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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
July 19 - 24, 1999

(3) Sandra Pires/Adriana Samuel, Brazil

Sandra Pires Tavares
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 16, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$773,542.50

Adriana Samuel Ramos
Brazil

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rezende

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$428,371.25

Awards

Tour Champion 1995 (with Jackie Silva), 1996 (with Jackie Silva), 2003 (with Ana Paula Connelly)

Awards

Tour Champion 1994 (with Monica Rodrigues)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	23	2	4	5	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	US$309,500.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Monica Rodrigues - 3rd
1998	Adriana Samuel - 1st	Sandra Pires - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Canada Open	2	4th	238	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/7-11/1999	Mexico Open	2	4th	238	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/1/1998	Brazil Open	2	3rd	272	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/14-16/1998	China Open	2	9th	136	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/7-9/1998	Japan Open	2	2nd	306	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/2/1998	Portugal Open	1	2nd	306	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/23-25/1998	French Open	2	1st	340	US$32,000.00

Marseille World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/21/1999		Solvi Byberg / Heidi Larsen, Norway (30)	Won 15-9	0:35
Wed, 7/21/1999		Ana Paula Connelly / Jackie Silva, Brazil (14)	Won 15-8	0:48
Thu, 7/22/1999		Rebekka Kadijk / Debora Schoon Kadijk, Netherlands (6)	Won 15-6	0:30
Fri, 7/23/1999		Yukiko Takahashi / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (15)	Won 15-4	0:30
Fri, 7/23/1999		Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost By Forfeit
Fri, 7/23/1999		Liz Masakayan / Elaine Youngs, United States (13)	Lost By Forfeit

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Jackie Silva - 1st	Monica Rodrigues - 5th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Adriana Samuel - 4th	Sandra Pires - 4th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Tatiana Minello - 2nd	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Ana Paula Connelly - 5th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Agatha Bednarczuk - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-24/1999	Marseille World Championships	3	4th	420	US$18,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	4	3	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$274,500.00
Total	23	2	4	5	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$309,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sandra Pires												Adriana Samuel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$67,750.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
15	2	4	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	$139,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,125.00
86	15	11	14	12	16	7	4	1	0	$487,822.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	7	12	6	9	12	6	1	0	0	$311,806.25
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
110	20	16	16	13	21	9	5	2	0	$709,622.50	Total	61	7	14	8	10	14	7	1	0	0	$346,931.25

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
1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sandra Pires													Adriana Samuel
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	1993	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,875.00
											1994	FIVB	6	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
11	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,500.00	1995	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	$17,531.25
10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,950.00	1996	FIVB	10	1	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$79,025.00
7	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	$66,200.00	1997	FIVB	9	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$63,500.00
8	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$79,750.00	1998	FIVB	8	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$76,750.00
3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
40	14	8	12	5	0	1	0	0	0	$345,650.00	Total	Total	48	7	12	5	7	12	5	0	0	0	$284,431.25

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		1-0	100.0%	0-0	0	2	8-3	72.7%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0	0	2	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	2	6-2	75.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	3

Head to Head Results
Pires/Samuel lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 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 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Pires/Samuel	3	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 6 Kadijk/Schoon Kadijk, Netherlands 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pires/Samuel	3	Kadijk/Schoon Kadijk	6	15-6	0:30
Trail the series against # 13 Masakayan/Youngs, United States 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Masakayan/Youngs	13	Pires/Samuel	3	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 14 Connelly/Silva, Brazil 1-0
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pires/Samuel	3	Connelly/Silva	14	15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 15 Takahashi/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pires/Samuel	3	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	15	15-4	0:30
Lead the series against # 30 Byberg/Larsen, Norway 1-0
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pires/Samuel	3	Byberg/Larsen	30	15-9	0:35