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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Goodwill Games
August 29 - September 4, 2001

(9) 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 Brisbane Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	12	3rd	400	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	13	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	14	13th	136	US$5,000.00
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

Goodwill Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/29/2001	Winner 1	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (8)	Lost 22-20, 21-23, 8-15	0:55
Fri, 8/31/2001	Contender 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (16)	Lost By Forfeit

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	7	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$54,000.00	21	14	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	1	1	3	2	7	5	5	1	1	$122,100.00	24	18	57.1 %

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
8	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	$28,000.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	$29,000.00
34	0	0	1	1	6	15	8	2	1	$72,250.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	1	1	6	16	10	1	1	$75,250.00

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	20	80.0%	1	4.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	18	69.2%	3-23	11.5%	40-30	57.1%	8-18	30.8%	0	2	24-27	47.1%

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 trail the series against the field 7-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	21-15, 21-16	0:37
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
Series tied with # 3 Fontana/Youngs, United States 1-1
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Bronze Medal	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-17, 21-19	0:39
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 # 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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
8/29/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	9	20-22, 23-21, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 13 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 # 14 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	13	21-17, 21-15	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 16 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	9	By Forfeit