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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Rio Open
September 2 - 6, 2015

(5) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	6, Q1	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q1	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	4, Q1	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	4, Q1	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	9	2nd	900	US$45,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	5, Q1	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	5, Q1	17th	240	US$7,000.00
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

Rio Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/3/2015	Pool E	Josemari Alves / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (20, Q11)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:38
Fri, 9/4/2015	Pool E	Duda Lisboa / Elize Maia, Brazil (17, Q2)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:50
Fri, 9/4/2015	Pool E	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (8)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:47
Sat, 9/5/2015	Winner 1	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (10)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:34

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 %
2015	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	$153,000.00	37	13	74.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	2	1	3	$287,000.00	59	23	72.0 %

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	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00
20	1	2	1	1	2	5	2	3	3	$150,525.00	Total	Total	70	8	6	4	3	7	16	12	1	13	$390,800.00

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%
2014-2015	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%
Against the Field	13	72.2%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	10	76.9%	1-12	7.7%	26-18	59.1%	10-6	62.5%	1	0	19-12	61.3%

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 19-12 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 1-1
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Alves/Lima	4, Q1	21-13, 21-17	0:32
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 # 2 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 0-3
7/4/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Gold Medal	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	Alves/Lima	9	21-18, 22-20	0:43
6/21/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	24-22, 21-19	0:53
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	Alves/Lima	15	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 3 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 1-1
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alves/Lima	4, Q1	Antonelli/Felisberta	3	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:59
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
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 6 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-0
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Alves/Lima	4, Q1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 8 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 4-2
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool E	Alves/Lima	5	Baquerizo/Fernandez	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:47
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Alves/Lima	4, Q1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	21-14, 21-18	0:32
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Alves/Lima	9	Baquerizo/Fernandez	8	21-17, 21-19	0:41
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 # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-1
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Laboureur/Sude	10	Alves/Lima	5	21-14, 21-16	0:34
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	Laboureur/Sude	13, Q3	21-18, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 11 Wang/Yue, China 0-1
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool D	Wang/Yue	13	Alves/Lima	4, Q1	21-19, 18-21, 24-22	1:06
Lead the series against # 13, Q7 Lawson/McGuire, United States 1-0
7/7/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Alves/Lima	4, Q1	Lawson/McGuire	Q17	21-13, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 14 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Alves/Lima	7	Mersmann/Schneider	23, Q4	21-12, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 15 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool D	Alves/Lima	4, Q1	Hansel/Schwaiger	29, Q7	21-16, 21-18	0:34
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Alves/Lima	5, Q1	Hansel/Schwaiger	28, Q5	21-14, 21-19	0:38
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 # 17, Q2 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 1-0
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool E	Alves/Lima	5	Lisboa/Maia	17, Q2	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 20, Q11 Alves/Leao, Brazil 1-0
9/3/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool E	Alves/Lima	5	Alves/Leao	20, Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q6 DiCello/VanZwieten, United States 1-0
8/25/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alves/Lima	6, Q1	DiCello/VanZwieten	Q16	21-12, 19-21, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # Q13 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