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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Hong Kong Open
August 22 - 26, 2001

(2) 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 Hong Kong Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-19/2001	China Open	2	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Japan Open	4	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	3	2nd	450	US$35,000.00
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

Hong Kong Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2001	Winner 1	Alexandra Newell / Monique Oliver, England (31)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:32
Fri, 8/24/2001	Winner 2	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (18)	Lost 39-41, 14-21	0:56
Fri, 8/24/2001	Contender 2	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (16)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 18-16	0:55
Sat, 8/25/2001	Contender 3	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (7)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 8/25/2001	Contender 4	Claudia Oliveira / Jackie Silva, Brazil (5)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:44
Sat, 8/25/2001	Contender 5	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (14)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:40
Sat, 8/25/2001	Contender 6	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (23)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:43
Sun, 8/26/2001	Semi-Finals	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:41
Sun, 8/26/2001	Bronze Medal	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (12)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:42

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	10	0	2	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	$137,000.00	46	20	69.7 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	2	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	$137,000.00	46	20	69.7 %

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
10	0	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	$68,500.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	$68,500.00
16	0	2	1	3	4	2	2	0	2	$73,650.00	Total	Total	63	14	12	16	11	6	3	1	0	0	$476,650.00

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	28	90.3%	2	6.5%	1	3.2%	30-1	96.8%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	9	64.3%	4-10	28.6%	56-18	75.7%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	34-11	75.6%

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 32-11 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-7
8/26/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	1	Minello/Pires	2	21-16, 21-18	0:41
8/19/01	FIVB	China Open	Gold Medal	Bede/Behar	1	Minello/Pires	2	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	1:06
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 # 3 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-2
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	5	Minello/Pires	4	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:52
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 # 4 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 # 5 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 2-0
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 4	Minello/Pires	2	Oliveira/Silva	5	21-17, 21-18	0:44
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 # 6 Chi/Xiong, China 2-0
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Minello/Pires	2	Chi/Xiong	6	21-13, 21-14	0:39
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 # 7 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 3-0
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 3	Minello/Pires	2	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-13, 21-17	0:39
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 # 8 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 # 11 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Minello/Pires	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	21-14, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 2-1
8/26/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Bronze Medal	Gattelli/Perrotta	12	Minello/Pires	2	21-15, 21-16	0:42
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 # 14 Tian/Wang, China 2-0
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 5	Minello/Pires	2	Tian/Wang	14	21-19, 21-13	0:40
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 # 15 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 3-0
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Minello/Pires	4	Galindo/Huerta	24	21-19, 21-17	0:45
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 # 16 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 2	Minello/Pires	2	Glesnes/Maaseide	16	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	0:55
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	20	21-14, 21-8	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 2	Clarke/Gerlic	18	Minello/Pires	2	41-39, 21-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21 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 # 22 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
Lead the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 3-0
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 6	Minello/Pires	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-17, 21-17	0:43
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 # 24 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 2-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	4	Koelliker/Trussel	29, Q3	11-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:48
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 # 27 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 # 31 Newell/Oliver, England 1-0
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	2	Newell/Oliver	31	21-12, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # Q12 Fu/Lan, China 1-0
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	2	Fu/Lan	31, Q4	21-14, 21-18	0:44