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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Brazil Open
October 30 - November 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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Adriana Samuel - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	4	1st	0	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	2	4th	252	US$11,000.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/1/2001	Winner 1	Synnove Oyra / Hilde Schjerven, Norway (30)	Won 21-15, 21-5	0:33
Thu, 11/1/2001	Winner 2	Giseli Gavio / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (19)	Won 21-12, 24-22	0:41
Fri, 11/2/2001	Winner 3	Dianne DeNecochea / Liz Masakayan, United States (6)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 13-15	0:53
Fri, 11/2/2001	Contender 4	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Yoselin Roque Palacios, Cuba (15)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 11/2/2001	Contender 5	Barbra Fontana / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Lost By Forfeit	0:27

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	12	1	2	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$174,000.00	53	22	70.7 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	2	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	$174,000.00	53	22	70.7 %

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
12	1	2	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	$87,000.00	2001	FIVB	12	1	2	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	$87,000.00
18	1	2	1	3	5	2	2	0	2	$92,150.00	Total	Total	65	15	12	16	11	7	3	1	0	0	$495,150.00

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	14	77.8%	3	16.7%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	3	18.8%	1	6.3%	12	75.0%	3-13	18.8%	28-22	56.0%	12-4	75.0%	0	1	20-14	58.8%

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 20-14 (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 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-7
9/4/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Gold Medal	Minello/Pires	4	Bede/Behar	2	21-18, 23-21	0:46
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 # 2 Fontana/Youngs, United States 1-5
11/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Youngs	2	Minello/Pires	3	By Forfeit	0:27
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
Lead the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Masakayan, United States 2-1
11/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	DeNecochea/Masakayan	6	Minello/Pires	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
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 # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 4-0
8/29/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	4	Galindo/Huerta	13	21-17, 21-17	0:37
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 # 12 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 # 13 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 # 15 Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios, Cuba 1-0
11/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Minello/Pires	3	Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios	15	23-21, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Gavio/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
11/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	3	Gavio/Solazzi	19	21-12, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 28 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 # 30 Oyra/Schjerven, Norway 1-0
11/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	3	Oyra/Schjerven	30	21-15, 21-5	0:33