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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Cearà Open
March 9 - 14, 2004

(3) 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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Adriana Samuel - 2nd
2001	Did not play	Tatiana Minello - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	2	5th	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	2	2nd	540	US$30,000.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/11/2004	Winner 1	Gabriele Jobst / Patricia Stragliotto, Canada (30, Q9)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:40
Thu, 3/11/2004	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece (14)	Won 11-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
Fri, 3/12/2004	Winner 3	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (6)	Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
Fri, 3/12/2004	Winner 4	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (2)	Lost 20-22, 21-18, 11-15	1:05
Fri, 3/12/2004	Contender 6	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (4)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 9-15	1:00

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	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	10	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$230,000.00	60	6	90.9 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$239,000.00	63	8	88.7 %

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
10	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$115,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$115,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
39	5	6	5	0	14	4	5	0	0	$236,352.50	Total	Total	87	19	16	16	11	15	7	2	1	0	$644,072.50

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%
2003-2004	65	84.4%	6	7.8%	6	7.8%	71-6	92.2%	9	52.9%	3	17.6%	5	29.4%	9-8	52.9%	65-5	92.9%	15-9	62.5%	1	3	81-17	82.7%
Against the Field	42	80.8%	4	7.7%	6	11.5%	46-6	88.5%	8	44.4%	3	16.7%	7	38.9%	8-10	44.4%	84-8	91.3%	24-18	57.1%	0	3	54-16	77.1%

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	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 38-7 (Lead 21 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 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 # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 3-1
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	2	Connelly/Pires	3	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	1:05
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
Series tied with # 4 Tian/Wang, China 1-1
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	4	Connelly/Pires	3	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:00
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 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 2-1
10/10/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	7	Connelly/Pires	2	19-21, 21-9, 23-21	0:57
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 # 6 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 2-0
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Connelly/Pires	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	6	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 9 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 # 11 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 # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Connelly/Pires	4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 3-0
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	14	11-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
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 # 15 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 # 17 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 # 18, Q3 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Connelly/Pires	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Connelly/Pires	2	Hakedal/Torlen	23	21-18, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24 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 # 26, Q2 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 # 30, Q9 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 1-0
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	3	Jobst/Stragliotto	30, Q9	21-17, 21-11	0:40
Lead the series against # 32 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Barrera/Jaouen, France 1-0
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	2	Barrera/Jaouen	44	21-8, 21-8	0:31