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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 25 - 29, 2007

(28, Q2) 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
2004	Sandra Pires - 5th	Ana Paula Connelly - 5th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 9/24/2007	Country Quota	Izabel Amaral / Taiana Lima, Brazil	Won 26-24, 21-14	0:44
Tue, 9/25/2007	Qualifier 2	Sanne Keizer / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (Q15)	Won 21-12, 26-24	0:46
Wed, 9/26/2007	Winner 1	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (5)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 9-15	0:57
Wed, 9/26/2007	Contender 1	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (21, Q3)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 9/27/2007	Contender 2	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (11)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:51
Thu, 9/27/2007	Contender 3	Shaylyn Bede / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (14, Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:39
Thu, 9/27/2007	Contender 4	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (9, Q1)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:40
Fri, 9/28/2007	Contender 5	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (5)	Lost 21-12, 20-22, 9-15	0:53

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 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	5	4	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	$302,500.00	87	19	82.1 %

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
16	1	0	2	2	5	5	0	0	1	$83,075.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	3	$32,550.00
11	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	$77,050.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	0	0	0	5	3	2	3	0	1	$63,100.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
85	8	7	11	8	25	12	9	1	4	$487,327.50	Total	Total	105	20	16	16	13	21	9	4	2	4	$708,372.50

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%
2006-2007	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0		0		0		0-0		6-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	6-2	75.0%
Against the Field	15	68.2%	2	9.1%	5	22.7%	17-5	77.3%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	3-6	33.3%	30-6	83.3%	10-14	41.7%	0	1	20-11	64.5%

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 20-11 (Lead 12 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 3-5
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Connelly/Pires	3	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:04
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 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
Trail the series against # 5 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-2
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	5	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	12-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:53
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	5	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	18-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 9, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	Salgado/Salgado	9, Q1	21-13, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	Claasen/Roder	11	21-16, 22-20	0:51
Lead the series against # 14, Q9 Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	Bede/Bednarczuk	14, Q9	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 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 # 19 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	32	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	Martins/Santanna	21, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against Amaral/Lima, Brazil 1-0
9/24/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	Amaral/Lima		26-24, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # Q15 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 1-0
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	Keizer/de Vries	Q15	21-12, 26-24	0:46