando Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Hanley	3	Johnson-Black/Reeves	19	15-4
Lead the series against # 19 Conley/Pagano 1-0
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Hanley	3	Conley/Pagano	19	15-1
Lead the series against # 20 McGarr/Simenson 1-0
6/21/97	WPVA	Atlantic City Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Hanley	3	McGarr/Simenson	19	15-3
Lead the series against # 30 Rodriguez/Simkins 1-0
7/12/97	WPVA	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Hanley	3	Rodriguez/Simkins	30	15-3
Lead the series against # 31 Butchko/Hughes 1-0
6/29/96	WPVA	Newport Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Hanley	2	Butchko/Hughes	31	15-2