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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$450,000 France Grand Slam
July 16 - 22, 2001

(14) Eva Celbova Rysava/Sona Novakova, Czech Republic

Eva Celbova Rysava
Czech Republic

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 8, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nachod

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$173,172.50

Sona Novakova Dosoudilova
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Olomouc

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$206,822.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	63	0	0	4	2	9	4	16	6	19	2	1	US$331,665.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Sona Novakova - 33rd	Eva Celbova Rysava - 33rd
1998	Sona Novakova - 17th	Eva Celbova Rysava - 17th
1999	Sona Novakova - 17th	Eva Celbova Rysava - 17th
2000	Sona Novakova - 17th	Eva Celbova Rysava - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	15	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	23	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	18	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	9/16-25/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	14	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2000	Portugal Open	16	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2000	France Open	13	17th	68	US$2,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2001	Winner 1	Teresa Galindo / Mayra Huerta, Mexico (19)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:39
Wed, 7/18/2001	Winner 2	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (3)	Lost 21-17, 20-22, 11-15	0:50
Thu, 7/19/2001	Contender 2	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (29)	Won 22-20, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 7/19/2001	Contender 3	Rong Chi / Zi Xiong, China (11)	Lost 16-21, 19-21

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$41,700.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	4	0	0	$81,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	0	0	3	2	5	3	10	4	14	2	0	$202,215.00
Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$6,500.00
Total	63	0	0	4	2	9	4	16	6	19	2	0	$331,665.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eva Celbova Rysava												Sona Novakova
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	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$22,550.00	World Championships	6	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$29,850.00
13	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	$40,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	1	0	$51,525.00
48	0	0	3	2	8	14	14	3	0	$102,107.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	0	0	3	4	8	15	17	3	0	$117,557.50
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,250.00	Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,250.00
70	0	0	4	2	13	22	19	3	0	$168,532.50	Total	82	0	0	4	4	14	24	24	4	0	$202,182.50

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
1997	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	$23,600.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	$28,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	$16,500.00	1	1	50.0 %
2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$28,500.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	1	3	2	7	4	4	1	1	$96,600.00	17	13	56.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eva Celbova Rysava													Sona Novakova
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	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	$11,800.00	1997	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	$11,800.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$9,200.00	1998	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$9,200.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$14,000.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$14,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$8,250.00	2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	$10,250.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$14,250.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$14,250.00
30	0	0	0	1	6	14	7	1	1	$58,500.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	1	6	14	9	1	1	$60,500.00

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	76	75.2%	12	11.9%	13	12.9%	88-13	87.1%	7	11.3%	11	17.7%	44	71.0%	7-55	11.3%	76-44	63.3%	19-24	44.2%	1	2	98-73	57.3%
2000-2001	18	81.8%	2	9.1%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	10	83.3%	1-11	8.3%	18-10	64.3%	3-3	50.0%	0	1	22-15	59.5%
Against the Field	41	80.4%	4	7.8%	6	11.8%	45-6	88.2%	6	15.8%	8	21.1%	24	63.2%	6-32	15.8%	82-42	66.1%	20-26	43.5%	0	2	52-37	58.4%

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	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	18	11	0	0	23	15	0	5	3	2	0	0	61	43
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	36	19	0	0	36	28	0	6	4	2	0	0	98	73

Head to Head Results
Celbova Rysava/Novakova lead the series against the field 14-11 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-4
7/8/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	21-19, 26-24	0:49
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	24-22, 21-14	0:43
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	15-4	0:25
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Bede/Behar	2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	12-11, 12-9	1:17
Trail the series against # 2 Fontana/Youngs, United States 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Youngs	2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	21-14, 19-21, 24-22	1:01
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-2
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	17-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:50
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	23-21, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Minello/Pires, Brazil 0-2
7/8/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Bronze Medal	Minello/Pires	5	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	21-15, 21-18	0:38
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Minello/Pires	5	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	21-13, 21-17	0:31
Series tied with # 6 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	4	19-21, 21-18, 19-17	0:48
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	21-16, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 7 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	21-17, 21-18	0:29
Series tied with # 11 Chi/Xiong, China 1-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Chi/Xiong	11	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	21-16, 21-19
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Chi/Xiong	9	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Tian/Wang	7	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	Galindo/Huerta	19	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Pereira/Schuller, Portugal 2-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Pereira/Schuller	16	21-8, 21-19	0:32
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	Pereira/Schuller	15	21-15, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Kadijk/Leenstra	18	21-18, 21-18	0:30
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Kadijk/Leenstra	26, Q7	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 29 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	Garcia/Gaxiola	29	22-20, 21-14	0:37
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	Garcia/Gaxiola	16	21-8, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # Q2 Arlaisuk/Pangka, Thailand 1-0
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	Arlaisuk/Pangka	31	15-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q12 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:52