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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Espinho Challenge
July 14 - 17, 2022

(4) Hegeile Almeida/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Hegeile Almeida dos Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Itapema 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$70,975.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

143

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$605,050.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Talita Antunes)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Talita Antunes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	17	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	7	1	0	US$66,500.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Carolina Horta - 9th
2019	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	16	9th	530	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	6	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	5	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	4	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	Q2	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	13	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	24, Q4	2nd	720	US$16,000.00

Espinho Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool D	Valentyna Davidova / Diana Lunina, Ukraine (21, Q13)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:34
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool D	Megan Kraft / Emily Stockman, United States (9)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 1	Ana Gallay / Fernanda Pereyra, Argentina (5)	Won 21-16, 21-9	0:31
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 2	Andressa Cavalcanti / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (3)	Lost 14-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:52

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	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	$25,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$34,500.00
Total	17	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	8	0	0	$66,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hegeile Almeida												Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,200.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$38,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
21	0	0	0	1	2	9	8	0	0	$38,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	78	6	6	2	5	6	20	19	2	0	$440,650.00
13	0	1	0	2	4	1	5	0	0	$27,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	1	3	2	3	8	17	12	2	0	$123,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
37	0	1	0	3	7	10	14	0	1	$70,975.00	Total	142	9	11	4	8	15	38	34	4	0	$604,650.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	$35,500.00	14	16	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	$51,500.00	20	18	52.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hegeile Almeida													Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00
											2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
											2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$23,750.00
											2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00
											2014	FIVB	11	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	0	$112,375.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00
											2016	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$46,500.00
											2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2018	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$27,500.00
											2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$25,500.00
8	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	$17,750.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	$17,750.00
10	0	1	0	1	3	3	2	0	0	$25,900.00	Total	Total	122	9	10	4	7	14	33	24	3	18	$567,550.00

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	20	55.6%	6	16.7%	10	27.8%	26-10	72.2%	6	23.1%	7	26.9%	13	50.0%	6-20	23.1%	20-13	60.6%	12-17	41.4%	0	0	32-30	51.6%
2021-2022	16	61.5%	5	19.2%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	3	16.7%	5	27.8%	10	55.6%	3-15	16.7%	16-10	61.5%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	24-20	54.5%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	18-4	81.8%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	14-6	70.0%

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	5	5	5	6	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	12	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	8	6	0	1	7	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	19	13
Total	0	0	8	5	14	14	0	1	9	5	1	2	0	2	0	1	32	30

Head to Head Results
Almeida/Lima lead the series against the field 10-3 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	9	Almeida/Lima	16	21-18, 21-7	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 0-1
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/De Souza	3	Almeida/Lima	4	21-14, 16-21, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 5 Gallay/Pereyra, Argentina 1-0
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 1	Almeida/Lima	4	Gallay/Pereyra	5	21-16, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 7 Ittlinger/Schneider, Germany 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Ittlinger/Schneider	16, Q3	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Kraft/Stockman, United States 1-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Kraft/Stockman	9	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 10, Q1 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 1-0
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Almeida/Lima	9	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	33	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 11 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/27/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	5	Hermannova/Stochlova	12	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Murphy/Quiggle, United States 0-1
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool A	Murphy/Quiggle	24, Q13	Almeida/Lima	13	21-19, 14-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 14, Q2 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Helland-Hansen/Olimstad, Norway 1-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool A	Almeida/Lima	16	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	17	21-16, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 21, Q13 Davidova/Lunina, Ukraine 1-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Davidova/Lunina	21, Q13	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Almeida/Lima	24, Q4	Alvarez/Moreno	31	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # Q12 Hasegawa/Sakaguchi, Japan 1-0
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Almeida/Lima	24, Q4	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	13	18-21, 24-22, 15-4	0:55