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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 20 - 25, 2004

(3) Ana Paula Connelly/Sandra Pires, Brazil

Ana Paula Connelly Henkel
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1972 (54 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Jackie Silva - 1st
1996	Did not play	Jackie Silva - 1st
1997	Did not play	Jackie Silva - 3rd
1998	Did not play	Jackie Silva - 3rd
2003	Sandra Pires - 5th	Ana Paula Connelly - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	3	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	7	5th	324	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	4	25th	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	3	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	3	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	2	5th	480	US$15,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/22/2004	Winner 1	Bryce Barry / Natalie Lukiw, Canada (30, Q7)	Won 21-6, 21-14	0:31
Wed, 9/22/2004	Winner 2	Diletta Lunardi / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (19)	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:30
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 3	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (6)	Won 25-23, 21-9	0:38
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 4	Alexandra Fonseca / Monica Rodrigues, Brazil (10, Q1)	Won 21-9, 21-15	0:35
Fri, 9/24/2004	Semi-Finals	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Won 16-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:53
Sat, 9/25/2004	Gold Medal	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Won 21-14, 28-26	0:48

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	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	$64,500.00	21	11	65.6 %
Total	FIVB	16	5	4	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	$294,500.00	81	17	82.7 %

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
6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	$32,250.00	2004	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	$32,250.00
44	6	6	5	1	16	4	5	1	0	$264,102.50	Total	Total	92	20	16	16	12	17	7	2	2	0	$671,822.50

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	19	82.6%	3	13.0%	1	4.3%	22-1	95.7%	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	6-5	54.5%	38-2	95.0%	18-6	75.0%	1	1	29-5	85.3%

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	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 28-5 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 4-3
9/25/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Connelly/Pires	3	Bede/Behar	1	21-14, 28-26	0:48
8/22/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Connelly/Pires	3	15-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:59
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	2	Connelly/Pires	3	21-18, 19-21, 18-16	1:05
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
Lead the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 2-0
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Pires	3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	16-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:53
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Connelly/Pires	3	Felisberta/Maestrini	11, Q8	25-23, 18-21, 15-7	1:04
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 3-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 5	Connelly/Pires	7	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	23-21, 21-15	0:45
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 # 6 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 4-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Connelly/Pires	3	Gattelli/Perrotta	6	25-23, 21-9	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 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 # 10, Q1 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Connelly/Pires	3	Fonseca/Rodrigues	10, Q1	21-9, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q8	Connelly/Pires	4	21-8 Retired	0:11
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q7	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
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 # 14 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 3-0
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Connelly/Pires	3	Hakedal/Torlen	22	21-18, 21-19	0:47
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	7	Hakedal/Torlen	26, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:06
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 # 15 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 4-0
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool C	Connelly/Pires	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	21-13, 21-14	0:34
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 # 19 Lunardi/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	3	Lunardi/Solazzi	19	21-11, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Barry/Lukiw, Canada 1-0
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	3	Barry/Lukiw	30, Q7	21-6, 21-14	0:31