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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(15) 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 Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	10	5th	240	US$8,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	12	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	14	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	6	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	9	13th	0	US$1,500.00
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

Hellas Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool B	Polyxeni Kitsou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (31)	Won 21-10, 21-11	0:31
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool B	Holly McPeak / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:34
Sat, 7/27/2002	Pool B	Rebekka Kadijk / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (18)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 9-15	0:49

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 %
2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$24,115.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	1	1	5	2	8	5	7	1	1	$146,215.00	37	26	58.7 %

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
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
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$12,057.50	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$12,057.50
39	0	0	1	1	8	16	10	2	1	$84,307.50	Total	Total	41	0	0	1	1	8	17	12	1	1	$87,307.50

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	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%
2001-2002	31	77.5%	4	10.0%	5	12.5%	35-5	87.5%	5	19.2%	4	15.4%	17	65.4%	5-21	19.2%	31-17	64.6%	9-9	50.0%	0	1	40-27	59.7%
Against the Field	43	70.5%	8	13.1%	10	16.4%	51-10	83.6%	7	16.7%	7	16.7%	28	66.7%	7-35	16.7%	86-50	63.2%	30-34	46.9%	0	2	58-45	56.3%

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 23-20 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-2
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	10	21-7, 27-25	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 2 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-3
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	McPeak/Youngs	2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	21-19, 21-12	0:34
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	McPeak/Youngs	5	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	21-12, 21-15	0:31
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	McPeak/Youngs	4	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	21-16, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-3
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:42
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 # 5 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Connelly/Minello	3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 DeNecochea/Fontana, United States 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	10	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	21-19, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 12 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	10	Pohl/Rau	15	21-18, 21-18	0:29
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 # 17 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	10	Clarke/Gooley	26	25-23, 20-22, 16-14	0:56
Series tied with # 18 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-2
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Kadijk/Leenstra	18	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 19 Crespo/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Crespo/Larrea Peraza	22	21-11, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios, Cuba 1-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios	11	21-18, 21-7	0:32
Series tied with # 21 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-1
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	13	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Tian/Wang, China 2-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	Tian/Wang	19	21-18, 21-16	0:40
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Tian/Wang	7	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 24 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	9	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 28 Mellitzer/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Mellitzer/Swoboda	21, Q10	21-11, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 29 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 2-0
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:42
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 31 Kitsou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Kitsou/Tsiartsiani	31	21-10, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 32, Q5 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 2-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	10	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	34	21-18, 21-23, 15-13	0:52
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	21, Q1	21-11, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against Bragado-Corso/Wood, United States 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool L	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Bragado-Corso/Wood	21	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # Q1 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 3-0
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Garcia/Gaxiola	39	21-16, 24-22	0:40
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
Trail the series against # Q9 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Ji/Wang	28, Q24	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # Q21 Palacio/Quevedo, Cuba 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	Palacio/Quevedo	30, Q39	21-13, 21-13	0:29