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AVP Tour
$125,000 Paul Mitchell Fort Lauderdale Open
April 4 - 6, 2003

(Q12) Barb Birnbaum/Saralyn Smith

Barb Belding Birnbaum

Photo: Kim Goodwin

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1965 (61 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Francisco, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (WPVA Santa Monica 1994)

Career AVP Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$3,867.50

Saralyn Smith

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Key West, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Hartford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)

Career AVP Best:

9th (12 times)

Career Winnings:

$52,742.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	27	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	$2,200.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1994	Stephanie Nelson - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/22-24/2002	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	22	17th	86	$600.00
AVP	8/8-10/2002	Manhattan Beach Open	31	25th	48	$100.00

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,500.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$100.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$2,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Barb Birnbaum												Saralyn Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	0	0	0	0	0	28	37	4	0	$45,437.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$50.00	Manhattan Beach	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$4,080.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,550.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$1,100.00	Total	88	0	0	0	0	0	31	41	6	0	$51,067.50

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	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$700.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$700.00	0	4	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Barb Birnbaum													Saralyn Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	0	$37.50	1994	WPVA
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$150.00	1995	WPVA
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	$0.00	1996	WPVA
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1997	WPVA
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$2,580.00	2000	BVA
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$350.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
41	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	15	6	$3,117.50	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$350.00

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	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	11	91.7%	1-11	8.3%	7-11	38.9%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	10-13	43.5%
2002-2003	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	11	91.7%	1-11	8.3%	7-11	38.9%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	10-13	43.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	0-14	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-8	11.1%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7
Manhattan Beach	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	13

Head to Head Results
Birnbaum/Smith trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-1
8/9/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	Birnbaum/Smith	31	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 14 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 0-1
8/23/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Contender 1	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	12	Birnbaum/Smith	22	21-13, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Hughes/Pagano 0-1
8/9/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Hughes/Pagano	18	Birnbaum/Smith	31	21-17, 21-17	0:41