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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open
April 20 - 25, 2009

(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 Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	1	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	1	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$13,200.00
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

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 1	Anastasia Barsuk / Galina Boyko, Russia (30, Q8)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 2	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (14)	Lost 21-12, 21-23, 14-16	1:02
Thu, 4/23/2009	Contender 2	Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin, England (29, Q3)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 4/23/2009	Contender 3	Vanilda Leao / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (6, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:46

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	14	3	1	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	$249,800.00	64	17	79.0 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	3	1	2	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	$260,050.00	68	21	76.4 %

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
14	3	1	2	2	5	1	0	0	0	$124,900.00	2008	FIVB	15	3	1	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$124,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
139	34	31	26	13	17	10	3	4	1	$1,234,007.50	Total	Total	102	11	8	13	10	31	15	9	1	4	$617,352.50

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%
2008-2009	74	83.1%	8	9.0%	7	7.9%	82-7	92.1%	13	33.3%	6	15.4%	20	51.3%	13-26	33.3%	74-20	78.7%	21-13	61.8%	0	1	95-34	73.6%
Against the Field	26	83.9%	2	6.5%	3	9.7%	28-3	90.3%	8	30.8%	4	15.4%	14	53.8%	8-18	30.8%	52-26	66.7%	20-14	58.8%	0	1	36-21	63.2%

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 21-8 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 4 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-2
9/20/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Connelly	1	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-17, 21-18	0:37
9/6/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	4	Bede/Connelly	1	21-19, 22-24, 15-10	1:08
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 # 5 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
5/17/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	23-25, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Leao/Ribeiro	6, Q1	Bede/Connelly	3	21-16, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	2	Hakedal/Torlen	12	21-18, 21-14	0:43
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 # 9 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 # 11 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	11	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-14, 21-18	0:34
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
Series tied with # 14 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 2-2
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	14	Bede/Connelly	3	12-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:02
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24	Bede/Connelly	1	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:38
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 # 17 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 # 27, Q5 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Bede/Connelly	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	31, Q10	21-13, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 29, Q3 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Bede/Connelly	3	Dampney/Mullin	29, Q3	21-13, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Barsuk/Boyko, Russia 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	3	Barsuk/Boyko	30, Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q4 Jirak/Rimser, Austria 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	1	Jirak/Rimser	17	19-21, 21-7, 16-14	0:43