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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2001

(Q2) Danalee Bragado-Corso/Ali Wood, United States

Danalee Bragado-Corso
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 9, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Jona 1998)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Osaka 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$60,145.00

Ali Wood Lamberson
United States

Photo: AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 14, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Xylokastro 2001)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$43,260.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	3	1	5	1	1	1	US$50,320.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	2	3	1	5	1	1	1	US$53,520.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Wendy Fletcher - 9th
1997	Marla O'Hara - 25th	Pat Keller - 17th
1998	Did not play	Krista Blomquist - 13th
1999	Did not play	Marla O'Hara - 25th
2000	Ali Wood - 9th	Danalee Bragado-Corso - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	17	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2001	Greece Challenger	4	2nd	54	US$3,200.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	21, Q1	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	8, Q1	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	5	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/5/2000	Brazil Open	5	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2000	Portugal Open	13	9th	136	US$4,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/24/2001	Qualifier 2	Salome Castro / Paula Trindade, Portugal (Q34)	Won 21-8, 21-8	0:22
Tue, 7/24/2001	Qualifier 3	Elisa Folco / Roberta Marini, Italy (Q18)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:35
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 4	Denise Koelliker / Karin Trussel, Switzerland (29, Q7)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:37
Wed, 7/25/2001		Leanne McSorley / Nancy Reynolds, United States (Q3)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:41
Wed, 7/25/2001		Leanne McSorley / Nancy Reynolds, United States (Q3)	Won 13-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:47
Wed, 7/25/2001		Dianne DeNecochea / Liz Masakayan, United States (16, Q1)	Won 10-21, 21-18, 19-17	0:55
Wed, 7/25/2001		Dianne DeNecochea / Liz Masakayan, United States (16, Q1)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:37

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	3	1	0	$40,320.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Total	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	2	3	1	0	$53,520.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Danalee Bragado-Corso												Ali Wood
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
31	0	1	0	0	4	12	4	2	0	$48,070.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	0	0	0	1	14	5	3	0	$36,660.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
39	1	3	0	0	5	13	4	3	0	$60,145.00	Total	44	0	1	0	0	2	14	5	3	0	$43,260.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	$14,500.00	17	11	60.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	$14,500.00	17	11	60.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Danalee Bragado-Corso													Ali Wood
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1995	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$14,675.00	1996	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	$2,600.00
6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	$9,150.00	1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,200.00
											1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	$11,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	FIVB C&S
											1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$5,000.00	2000	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	$5,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	$7,250.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	$7,250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
27	1	2	0	0	3	9	2	2	8	$38,675.00	Total	Total	34	0	1	0	0	1	11	4	3	14	$31,150.00

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	20	76.9%	2	7.7%	4	15.4%	22-4	84.6%	7	26.9%	4	15.4%	15	57.7%	7-19	26.9%	20-15	57.1%	9-8	52.9%	0	1	29-24	54.7%
2000-2001	13	81.3%	2	12.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	5	29.4%	3	17.6%	9	52.9%	5-12	29.4%	13-9	59.1%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	20-13	60.6%
Against the Field	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	12	63.2%	4-15	21.1%	20-24	45.5%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	16-16	50.0%

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	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	13	4	7	5	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	21
Total	1	1	13	5	8	6	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	24

Head to Head Results
Bragado-Corso/Wood lead the series against the field 12-10 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	1	Bragado-Corso/Wood	17	21-13, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Fontana/Youngs, United States 0-1
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Youngs	4	Bragado-Corso/Wood	5	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 4 Minello/Pires, Brazil 0-2
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	5	Bragado-Corso/Wood	21, Q1	21-13, 21-14	0:30
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 4	Minello/Pires	18	Bragado-Corso/Wood	5	21-19, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 Pereira/Schuller, Portugal 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bragado-Corso/Wood	17	Pereira/Schuller	16	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Series tied with # 16, Q1 DeNecochea/Masakayan, United States 1-1
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		DeNecochea/Masakayan	16, Q1	Bragado-Corso/Wood	Q2	22-20, 21-13	0:37
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		Bragado-Corso/Wood	Q2	DeNecochea/Masakayan	16, Q1	10-21, 21-18, 19-17	0:55
Trail the series against # 19 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	21, Q1	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	21-19, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	17	Kadijk/Leenstra	18	21-11, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 21 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	24	Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:52
Lead the series against # 23 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	5	Glesnes/Maaseide	12	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q17	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 2-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 4	Bragado-Corso/Wood	Q2	Koelliker/Trussel	29, Q7	21-13, 21-17	0:37
6/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	Koelliker/Trussel	29, Q9	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q3 McSorley/Reynolds, United States 3-2
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		Bragado-Corso/Wood	Q2	McSorley/Reynolds	Q3	13-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:47
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		McSorley/Reynolds	Q3	Bragado-Corso/Wood	Q2	21-15, 21-19	0:41
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open		Bragado-Corso/Wood	21, Q1	McSorley/Reynolds	Q5	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
6/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open		Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	McSorley/Reynolds	Q3	24-22, 21-17	0:34
6/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open		McSorley/Reynolds	Q3	Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q18 Folco/Marini, Italy 1-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Bragado-Corso/Wood	Q2	Folco/Marini	Q18	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q34 Castro/Trindade, Portugal 1-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	Q2	Castro/Trindade	Q34	21-8, 21-8	0:22