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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam
June 30 - July 5, 2008

(3) Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil

Shelda Kelly Bruno Bedê
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 1, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

59 kg (130 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,320,907.50

Ana Paula Connelly Henkel
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lavras (MG)

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$668,452.50

Awards

Tour Champion 1997 (with Adriana Behar), 1998 (with Adriana Behar), 1999 (with Adriana Behar), 2000 (with Adriana Behar), 2001 (with Adriana Behar), 2004 (with Adriana Behar), 2008 (with Ana Paula Connelly)
Best Defensive Player 2005, 2006
Most Inspirational 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Team of the Year 2008 (with Ana Paula Connelly)
Sportsperson 2009

Awards

Best Server 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Tour Champion 2003 (with Sandra Pires), 2008 (with Shelda Bede)
Team of the Year 2008 (with Shelda Bede)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	25	3	1	2	4	7	3	3	1	0	0	1	US$360,250.00

Previous Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	5	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	3	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	2	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	3	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	4	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	6	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	5	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	11	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/2/2008	Pool C	Dana Cooke / Annie Martin, Canada (30, Q6)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:36
Wed, 7/2/2008	Pool C	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (19)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:32
Thu, 7/3/2008	Pool C	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (14)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:44
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 2	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (21, Q14)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 3	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (6)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:40

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	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	2	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	$185,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	$146,650.00
Total	25	3	1	2	4	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	$360,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Shelda Bede												Ana Paula Connelly
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$112,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$34,000.00
31	4	5	4	4	5	6	2	0	0	$288,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	3	3	2	2	10	6	2	1	0	$238,900.00
106	27	22	21	10	16	5	0	4	0	$855,932.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	76	8	5	11	9	23	9	5	1	0	$395,552.50
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	Goodwill Games
148	34	31	26	15	22	11	3	4	0	$1,284,107.50	Total	113	11	8	13	12	36	16	9	2	0	$668,452.50

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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	10	1	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$141,800.00	43	14	75.4 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	1	1	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	$147,800.00	45	16	73.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Shelda Bede													Ana Paula Connelly
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	$1,000.00	1995	FIVB
9	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	$94,000.00	1996	FIVB
9	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$69,500.00	1997	FIVB
8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$118,000.00	1998	FIVB
6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$100,000.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$20,500.00
12	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	$94,500.00	2000	FIVB	10	1	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	$47,000.00
12	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$152,500.00	2001	FIVB
11	2	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	$74,107.50	2002	FIVB	11	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	$49,352.50
10	0	4	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	$90,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$115,000.00
10	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$103,000.00	2004	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	$32,250.00
11	0	2	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	$88,450.00	2005	FIVB	16	1	0	2	2	5	5	0	0	1	$83,075.00
10	0	2	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	$68,325.00	2006	FIVB	11	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	$77,050.00
12	0	1	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	$53,600.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	5	3	3	3	0	1	$66,100.00
10	1	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	$70,900.00	2008	FIVB	10	1	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	$70,900.00
134	32	31	25	13	16	9	3	4	1	$1,177,882.50	Total	Total	96	9	8	12	10	29	14	9	1	4	$561,227.50

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	76	82.6%	8	8.7%	8	8.7%	84-8	91.3%	13	32.5%	7	17.5%	20	50.0%	13-27	32.5%	76-20	79.2%	21-15	58.3%	0	1	97-36	72.9%
2007-2008	51	83.6%	5	8.2%	5	8.2%	56-5	91.8%	10	41.7%	4	16.7%	10	41.7%	10-14	41.7%	51-10	83.6%	15-9	62.5%	0	0	66-19	77.6%
Against the Field	47	82.5%	5	8.8%	5	8.8%	52-5	91.2%	9	34.6%	6	23.1%	11	42.3%	9-17	34.6%	94-22	81.0%	28-22	56.0%	0	0	61-22	73.5%

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	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	12	7	2	1	0	1	2	0	42	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	9	2	4	2	2	1	1	49	24
Total	0	1	0	0	29	1	0	0	49	16	4	6	2	4	3	1	97	36

Head to Head Results
Bede/Connelly lead the series against the field 39-14 (Lead 20 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs, United States 2-1
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Bede/Connelly	3	27-25, 21-19	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	6	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 15-21, 17-15	0:59
3/30/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Connelly	11	Branagh/Youngs	4	21-19, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	6	Bede/Connelly	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
5/24/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	6	Bede/Connelly	4	24-22, 20-22, 15-13	1:05
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	6	Tian/Wang	3	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-3
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	21-19, 21-13	0:34
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	4	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Bede/Connelly	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:48
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Bede/Connelly	5	21-13, 24-22	0:39
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Bede/Connelly	11	25-23, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-2
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	8	Bede/Connelly	5	21-14, 21-18	0:43
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Bede/Connelly	4	21-13, 21-17	0:36
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	3	Kessy/Ross	6	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Xue/Zhang, China 1-3
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	6	Bede/Connelly	3	21-16, 21-15	0:40
5/18/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	5	Bede/Connelly	6	21-15, 21-12	0:41
5/4/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	3	Bede/Connelly	5	23-21, 21-18	0:41
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	11	Xue/Zhang	3	21-19, 21-11	0:37
Series tied with # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 2-2
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	Bede/Connelly	5	18-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:08
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	25-23, 21-19	0:51
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Bede/Connelly	3	21-15, 21-17	0:40
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Bede/Connelly	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	9	21-15, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Scott/Turner, United States 2-0
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Gold Medal	Bede/Connelly	2	Scott/Turner	6	21-19, 21-16	0:39
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	2	Scott/Turner	6	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Mouha/Van Breedam	21	14-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Mouha/Van Breedam	20	21-11, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 13 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:33
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q1	21-18, 21-19	0:45
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Salgado/Salgado	11	Bede/Connelly	8	21-18, 13-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 14 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	14	21-18, 21-17	0:44
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 2-0
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	7	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Bede/Connelly	5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	7	21-15, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 16 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	21-17, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	13	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Claasen/Roder, Germany 3-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Claasen/Roder	19	21-16, 21-11	0:32
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Claasen/Roder	14	21-17, 21-16	0:39
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	4	Claasen/Roder	13	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	5	Hakedal/Torlen	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 21, Q14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 3-0
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Bede/Connelly	5	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q14	21-14, 21-16	0:31
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	8	Holtwick/Semmler	25, Q10	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q1	21-19, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	11	Jursone/Minusa	22	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 27, Q18 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	30, Q25	21-18, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 28, Q1 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q3	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:55
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	2	Faure/Sarpaux	18	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 29 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Cooke/Martin, Canada 2-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Connelly	3	Cooke/Martin	30, Q6	21-14, 21-14	0:36
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	2	Cooke/Martin	31, Q6	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q2 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	5	Martins/Santanna	28, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	6	Ilustre/Pascua	27, Q10	21-11, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # Q11 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	8	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	24, Q9	21-12, 21-10	0:33