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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Open
May 24 - 28, 2006

(24) Marie-Andree Lessard/Sarah Maxwell, Canada

Marie-Andrée Lessard
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 6, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bolton-Est, QC

Height:

167 cm (5'6")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

142

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Dubai 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$150,270.00

Sarah Dawn Maxwell
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 30, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baie D'urfe, QC

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Montréal 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$77,895.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	74	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	15	16	18	1	16	US$136,650.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,600.00
Overall	76	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	15	16	18	1	16	US$143,250.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Sarah Maxwell - 25th	Marie-Andree Lessard - 25th
2005	Sarah Maxwell - 25th	Marie-Andree Lessard - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	23	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	16	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	10/11-15/2005	Argentina Satellite	1	2nd	18	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	7	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	22	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	22	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	19	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	22, Q3	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	37	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	27, Q6	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	30, Q5	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	Q3	33rd	20	US$0.00

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/25/2006	Winner 1	Ying Zhang / Man Zuo, China (9, Q15)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 15-17	0:56
Thu, 5/25/2006	Contender 1	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (8)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:34

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,900.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$28,950.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	12	12	0	$96,800.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,100.00
Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	76	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	15	16	0	$143,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marie-Andree Lessard												Sarah Maxwell
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	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$12,025.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,450.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	8	0	$41,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	$15,975.00
88	0	0	0	0	2	16	21	18	0	$93,320.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	59	0	0	0	0	1	6	14	14	0	$52,570.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,150.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
142	1	1	0	0	2	20	31	26	0	$150,270.00	Total	87	1	1	0	0	2	7	18	18	0	$77,895.00

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
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$10,000.00	12	16	42.9 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$11,250.00	10	15	40.0 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,100.00	5	0	100.0 %
2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	4	1	$53,800.00	23	25	47.9 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	11	15	$80,050.00	46	61	43.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00	9	1	90.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marie-Andree Lessard													Sarah Maxwell
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,000.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	3	$9,875.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	$6,995.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	$5,670.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$5,625.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$5,625.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	4	1	$26,900.00	2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	4	1	$26,900.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
61	1	1	0	0	1	6	12	16	24	$59,695.00	Total	Total	50	1	1	0	0	2	4	9	13	20	$49,595.00

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	54	62.8%	13	15.1%	19	22.1%	67-19	77.9%	18	15.1%	10	8.4%	91	76.5%	18-101	15.1%	54-91	37.2%	31-29	51.7%	0	0	85-120	41.5%
2005-2006	20	57.1%	7	20.0%	8	22.9%	27-8	77.1%	8	16.3%	3	6.1%	38	77.6%	8-41	16.3%	20-38	34.5%	15-11	57.7%	0	0	35-49	41.7%
Against the Field	12	46.2%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	8	14.0%	4	7.0%	45	78.9%	8-49	14.0%	24-90	21.1%	28-24	53.8%	0	0	26-57	31.3%

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	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	15	15	1	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	31
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	34	21	2	7	0	0	14	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	84
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	1	0	49	36	3	15	0	0	22	35	2	0	0	0	1	1	94	121

Head to Head Results
Lessard/Maxwell trail the series against the field 16-25 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	2	Lessard/Maxwell	7	21-16, 21-18	0:47
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	1	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q13	25-27, 21-13, 15-8	0:55
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	1	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q14	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-3
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Lessard/Maxwell	7	22-20, 21-11	0:44
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Lessard/Maxwell	22	21-14, 21-14	0:37
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	13, Q1	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q5	21-14, 21-12	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Lessard/Maxwell	30, Q5	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-3
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Lessard/Maxwell	24	21-17, 21-15	0:34
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	6	Lessard/Maxwell	19	21-14, 21-11	0:33
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Lessard/Maxwell	37	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 9, Q15 Zhang/Zuo, China 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	Lessard/Maxwell	24	22-20, 19-21, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against # 10 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Cook/Sanderson	17	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q3	Lessard/Maxwell	Q14	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Lessard/Maxwell	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	18-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:02
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Maxwell	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/24/04	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Lessard/Maxwell	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	21-16, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Maxwell	22, Q3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:05
Lead the series against # 16 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Lessard/Maxwell	7	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28	29-27, 21-18	0:51
Trail the series against # 17 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Lessard/Maxwell	27, Q7	21-18, 29-27	0:50
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	Lessard/Maxwell	31, Q9	21-17, 21-14	0:30
Trail the series against # 18 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	11	Lessard/Maxwell	22	21-15, 21-16	0:36
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	11	Lessard/Maxwell	27, Q7	21-18, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 19 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-3
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Lessard/Maxwell	16	21-17, 21-12	0:37
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q4	21-15, 18-21, 19-17	0:56
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q10	17-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:48
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	Lessard/Maxwell	31, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 20 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-2
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	4	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q5	21-12, 17-21, 15-13	0:48
7/25/04	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Semi-Finals	Lessard/Maxwell	7	Gattelli/Perrotta	1	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	1:00
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	27, Q3	Lessard/Maxwell	Q19	21-19, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Lessard/Maxwell	19	Kusuhara/Urata	20	29-27, 17-21, 16-14	1:11
Trail the series against # Q1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	3	Lessard/Maxwell	19	22-24, 21-13, 15-13	1:03
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Barros/Connelly	17, Q1	Lessard/Maxwell	30, Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 Gerlic/Kloeden, Australia 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Lessard/Maxwell	30, Q5	Gerlic/Kloeden	19	16-21, 21-8, 17-15	0:56
Series tied with # Q7 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 1-1
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 1	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	20, Q3	Lessard/Maxwell	13	21-12, 15-21, 15-9	0:52
7/24/04	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Lessard/Maxwell	7	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	10	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q10 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/27/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q14	Glesnes/Maaseide	Q3	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # Q12 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 2-0
10/15/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Semi-Finals	Lessard/Maxwell	1	Campisi/Lozano	4	21-10, 21-17	0:35
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Lessard/Maxwell	37	Campisi/Lozano	39	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # Q13 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
9/2/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Lessard/Maxwell	25, Q1	Baburina/Osheyko	Q16	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q23 Boileau/Mondor, Canada 1-0
10/14/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Winner 3	Lessard/Maxwell	1	Boileau/Mondor	5	21-18, 21-9	0:36
Lead the series against # Q24 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Lessard/Maxwell	27, Q6	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker	Q38	21-17, 21-19	0:36