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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 12 - 16, 2005

(22) Ethel-Julie Arjona/Virginie Kadjo, France

Ethel-Julie Puig-Arjona
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1981 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Narbonne

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$74,946.64

Virginie Kadjo
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1973 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paris

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$79,801.56

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	31	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$7,513.30
FIVB	42	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	13	8	0	5	2	4	1	US$130,925.00
FIVB C&S	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,500.00
Overall	50	2	1	0	0	2	1	7	2	14	8	1	5	2	4	1	US$143,938.30

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	17	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	16	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	6	17th	80	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	9	13th	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	9/1-5/2004	Italy Open	6	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	19	17th	108	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	9	9th	224	US$8,600.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 1	Agatha Bednarczuk / Sandra Pires, Brazil (11)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:41
Wed, 7/13/2005	Contender 1	Nadia Erni / Karin Trussel, Switzerland (27, Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 2	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (12)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:37

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$9,375.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	4	$46,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	7	6	7	$75,400.00
Satellite	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,450.00
Total	47	2	1	0	0	2	1	6	1	14	8	12	$139,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ethel-Julie Arjona												Virginie Kadjo
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$4,687.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$4,687.50
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	6	$23,075.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	5	$24,825.00
30	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	7	9	$38,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	6	11	$42,950.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	Satellite	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,725.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,725.00
54	2	1	0	0	3	7	15	9	17	$70,687.50	Total	56	2	1	0	0	3	8	16	9	17	$76,937.50

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
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,650.00	3	7	30.0 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$450.00	0	2	0.0 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	5	$24,375.00	15	17	46.9 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	3	$41,100.00	21	19	52.5 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$21,250.00	6	10	37.5 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	10	2	10	$88,375.00	45	53	45.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$6,250.00	9	9	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ethel-Julie Arjona													Virginie Kadjo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	$12,187.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	$12,187.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	3	$20,550.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	3	$20,550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$10,625.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$10,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
41	1	0	0	0	2	9	12	3	14	$49,512.50	Total	Total	37	1	0	0	0	2	8	11	2	13	$48,312.50

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	58.5%	10	15.4%	17	26.2%	48-17	73.8%	8	11.4%	15	21.4%	47	67.1%	8-62	11.4%	38-47	44.7%	18-32	36.0%	0	0	56-79	41.5%
2004-2005	22	53.7%	9	22.0%	10	24.4%	31-10	75.6%	3	7.7%	7	17.9%	29	74.4%	3-36	7.7%	22-29	43.1%	12-17	41.4%	0	0	34-46	42.5%
Against the Field	8	44.4%	3	16.7%	7	38.9%	11-7	61.1%	3	8.8%	4	11.8%	27	79.4%	3-31	8.8%	16-54	22.9%	12-22	35.3%	0	0	14-38	26.9%

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	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	3	4	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	24
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	7	4	11	0	0	13	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	50
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	12	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	19	10	10	23	0	0	21	29	1	2	0	0	2	1	70	88

Head to Head Results
Arjona/Kadjo trail the series against the field 13-26 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 15 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Arjona/Kadjo	24	21-14, 21-11	0:32
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Arjona/Kadjo	47	21-14, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
9/4/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Arjona/Kadjo	6	23-21, 21-19	0:41
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	4	Arjona/Kadjo	19	21-17, 21-12	0:32
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arjona/Kadjo	9	26-24, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Arjona/Kadjo	15	21-17, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau		Arjona/Kadjo		24-26, 21-19, 15-9	1:03
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	24	Arjona/Kadjo	10	21-13, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	11	Arjona/Kadjo	22	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	12	Arjona/Kadjo	22	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	Arjona/Kadjo	17	21-13, 21-17	0:39
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Arjona/Kadjo	9	21-18, 20-22, 15-8	1:01
Trail the series against # 15 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-2
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	17	Arjona/Kadjo	16	21-18, 22-20	0:43
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q3	Arjona/Kadjo	20, Q4	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q5	Hakedal/Torlen	23, Q3	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 16 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-3
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Clarke/Gerlic	18	Arjona/Kadjo	17	21-18, 21-13	0:38
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Clarke/Gerlic	8	Arjona/Kadjo	19	21-19, 21-11	0:34
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Clarke/Gerlic	22	Arjona/Kadjo	27	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	Arjona/Kadjo	16	22-24, 21-17, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 18 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q39	Arjona/Kadjo	Q26	21-16, 13-21, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 19 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	3	Arjona/Kadjo	19	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-2
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Arjona/Kadjo	6	11-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:42
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Arjona/Kadjo	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q6	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	0:53
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	Arjona/Kadjo	24, Q7	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	26	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	28-26, 17-21, 15-9	1:01
Trail the series against # 24, Q7 Hu/Zhang, China 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Hu/Zhang	17	Arjona/Kadjo	15	21-12, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 2-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Arjona/Kadjo	22	Erni/Trussel	27, Q9	21-16, 21-18	0:40
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	24	Erni/Trussel	9	28-26, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 28, Q12 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Arjona/Kadjo	16	Koizumi/Tanaka	46	22-20, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # Q2 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
5/11/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 3	Arjona/Kadjo	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-14, 21-19	0:45
8/29/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Gold Medal	Arjona/Kadjo	1	Nystrom/Nystrom	2	22-20, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # Q3 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 2-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	15	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18	21-15, 21-14	0:36
9/4/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Arjona/Kadjo	6	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q2	20-22, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q4 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Arjona/Kadjo	6	Maaseide/Wiig	22	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # Q6 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # Q8 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	6	Gschweidl/Hansel	27, Q3	21-13, 25-27, 15-10	0:59
Trail the series against # Q16 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-2
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Campisi/Lozano	27, Q13	Arjona/Kadjo	6	21-17, 21-17	0:33
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 1	Campisi/Lozano	16	Arjona/Kadjo	9	21-19, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # Q23 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Arjona/Kadjo		Baburina/Osheyko		21-15, 21-19	0:34