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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Stavanger Major Series
June 8 - 13, 2015

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

Fernanda Alves
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1985 (39 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 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$593,050.00

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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Vivian Cunha - 33rd
2011	Did not play	Vivian Cunha - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	8, Q1	25th	160	US$4,000.00
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

Stavanger Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 6/8/2015	Country Quota	Carolina Horta / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:37
Tue, 6/9/2015	Qualifier 1	Luciana Pierangeli / Simone Sittig, South Africa (Q32)	Won 21-9, 21-9	0:25
Tue, 6/9/2015	Qualifier 2	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Monika Paulikiene, Lithuania (Q16)	Won 21-15, 21-8	0:29
Wed, 6/10/2015	Pool E	Barbara Hansel / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (28, Q14)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:30
Wed, 6/10/2015	Pool E	Emily Capers / Jennifer Kessy, United States (21)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Thu, 6/11/2015	Pool E	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (12)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:36
Fri, 6/12/2015	Winner 1	Monika Brzostek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (24, Q5)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 19-21	1:00

Head to Head Results
Alves/Lima lead the series against the field 23-13 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 9 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-2
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Baquerizo/Fernandez	6	Alves/Lima	11	21-18, 21-17	0:35
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	4	Alves/Lima	7	19-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:59
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Alves/Lima	15	Baquerizo/Fernandez	2	23-21, 21-11	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool E	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/19/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	Mader/Zumkehr	17	21-16, 21-7	0:31
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Alves/Lima	15	Nestarcova/Pridalova	18	18-21, 21-19, 24-22	1:02
Lead the series against # 21 Capers/Kessy, United States 1-0
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool E	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	Capers/Kessy	21	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-1
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Brzostek/Wojtasik	24, Q5	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	18-21, 21-18, 21-19	1:00
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Alves/Lima	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	21-11, 21-23, 15-13	0:48
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Alves/Lima	11	Brzostek/Wojtasik	27, Q5	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 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 # 27, Q11 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 # 28, Q14 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool E	Hansel/Schwaiger	28, Q14	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	21-13, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 32, Q29 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alves/Lima	11, Q1	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q16	27-29, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against # Q3 Horta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-2
6/8/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Country Quota	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	Horta/Maestrini	Q3	21-17, 21-15	0:37
6/1/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Country Quota	Horta/Maestrini	24, Q3	Alves/Lima		21-10, 17-21, 15-11	0:46
5/25/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Horta/Maestrini	30, Q12	Alves/Lima		21-14, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q10 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 1-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Alves/Lima	15	Hermannova/Williams	31, Q13	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q16 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 1-0
6/9/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 2	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	Q16	21-15, 21-8	0:29
Lead the series against # Q19 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Alves/Lima	8	Bieneck/Grossner	25, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q32 Pierangeli/Sittig, South Africa 1-0
6/9/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 1	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	Pierangeli/Sittig	Q32	21-9, 21-9	0:25