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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Acapulco Open
October 26 - 30, 2005

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

Ethel-Julie Puig-Arjona
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1981 (44 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$68,962.50

Virginie Kadjo
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1973 (52 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$75,212.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	42	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	13	8	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	US$5,500.00
Overall	45	2	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	13	8	5	2	4	1	US$136,425.00

Previous Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	23	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	17	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	15	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	12	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/20-21/2005	France Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	27	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	9	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	France Satellite	2	2nd	18	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	22	17th	80	US$3,000.00
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

Acapulco Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/27/2005	Winner 1	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (8)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 12-15	1:03
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 1	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (24, Q2)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 12-15	1:12

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	0	$9,375.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	0	$46,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	7	6	0	$75,400.00
Satellite	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	45	2	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	13	8	0	$136,425.00

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	0	$4,687.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,687.50
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$23,075.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$24,825.00
30	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	7	0	$38,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	6	0	$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
52	2	1	0	0	3	6	14	9	0	$68,962.50	Total	54	2	1	0	0	3	7	15	9	0	$75,212.50

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 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	5	$24,375.00	15	17	46.9 %
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 %
2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	0	$48,250.00	11	24	31.4 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	12	6	10	$115,375.00	50	67	42.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	12	5	70.6 %

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	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
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
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
12	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	0	$24,125.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	0	$24,125.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
44	2	1	0	0	3	5	13	7	13	$61,187.50	Total	Total	41	2	1	0	0	3	5	12	6	12	$60,437.50

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	9	39.1%	5	21.7%	9	39.1%	14-9	60.9%	3	8.8%	6	17.6%	25	73.5%	3-31	8.8%	18-50	26.5%	16-30	34.8%	0	0	17-40	29.8%

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	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
Total	0	0	19	10	8	22	0	0	21	27	1	2	0	0	2	1	68	84

Head to Head Results
Arjona/Kadjo trail the series against the field 17-31 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 16 Series, 3 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 0-4
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arjona/Kadjo	12	21-15, 21-16	0:37
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 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Arjona/Kadjo	12	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Arjona/Kadjo	27	21-12, 21-6	0:32
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Arjona/Kadjo	26	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Arjona/Kadjo	27	21-13, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 8 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Keizer/Leenstra	8	Arjona/Kadjo	25	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:03
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	25, Q3	Arjona/Kadjo	9	21-16, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Barros/Connelly	5	Arjona/Kadjo	27	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	10	Arjona/Kadjo	23	23-21, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	Arjona/Kadjo	17	21-13, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-3
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Gold Medal	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Arjona/Kadjo	2	20-22, 21-15, 15-12	0:53
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 # 17 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 0-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Urata	18	Arjona/Kadjo	15	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 20, Q5 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-3
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q7	Arjona/Kadjo	23	21-19, 21-19	0:43
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	Arjona/Kadjo	19	21-19, 16-21, 26-24	1:09
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Arjona/Kadjo	20, Q4	Gattelli/Perrotta	19	21-19, 21-23, 20-18	1:04
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 22 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
Series tied with # 23 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arjona/Kadjo	27	Lessard/Maxwell	22	21-18, 21-16	0:37
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool D	Lessard/Maxwell	29	Arjona/Kadjo	20, Q5	14-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:54
Series tied with # 24, Q2 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 2-2
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24, Q2	Arjona/Kadjo	25	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:12
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	Arjona/Kadjo	17	19-21, 23-21, 15-10	1:01
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 # 26, Q10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Arjona/Kadjo	12	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28	21-11, 21-8	0:29
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 29, 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
Lead the series against # Q3 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	12	Nystrom/Nystrom	21	21-13, 21-12	0:28
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 # Q8 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 # Q11 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 1-0
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Contender 4	Arjona/Kadjo	2	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	4	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Ji/Zhang, China 1-0
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Arjona/Kadjo	19	Ji/Zhang	20	24-22, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # Q14 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-1
8/21/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Gold Medal	Arjona/Kadjo	1	Faure/Sarpaux	4	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:05
8/20/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 3	Faure/Sarpaux	4	Arjona/Kadjo	1	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # Q16 Castelli/Gemise Fareau, France 1-0
8/21/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Contender 4	Arjona/Kadjo	1	Castelli/Gemise Fareau	6	21-14, 18-21, 18-16	0:58