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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 28 - July 6, 2019

(12) Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, 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

Bárbara Seixas De Freitas
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

132

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$736,125.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	28	3	1	0	2	7	0	11	0	2	2	US$252,500.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Agatha Bednarczuk - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	12, Q1	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	10	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	6	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/10-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	1	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/4/2018	Vienna Major	4	2nd	1080	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2018	Espinho Four Star	2	9th	400	US$4,000.00

World Championships Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/28/2019	Pool L	Zaira Orellana / Martha Revuelta, Mexico (37)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:34
Mon, 7/1/2019	Pool L	Natalia Pridalova / Andrea Strbova, Slovakia (36)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:34
Tue, 7/2/2019	Pool L	Taru Lahti / Anniina Parkkinen, Finland (13)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:36
Wed, 7/3/2019	Winner 1	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (2)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 7/4/2019	Winner 2	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (20)	Won 10-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
Fri, 7/5/2019	Winner 3	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (17)	Lost 21-19, 13-21, 13-15	1:03

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Liliane Maestrini - 3rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Taiana Lima - 2nd	Agatha Bednarczuk - 1st
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Barbara Seixas - 17th	Fernanda Alves - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Barbara Seixas - 5th	Fernanda Alves - 5th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Carol Salgado - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Carol Salgado - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	8	17th	320	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	12	5th	960	US$18,000.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$124,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	1	0	0	1	5	0	7	0	0	1	0	$88,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$11,500.00
Total	28	3	1	0	2	7	0	11	0	2	2	0	$252,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Fernanda Alves												Barbara Seixas
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	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$35,000.00	World Championships	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	$69,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$24,500.00
30	2	2	1	2	4	9	3	3	0	$209,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	68	4	9	5	3	20	22	1	1	0	$509,350.00
22	1	0	0	1	6	11	1	2	0	$54,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	8	2	3	1	8	13	2	3	0	$127,525.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,750.00
											U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
59	4	3	1	3	11	21	6	6	0	$306,875.00	Total	132	17	14	10	4	30	38	6	6	0	$736,125.00

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
2017	FIVB	9	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$66,500.00	28	18	60.9 %
2018	FIVB	7	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$112,000.00	27	7	79.4 %
2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	$40,000.00	17	10	63.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	3	1	0	2	6	0	7	0	2	1	0	$218,500.00	72	35	67.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Fernanda Alves													Barbara Seixas
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	4	$22,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$6,625.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	$61,500.00
7	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	$67,400.00	2014	FIVB	12	1	1	2	0	5	2	0	1	0	$116,500.00
10	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00	2015	FIVB	12	3	3	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	$162,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	$17,600.00	2016	FIVB	8	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$48,500.00
9	1	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	$33,250.00	2017	FIVB	9	1	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	$33,250.00
7	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$56,000.00	2018	FIVB	7	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$56,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	$20,000.00	2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	$20,000.00
48	4	3	1	3	9	14	5	5	4	$277,375.00	Total	Total	83	10	10	7	2	18	22	4	5	5	$522,750.00

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	51	62.2%	18	22.0%	13	15.9%	69-13	84.1%	17	36.2%	9	19.1%	21	44.7%	17-30	36.2%	51-21	70.8%	35-22	61.4%	0	0	86-43	66.7%
2018-2019	34	70.8%	9	18.8%	5	10.4%	43-5	89.6%	12	38.7%	6	19.4%	13	41.9%	12-19	38.7%	34-13	72.3%	21-11	65.6%	0	0	55-24	69.6%
Against the Field	19	59.4%	7	21.9%	6	18.8%	26-6	81.3%	9	30.0%	6	20.0%	15	50.0%	9-21	30.0%	38-30	55.9%	32-24	57.1%	0	0	35-27	56.5%

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	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	13	5	0	0	11	4	2	1	0	1	1	1	28	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	22	7	0	0	16	12	1	1	0	1	1	0	42	21
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	4
Total	1	0	4	0	41	18	0	0	33	20	4	2	0	2	3	1	86	43

Head to Head Results
Alves/Seixas lead the series against the field 28-19 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Alves/Seixas	12	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	2	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 4-1
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Alves/Seixas	10	21-17, 21-17	0:38
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 4	Alves/Seixas	5	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	21-19, 29-27	0:50
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	9	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	5	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	21-18, 11-21, 17-15	0:53
2/10/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	16, Q2	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-3
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 3	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Alves/Seixas	12, Q1	21-14, 21-10	0:30
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 3	Cavalcanti/Silva	16, Q3	Alves/Seixas	1	21-15, 21-19	0:32
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool A	Cavalcanti/Silva	16, Q3	Alves/Seixas	1	21-17, 20-22, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-1
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	13, Q2	Alves/Seixas	10	21-16, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 6 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 2-1
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	Alves/Seixas	12, Q1	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	5	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 3	Alves/Seixas	4	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:44
5/20/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Alves/Seixas	5	21-23, 21-15, 15-7	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	5	Alves/Seixas	2	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-0
8/4/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Semi-Finals	Alves/Seixas	4	Keizer/Meppelink	16	21-17, 23-21	0:50
Trail the series against # 9 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-2
5/6/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Semi-Finals	Alves/Seixas	5	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-16, 12-21, 15-12	0:51
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	7	Alves/Seixas	8	21-16, 21-10	0:35
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Alves/Seixas	7	21-16, 21-11	0:37
Series tied with # 10 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Antonelli/Salgado	6	Alves/Seixas	7	21-10, 25-23	0:41
5/6/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Gold Medal	Alves/Seixas	5	Antonelli/Salgado	6	16-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Hughes/Ross, United States 1-0
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 5	Alves/Seixas	5	Hughes/Ross	9	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 13 Lahti/Parkkinen, Finland 2-0
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool L	Alves/Seixas	12	Lahti/Parkkinen	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool A	Alves/Seixas	16, Q2	Lahti/Parkkinen	17	21-11, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 1-0
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool A	Alves/Seixas	1	Kholomina/Makroguzova	17	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 15 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 1-0
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	1	Kolinske/Stockman	5	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-2
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 3	Brunner/Huberli	17	Alves/Seixas	12	19-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:03
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Bronze Medal	Brunner/Huberli	9	Alves/Seixas	7	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool F	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	27, Q5	Alves/Seixas	6	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 20 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-1
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	12	Borger/Sude	20	10-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool G	Borger/Sude	10	Alves/Seixas	7	18-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 23 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	4	Kociolek/Wojtasik	22	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 26 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool B	Graudina/Samoilova	18	Alves/Seixas	2	21-18, 17-21, 18-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 27 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-3
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	Alves/Seixas	7	Mader/Verge-Depre	21	16-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:45
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool H	Mader/Verge-Depre	17	Alves/Seixas	8	23-21, 21-19	0:46
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 2	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	Alves/Seixas	6	22-20, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool H	Mader/Verge-Depre	9	Alves/Seixas	8	17-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:12
Lead the series against # 28 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 5-0
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	Alves/Seixas	12, Q1	Bieneck/Schneider	21	21-14, 21-18	0:35
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Alves/Seixas	10	Bieneck/Schneider	17	18-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:47
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	2	Bieneck/Schneider	9	24-22, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 3	Alves/Seixas	5	Bieneck/Schneider	12	21-18, 21-15	0:40
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool H	Alves/Seixas	9	Bieneck/Schneider	24, Q2	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 29 Wang/Xue, China 1-0
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	12, Q1	Wang/Xue	27, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 33 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 1	Alves/Seixas	4	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q14	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 35 Lin/Zeng, China 1-0
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Alves/Seixas	12, Q1	Lin/Zeng	Q16	21-8, 21-14	0:28
Series tied with # 36 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 1-1
7/1/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool L	Alves/Seixas	12	Pridalova/Strbova	36	21-15, 21-13	0:34
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Pridalova/Strbova	23	Alves/Seixas	10	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 37 Orellana/Revuelta, Mexico 1-0
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool L	Alves/Seixas	12	Orellana/Revuelta	37	21-14, 21-12	0:34