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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Grand Slam Moscow 2009 presented by SEAT
July 13 - 18, 2009

(18, Q3) Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, 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

Annie Martin
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lachine

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Eboli 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Stavanger 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$141,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	44	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	5	9	1	5	12	1	4	US$124,550.00

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Sarah Maxwell - 33rd	Dana Cooke - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	26, Q4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	28	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	18	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	17	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/5-11/2008	Dubai Open	21	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	21	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/14/2009	Qualifier 2	Svetlana Popova / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (10, Q19)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:34
Wed, 7/15/2009	Pool B	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (15, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 12-15	0:57
Wed, 7/15/2009	Pool B	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (2)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:35
Thu, 7/16/2009	Pool B	Hiromi Suzuki / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (31, Q24)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:58
Thu, 7/16/2009	Winner 1	Chen Xue / Ying Zhang, China (14)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:58
Fri, 7/17/2009	Winner 2	Vanilda Leao / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (5)	Lost 13-21, 21-19, 9-15	0:49

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	2	0	$50,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	4	3	0	$63,850.00
Total	44	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	5	10	5	0	$124,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marie-Andree Lessard												Annie Martin
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$12,025.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,575.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	8	0	$41,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	5	0	$47,425.00
88	0	0	0	0	2	16	21	18	0	$93,320.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	1	2	14	9	20	0	$77,800.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00	Challenger
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
142	1	1	0	0	2	20	31	26	0	$150,270.00	Total	113	1	0	0	1	3	20	20	25	0	$141,800.00

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
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$19,000.00	8	8	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$27,800.00	8	14	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	1	$46,800.00	16	22	42.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marie-Andree Lessard													Annie Martin
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	$6,995.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,000.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	5	$13,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$5,625.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	$23,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00	2004	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	4	1	$26,900.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$9,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2005	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	4	$14,450.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	$4,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	7	$13,950.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	4	$18,400.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	9	$10,400.00	2008	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	4	$18,300.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$13,900.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$13,900.00
108	1	1	0	0	2	12	25	22	45	$111,395.00	Total	Total	79	1	0	0	1	3	12	14	21	27	$102,925.00

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	39	65.0%	7	11.7%	14	23.3%	46-14	76.7%	12	15.4%	16	20.5%	50	64.1%	12-66	15.4%	39-50	43.8%	19-30	38.8%	0	0	58-80	42.0%
2008-2009	16	64.0%	3	12.0%	6	24.0%	19-6	76.0%	5	16.1%	7	22.6%	19	61.3%	5-26	16.1%	16-19	45.7%	8-13	38.1%	0	0	24-32	42.9%
Against the Field	15	57.7%	3	11.5%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	6	14.0%	7	16.3%	30	69.8%	6-37	14.0%	30-60	33.3%	18-30	37.5%	0	0	24-45	34.8%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	15	13	9	15	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	35
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	36
Total	0	0	19	17	10	23	0	0	14	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	80

Head to Head Results
Lessard/Martin trail the series against the field 9-17 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Lessard/Martin	26, Q4	21-8, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 5 Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Leao/Ribeiro	5	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	21-13, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 6 Akers/Turner, United States 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	6	Lessard/Martin	28	18-21, 24-22, 17-15	1:01
Trail the series against # 9 Barsuk/Boyko, Russia 0-1
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Barsuk/Boyko	30, Q8	Lessard/Martin	19	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 10, Q19 Popova/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Popova/Uryadova	10, Q19	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	21-13, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Lessard/Martin	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 14 Xue/Zhang, China 1-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	Xue/Zhang	14	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:58
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	17	Lessard/Martin	18	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 15, Q2 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-2
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gioria/Momoli	15, Q2	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	16	Lessard/Martin	17	22-20, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Huang/Zhang, China 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	18	Huang/Zhang	15	21-19, 17-21, 20-18	1:01
Trail the series against # 17 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 0-1
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	5	Lessard/Martin	18	21-13, 29-27	0:48
Trail the series against # 22 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Banck/Gunther	21	Lessard/Martin	28	16-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:05
Trail the series against # 24 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	Lessard/Martin	21	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 28 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-2
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	23	Lessard/Martin	26, Q4	36-38, 21-18, 15-11	1:30
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	18	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	15	21-19, 24-22	0:48
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	14	Lessard/Martin	19	21-15, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 29, Q4 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	Lessard/Martin	17	25-23, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
Lead the series against # 31, Q24 Suzuki/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	Suzuki/Tanaka	31, Q24	18-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:58
Series tied with Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Lessard/Martin	26, Q4	Salgado/Salgado	7	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	2	Lessard/Martin	18	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # Q1 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Lessard/Martin	21	Martins/Santanna	5	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # Q11 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-0
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lessard/Martin	26, Q4	Blundell/Harrison	Q13	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q12 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Lessard/Martin	28	Dampney/Mullin	45	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q20 Bawden/Rohkamper, Australia 1-0
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lessard/Martin	26, Q4	Bawden/Rohkamper	Q29	21-19, 21-16	0:41