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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Alice Italian Open
September 1 - 5, 2004

(15) Alexandra Fonseca/Monica Rodrigues, Brazil

Alexandra Fonseca Da Silva
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$84,062.50

Mônica Rodrigues
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 20, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$416,033.75

Awards

Tour Champion 1994 (with Adriana Samuel)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	2	4	0	4	2	4	1	3	US$91,625.00

Previous Milan Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Tatiana Minello - 9th	Leila Barros - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	20	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	22	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	17	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	16	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/3/2004	Winner 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (18)	Lost 21-16, 21-23, 12-15	1:02
Fri, 9/3/2004	Contender 1	Miwa Asao / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (31, Q11)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:30
Fri, 9/3/2004	Contender 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece (16)	Won 15-21, 25-23, 16-14	1:04
Sat, 9/4/2004	Contender 3	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (26, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$18,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	2	4	1	0	$73,025.00
Total	20	0	0	0	2	4	0	4	2	4	1	0	$91,625.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexandra Fonseca												Monica Rodrigues
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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	$23,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$22,425.00
24	0	0	0	3	6	8	4	1	0	$58,012.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	71	6	9	6	7	21	9	10	1	0	$298,668.75
											Goodwill Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
34	0	0	0	3	7	12	6	2	0	$84,062.50	Total	87	6	11	6	7	24	13	11	1	0	$334,593.75

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	8	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$52,525.00	36	14	72.0 %
2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	3	$25,600.00	9	16	36.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	2	3	0	4	2	3	0	3	$78,125.00	45	30	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexandra Fonseca													Monica Rodrigues
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1993	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,875.00
											1994	FIVB	6	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
											1995	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	$17,531.25
											1996	FIVB	10	1	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$79,025.00
											1997	FIVB	9	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$63,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	$38,850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,250.00	1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$4,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2000	FIVB	11	1	0	2	0	5	1	2	0	0	$48,500.00
8	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	$26,262.50	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	$26,262.50
10	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	0	$30,250.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	5	$11,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	$12,800.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	$12,800.00
32	0	0	0	3	5	12	6	2	4	$75,562.50	Total	Total	86	6	11	6	7	23	13	11	1	8	$330,093.75

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	36	81.8%	4	9.1%	4	9.1%	40-4	90.9%	8	22.2%	3	8.3%	25	69.4%	8-28	22.2%	36-25	59.0%	12-7	63.2%	1	0	49-32	60.5%
2003-2004	8	61.5%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	3	16.7%	0	0.0%	15	83.3%	3-15	16.7%	8-15	34.8%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	13-18	41.9%
Against the Field	16	76.2%	2	9.5%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	5	27.8%	3	16.7%	10	55.6%	5-13	27.8%	32-18	64.0%	14-12	53.8%	1	0	24-15	61.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	2	9	0	15	3	0	0	12	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	42	25
Total	1	4	9	0	20	4	0	0	14	13	0	2	0	2	0	0	49	32

Head to Head Results
Fonseca/Rodrigues lead the series against the field 22-15 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	17	21-15, 21-12	0:35
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	3	Fonseca/Rodrigues	12	21-12, 21-14	0:32
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Fonseca/Rodrigues	7, Q1	20-22, 23-21, 16-14	1:03
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Country Quota	Felisberta/Maestrini	Q9	Fonseca/Rodrigues		21-17, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 3 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	5	Fonseca/Rodrigues	20	21-17, 21-13	0:35
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	30	21-19, 21-11	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	7, Q1	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	21-17, 21-0 Retired	0:39
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	8, Q2	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	21-18, 21-13	0:38
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Fonseca/Rodrigues	29, Q36	Gattelli/Perrotta	5	23-25, 32-30, 15-9	1:02
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Bede/Ribeiro	24, Q1	Fonseca/Rodrigues		19-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	11	Fonseca/Rodrigues	22	21-19, 21-16	0:40
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Fonseca/Rodrigues	17	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Leenstra	10	Fonseca/Rodrigues	16	21-17, 21-13	0:37
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Kadijk/Leenstra	18	Fonseca/Rodrigues	8, Q2	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 10 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-2
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	16	Fonseca/Rodrigues	20	25-23, 21-13	0:38
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:58
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6, Q3	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	22-20, 21-15	0:40
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	29, Q36	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	21-12, 21-15	0:26
Lead the series against # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
9/4/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Fonseca/Rodrigues	7, Q1	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q32	21-13, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 13 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 3-0
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	6	21-17, 21-16	0:37
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Fonseca/Rodrigues	7, Q1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	21-19, 21-18	0:44
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Fonseca/Rodrigues	29, Q36	Karadassiou/Sfyri	4	21-17, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	21-19, 21-16	0:39
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	21-17, 24-22	0:44
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Fonseca/Rodrigues	29, Q36	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	25-27, 21-17, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 16 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 2-0
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Fonseca/Rodrigues	15	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	16	15-21, 25-23, 16-14	1:04
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	22	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	6	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Garcia/Gaxiola	30	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:54
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6, Q3	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q1	16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:42
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Fonseca/Rodrigues	29, Q36	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-11, 21-16	0:29
Series tied with # 18 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	18	Fonseca/Rodrigues	15	16-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:02
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	20	Hakedal/Torlen	13	20-22, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 19 Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fonseca/Rodrigues	20	Keizer/Mooren	29, Q12	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	16	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q14	21-12, 17-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 26, Q2 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
9/4/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q2	Fonseca/Rodrigues	15	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Fonseca/Rodrigues	8, Q2	Ikauniece/Minusa	25, Q11	21-18, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Asao/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	15	Asao/Tanaka	31, Q11	21-14, 21-11	0:30