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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Nissan Grand Slam
September 18 - 21, 2003

(2) Ana Paula Connelly/Sandra Pires, Brazil

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

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

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)

Awards

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	17	5	4	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	US$302,500.00

Previous Carson Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	1	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	1	1st	300	US$22,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	1	2nd	468	US$27,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	1	2nd	486	US$28,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	3	1st	300	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	4	1st	600	US$45,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	4	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	5	1st	300	US$22,000.00

United States Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool B	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (18)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:44
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool B	Lisa Arce / Rachel Scott, United States (15)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool B	Shaylyn Bede / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (31, Q25)	Won 21-9, 21-16	0:35
Sat, 9/20/2003	Winner 1	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (17)	Won 21-16, 21-9	0:32
Sat, 9/20/2003	Winner 2	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (14)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:34
Sat, 9/20/2003	Semi-Finals	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (4)	Won 21-8, 22-20	0:42
Sun, 9/21/2003	Gold Medal	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 24-22, 20-22, 12-15	1:10

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$147,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$140,000.00
Total	17	5	4	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	$302,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ana Paula Connelly												Sandra Pires
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	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$34,000.00	World Championships	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$67,750.00
30	3	3	2	2	10	6	2	1	0	$238,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	2	4	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	$139,050.00
76	8	5	11	9	23	9	5	1	0	$395,552.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	15	11	14	12	16	7	4	1	0	$487,822.50
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
113	11	8	13	12	36	16	9	2	0	$668,452.50	Total	110	20	16	16	13	21	9	5	2	0	$709,622.50

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
2003	FIVB	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$215,000.00	55	5	91.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$215,000.00	55	5	91.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ana Paula Connelly													Sandra Pires
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											1995	FIVB	11	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,500.00
											1996	FIVB	10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,950.00
											1997	FIVB	7	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	$66,200.00
											1998	FIVB	8	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$79,750.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$20,500.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	$41,000.00
10	1	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	$47,000.00	2000	FIVB	9	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	$41,500.00
											2001	FIVB	12	1	2	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	$87,000.00
11	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	$49,352.50	2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	$29,422.50
9	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$107,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$107,500.00
37	5	6	5	0	12	4	5	0	0	$224,352.50	Total	Total	85	19	16	16	11	13	7	2	1	0	$632,072.50

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	71	83.5%	6	7.1%	8	9.4%	77-8	90.6%	9	52.9%	3	17.6%	5	29.4%	9-8	52.9%	71-5	93.4%	15-11	57.7%	1	3	87-19	82.1%
2002-2003	50	87.7%	5	8.8%	2	3.5%	55-2	96.5%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	50-4	92.6%	9-2	81.8%	1	0	60-6	90.9%
Against the Field	49	83.1%	4	6.8%	6	10.2%	53-6	89.8%	8	42.1%	2	10.5%	9	47.4%	8-11	42.1%	98-10	90.7%	24-16	60.0%	1	3	62-16	79.5%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	9	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	30	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	18	4	5	1	0	1	4	1	49	9
Total	1	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	30	8	9	1	0	1	5	4	87	19

Head to Head Results
Connelly/Pires lead the series against the field 44-5 (Lead 26 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 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 3-4
9/21/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Gold Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Connelly/Pires	2	22-24, 22-20, 15-12	1:10
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Gold Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Connelly/Pires	1	21-17, 21-12	0:35
7/20/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Gold Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Connelly/Pires	1	21-10, 21-13	0:37
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Gold Medal	Connelly/Pires	3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	21-19, 21-15	0:43
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	21-17, 21-15	0:37
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Connelly/Pires	4	23-21, 21-15	0:43
6/15/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	21-14, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 3-0
8/10/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Gold Medal	Connelly/Pires	1	Bede/Behar	2	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:04
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	1	Bede/Behar	4	21-19, 21-14	0:43
6/15/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Gold Medal	Connelly/Pires	5	Bede/Behar	2	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	2	Tian/Wang	4	21-8, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 5 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 2-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	3	Cook/Sanderson	11	21-18, 21-13	0:36
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	4	Cook/Sanderson	14	17-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 6 McPeak/Youngs, United States 3-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	1	McPeak/Youngs	4	17-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:52
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	3	McPeak/Youngs	2	21-16, 21-14	0:38
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Connelly/Pires	4	McPeak/Youngs	2	20-22, 29-27, 15-13	1:13
Lead the series against # 7 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 2-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	21-19, 21-19	0:41
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	26	21-15, 26-24	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	7	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Lahme/Musch, Germany 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	3	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	21-11, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 DeNecochea/Reynolds, United States 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	1	DeNecochea/Reynolds	15	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Leenstra	13	Connelly/Pires	1	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 2-0
8/10/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	1	Fonseca/Minello	4	21-18, 21-14	0:39
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	4	Fonseca/Minello	5	21-10, 18-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	2	Pohl/Rau	14	21-11, 21-16	0:34
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Connelly/Pires	5	Pohl/Rau	12	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 15 Arce/Scott, United States 1-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool B	Connelly/Pires	2	Arce/Scott	15	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 16 Wang/You, China 1-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Wang/You	17, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	17	21-16, 21-9	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 4-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool B	Connelly/Pires	2	Ahmann/Vollmer	18	21-16, 21-19	0:44
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	1	Ahmann/Vollmer	13	21-16, 21-15	0:37
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	1	Ahmann/Vollmer	24	21-13, 21-15	0:37
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Connelly/Pires	5	Ahmann/Vollmer	21	21-17, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Gattelli/Perrotta	16	By Forfeit
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Gattelli/Perrotta	16	21-17, 21-16	0:38
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Connelly/Pires	4	Gattelli/Perrotta	13	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Connelly/Pires	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	29, Q3	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 21 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Clarke/Gerlic	16	21-14, 21-11	0:27
Lead the series against # 22 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 2-0
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	21-12, 21-17	0:38
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	21-9, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 24 Dodd/McSorley, United States 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	4	Dodd/McSorley	14	21-11, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Connelly/Pires	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20, Q1	21-12, 21-15	0:36
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-15, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # 28, Q1 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 31, Q25 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool B	Connelly/Pires	2	Bede/Ribeiro	31, Q25	21-9, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q8 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Connelly/Pires	5	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	21-15, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # Q11 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # Q23 Teru Saiki/Urata, Japan 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Teru Saiki/Urata	32	21-9, 21-14	0:32