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US$150,000 BPT Challenge Portugal
July 13 - 16, 2023

(21, Q16) 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
2022	Taiana Lima - 5th	Hegeile Almeida - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q12	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	10	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	10	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	Q5	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	Q5	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	11/10-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	5	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	4	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Challenge Portugal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/13/2023	Qualifier 1	Saki Maruyama / Asami Shiba, Japan (Q17)	Won 21-17, 21-9	0:32
Thu, 7/13/2023	Qualifier 2	Karla Borger / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (Q1)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 7/14/2023	Pool D	Xinyi Xia / Chen Xue, China (4)	Lost 11-21, 26-28	0:42
Fri, 7/14/2023	Pool D	Barbora Hermannova / Marie-Sara Stochlova, Czech Republic (16)	Won 18-21, 25-23, 15-7	0:50
Sat, 7/15/2023	Lucky Loser	Molley McBain / Sarah Pavan, Canada (22, Q18)	Lost 18-21, 21-14, 11-15	0:50

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	9	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	$45,500.00	18	18	50.0 %
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	$5,000.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	7	0	0	$66,500.00	31	29	51.7 %

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
9	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	$22,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	$22,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$2,500.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$2,500.00
17	0	1	0	2	3	4	7	0	0	$33,400.00	Total	Total	129	9	10	4	8	14	34	29	3	18	$575,050.00

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%
2022-2023	18	56.3%	5	15.6%	9	28.1%	23-9	71.9%	3	13.6%	7	31.8%	12	54.5%	3-19	13.6%	18-12	60.0%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	26-28	48.1%
Against the Field	11	61.1%	4	22.2%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2-7	22.2%	22-4	84.6%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	17-10	63.0%

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 17-9 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-2
11/13/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Seixas	2	Almeida/Lima	5	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	1:05
3/19/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Semi-Finals	Salgado/Seixas	2	Almeida/Lima	13	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 4 Xia/Xue, China 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Xia/Xue	4	Almeida/Lima	21, Q16	21-11, 28-26	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 3-0
11/11/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	5	Lopes/Silva	12	21-16, 14-21, 16-14	0:53
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool A	Almeida/Lima	13	Lopes/Silva	12	21-13, 24-22	0:42
11/13/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Semi-Finals	Almeida/Lima	24, Q4	Lopes/Silva	21, Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 11 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
Series tied with # 14, Q3 Placette/Richard, France 1-1
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Placette/Richard	14, Q4	Almeida/Lima	Q5	15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:57
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 0-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Fernandez/Soria	18	Almeida/Lima	10	21-13, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # 16 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 2-0
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	21, Q16	Hermannova/Stochlova	16	18-21, 25-23, 15-7	0:50
5/27/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	5	Hermannova/Stochlova	12	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 18, Q10 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 2-1
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool C	Almeida/Lima	10	Klinger/Klinger	15, Q4	21-14, 21-14	0:32
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool C	Klinger/Klinger	22, Q9	Almeida/Lima	10	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:50
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 1	Almeida/Lima	Q5	Klinger/Klinger	Q12	21-18, 15-21, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against # 19, Q11 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 # 20, Q12 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 1-0
11/12/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Winner 1	Almeida/Lima	5	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	21-12, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 22, Q18 McBain/Pavan, Canada 0-1
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Lucky Loser	McBain/Pavan	22, Q18	Almeida/Lima	21, Q16	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # Q1 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 1-1
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 2	Almeida/Lima	21, Q16	Borger/Ittlinger	Q1	21-14, 21-16	0:36
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 2	Borger/Ittlinger	16, Q4	Almeida/Lima	Q5	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q14 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
Lead the series against # Q17 Maruyama/Shiba, Japan 1-0
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 1	Almeida/Lima	21, Q16	Maruyama/Shiba	Q17	21-17, 21-9	0:32