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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
September 23 - 28, 2014

(8, Q1) Fernanda Alves/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Fernanda Alves
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sao Joaquim da Barra

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$306,875.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

143

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$616,550.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Talita Antunes)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Talita Antunes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	16	1	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	2	1	1	2	US$287,000.00

Previous São Paulo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Elize Maia - 25th	Talita Antunes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	8	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	11	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	7	9th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	11, Q1	1st	800	US$70,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	15	9th	360	US$11,000.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool H	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (25)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:28
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool H	Brittany Hochevar / Heather McGuire, United States (24, Q4)	Lost 18-21, 12-21	0:29
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool H	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (9)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:36

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	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	$240,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	16	1	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$287,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Fernanda Alves												Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$35,000.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$38,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
30	2	2	1	2	4	9	3	3	0	$209,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	78	6	7	2	5	6	20	19	2	0	$452,150.00
22	1	0	0	1	6	11	1	2	0	$54,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	1	3	2	3	8	17	12	2	0	$123,550.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
59	4	3	1	3	11	21	6	6	0	$306,875.00	Total	142	9	12	4	8	15	38	34	4	0	$616,150.00

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
2014	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	$134,000.00	22	10	68.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	$134,000.00	22	10	68.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Fernanda Alves													Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00
											2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
											2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$23,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$6,625.00	2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00
7	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	$67,400.00	2014	FIVB	11	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	0	$112,375.00
10	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	3	0	$74,025.00	Total	Total	60	8	4	3	3	6	15	10	1	10	$314,300.00

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	38	79.2%	6	12.5%	4	8.3%	44-4	91.7%	12	38.7%	3	9.7%	16	51.6%	12-19	38.7%	38-16	70.4%	18-7	72.0%	3	0	59-23	72.0%
2013-2014	15	78.9%	3	15.8%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	8	66.7%	3-9	25.0%	15-8	65.2%	6-2	75.0%	1	0	22-10	68.8%
Against the Field	15	83.3%	2	11.1%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	5	25.0%	1	5.0%	14	70.0%	5-15	25.0%	30-22	57.7%	14-4	77.8%	3	0	25-13	65.8%

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	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	2	7	1	25	8	0	0	12	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	49	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	1	2	7	1	31	8	0	0	15	7	3	2	1	1	1	2	59	23

Head to Head Results
Alves/Lima lead the series against the field 13-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 0-1
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Antonelli/Felisberta	6	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	21-16, 21-23, 27-25	1:10
Series tied with # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	4	Alves/Lima	8	21-17, 21-16	0:35
7/20/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	Holtwick/Semmler	8	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 4 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Alves/Lima	8	Kolocova/Slukova	3	21-13, 21-18	0:38
7/19/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	Kolocova/Slukova	3	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	Alves/Lima	15	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 7 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	Antunes/Maestrini	28	21-15, 15-21, 21-19	0:52
Trail the series against # 9 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-2
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Alves/Lima	8, Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:36
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Alves/Lima	11	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 10 Ludwig/Sude, Germany 1-1
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Sude	11	Alves/Lima	8	28-26, 21-19	0:49
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Alves/Lima	7	Ludwig/Sude	10	21-9, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 11 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	22	Alves/Lima	11	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Capers/Ross, United States 1-0
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	Capers/Ross	13	21-19, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Alves/Lima	8	Gallay/Klug	24	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 2-0
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alves/Lima	8	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	19-21, 21-9, 18-16	0:51
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Alves/Lima	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26, Q5	21-10, 22-20	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	Forrer/Verge-Depre	22	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 24, Q4 Hochevar/McGuire, United States 0-1
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Hochevar/McGuire	24, Q4	Alves/Lima	8, Q1	21-18, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 25 Broder/May, Canada 3-0
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Alves/Lima	8, Q1	Broder/May	25	21-13, 21-14	0:28
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alves/Lima	11	Broder/May	31	21-18, 21-19	0:35
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	Broder/May	27	21-19, 21-16	0:36