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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 4, 2001

(3) Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires, Brazil

Tatiana Minello
Brazil

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Maria

Height:

168 cm (5'6")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Brisbane 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$173,752.50

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

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	12	1	2	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	US$174,000.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	4	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	4	5th	270	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	5	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	5	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	5	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	18	5th	216	US$9,000.00

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool C	Michaela Meissinger / Brigitte Stampfer, Austria (35)	Won 21-6, 21-10	0:29
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool C	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (30)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:41
Thu, 8/2/2001	Winner 1	Cristina Pereira / Maria Schuller, Portugal (29)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:39
Fri, 8/3/2001	Winner 2	Dianne DeNecochea / Liz Masakayan, United States (14)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:57
Fri, 8/3/2001	Winner 3	Rong Chi / Zi Xiong, China (11)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:40
Sat, 8/4/2001	Semi-Finals	Barbra Fontana / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-13	1:01
Sat, 8/4/2001	Gold Medal	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:39

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Jackie Silva - 1st
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Adriana Samuel - 4th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Sandra Pires - 2nd	Tatiana Minello - 2nd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Alexandra Fonseca - 17th	Ana Paula Connelly - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Agatha Bednarczuk - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	3	2nd	450	US$35,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$97,000.00
Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,000.00
Total	12	1	2	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$174,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tatiana Minello												Sandra Pires
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,000.00	World Championships	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$67,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	$28,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	2	4	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	$139,050.00
32	0	3	3	4	8	7	2	2	0	$110,002.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	15	11	14	12	16	7	4	1	0	$487,822.50
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
42	1	4	3	4	12	8	4	3	0	$173,752.50	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
2001	FIVB	7	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$101,000.00	32	14	69.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$101,000.00	32	14	69.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tatiana Minello													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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,900.00	1997	FIVB	7	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	$66,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	8	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$79,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	$41,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB	9	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	$41,500.00
7	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	$50,500.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	$50,500.00
13	0	1	1	2	3	2	2	0	2	$55,650.00	Total	Total	60	14	11	16	10	5	3	1	0	0	$458,650.00

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	41	83.7%	5	10.2%	3	6.1%	46-3	93.9%	7	28.0%	1	4.0%	17	68.0%	7-18	28.0%	41-17	70.7%	12-4	75.0%	0	1	53-22	70.7%
2000-2001	41	83.7%	5	10.2%	3	6.1%	46-3	93.9%	7	28.0%	1	4.0%	17	68.0%	7-18	28.0%	41-17	70.7%	12-4	75.0%	0	1	53-22	70.7%
Against the Field	34	81.0%	5	11.9%	3	7.1%	39-3	92.9%	7	26.9%	1	3.8%	18	69.2%	7-19	26.9%	68-34	66.7%	24-8	75.0%	0	1	46-22	67.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	7	1	4	1	3	0	1	40	19
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	8	3	4	1	3	1	2	53	22

Head to Head Results
Minello/Pires lead the series against the field 31-14 (Lead 20 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Gold Medal	Bede/Behar	1	Minello/Pires	3	21-16, 21-18	0:39
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	1	Minello/Pires	4	21-11, 28-26	0:45
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	1	Minello/Pires	5	21-14, 21-12	0:42
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Minello/Pires	5	21-14, 21-19	0:39
6/17/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Behar	1	Minello/Pires	5	22-20, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Fontana/Youngs, United States 1-4
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Semi-Finals	Minello/Pires	3	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	1:01
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	Fontana/Youngs	2	Minello/Pires	4	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/8/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Youngs	2	Minello/Pires	5	21-17, 21-14	0:40
6/17/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Youngs	4	Minello/Pires	5	21-18, 21-9	0:39
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Youngs	4	Minello/Pires	5	21-8, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-3
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Cook/Pottharst	3	Minello/Pires	4	21-18, 21-17	0:43
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 6	Cook/Pottharst	2	Minello/Pires	18	22-20, 21-13	0:36
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	2	Minello/Pires	18	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 Arce/McPeak, United States 3-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Arce/McPeak	5	Minello/Pires	4	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Minello/Pires	4	Arce/McPeak	5	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:54
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Minello/Pires	5	Arce/McPeak	3	21-18, 21-14	0:35
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Minello/Pires	5	Arce/McPeak	4	21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:57
Series tied with # 6 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Minello/Pires	5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	4	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Bronze Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Minello/Pires	5	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 7 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 4	Minello/Pires	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	8	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 6	Minello/Pires	5	Oliveira/Silva	11, Q6	21-15, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Chi/Xiong, China 1-0
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 3	Minello/Pires	3	Chi/Xiong	11	23-21, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 2-0
7/8/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Bronze Medal	Minello/Pires	5	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	21-15, 21-18	0:38
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Minello/Pires	5	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	21-13, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 13 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	4	Tian/Wang	13	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 DeNecochea/Masakayan, United States 2-0
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	3	DeNecochea/Masakayan	14	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:57
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Minello/Pires	5	DeNecochea/Masakayan	19	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 2-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Minello/Pires	4	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	21-16, 21-14	0:35
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	5	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-13, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	5	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	21-12, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 2-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Minello/Pires	4	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	21-15, 21-17	0:40
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 3	Minello/Pires	18	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	22-20, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	4	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	24-26, 21-10, 26-24	1:05
Lead the series against # 21 Bragado-Corso/Wood, United States 2-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	5	Bragado-Corso/Wood	21, Q1	21-13, 21-14	0:30
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 4	Minello/Pires	18	Bragado-Corso/Wood	5	21-19, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	5	Karadassiou/Sfyri	28	21-16, 21-10	0:41
Lead the series against # 28 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 2-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	5	Galindo/Huerta	12	21-15, 21-14	0:41
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 5	Minello/Pires	18	Galindo/Huerta	8	16-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:54
Lead the series against # 29 Pereira/Schuller, Portugal 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	3	Pereira/Schuller	29	21-11, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 30 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 2-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool C	Minello/Pires	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	30	21-18, 21-14	0:41
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 2	Minello/Pires	18	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 32 Seike/Torii, Japan 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	5	Seike/Torii	28, Q4	21-9, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # 35 Meissinger/Stampfer, Austria 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool C	Minello/Pires	3	Meissinger/Stampfer	35	21-6, 21-10	0:29
Lead the series against # 38 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	4	Koelliker/Trussel	29, Q7	21-15, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 39 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	29	24-22, 21-14	0:44