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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Vodafone Grand Slam
June 24 - 28, 2003

(6) Alexandra Fonseca/Tatiana Minello, 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

Tatiana Minello
Brazil

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Maria

Height:

168 cm (5'6")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Brisbane 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$173,752.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	2	1	US$60,500.00

Previous Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	5	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	4	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool F	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (22)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:41
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool F	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (11)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:35
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool F	Kylie Gerlic / Summer Lochowicz, Australia (27)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:42
Fri, 6/27/2003	Winner 1	Lisa Arce / Rachel Scott, United States (28)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 6/27/2003	Winner 2	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (3)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:33

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$28,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	$60,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexandra Fonseca												Tatiana Minello
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	$23,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	$28,750.00
24	0	0	0	3	6	8	4	1	0	$58,012.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	3	3	4	8	7	2	2	0	$110,002.50
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
34	0	0	0	3	7	12	6	2	0	$84,062.50	Total	42	1	4	3	4	12	8	4	3	0	$173,752.50

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
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	10	4	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	10	4	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexandra Fonseca													Tatiana Minello
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,900.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,250.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,000.00
											2001	FIVB	12	1	2	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	$87,000.00
8	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	$26,262.50	2002	FIVB	11	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	$49,352.50
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,500.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,500.00
16	0	0	0	2	5	6	1	1	1	$44,012.50	Total	Total	32	1	4	3	3	12	5	2	0	2	$153,002.50

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	18	78.3%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	13	65.0%	3-17	15.0%	18-13	58.1%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	23-20	53.5%
2002-2003	18	78.3%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	13	65.0%	3-17	15.0%	18-13	58.1%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	23-20	53.5%
Against the Field	17	77.3%	2	9.1%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	12	66.7%	3-15	16.7%	34-24	58.6%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	22-18	55.0%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	9
Total	0	0	0	0	19	11	0	0	4	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	23	20

Head to Head Results
Fonseca/Minello lead the series against the field 10-4 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	3	Fonseca/Minello	6	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	4	Fonseca/Minello	5	21-10, 18-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Minello	6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Fonseca/Minello	5	Gattelli/Perrotta	12	21-17, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 DeNecochea/Reynolds, United States 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Fonseca/Minello	5	DeNecochea/Reynolds	21, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 18 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	13	Fonseca/Minello	4	23-21, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Fonseca/Minello	4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Minello	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	22	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 23 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Minello	5	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-12, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 25, Q11 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Fonseca/Minello	4	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 27 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Minello	6	Gerlic/Lochowicz	27	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 28 Arce/Scott, United States 1-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fonseca/Minello	6	Arce/Scott	28	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 30 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Fonseca/Minello	5	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	21-13, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # Q34 Maestrini/Richa, Brazil 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Fonseca/Minello	4	Maestrini/Richa	29, Q30	21-13, 21-13	0:37