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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(16) Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada

Marie-Andrée Lessard
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 6, 1977 (46 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 (43 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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Annie Martin - 41st	Marie-Andree Lessard - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	18	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	15, Q4	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	14	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	26	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	22, Q3	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool I

Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (40)

Lost 15-21, 14-21

0:29

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	9	4	3	0.111	0	4	2	4
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	1	2
	2	6	3	2	0.167	0	3	1	2
Annie Martin	Total	33	14	5	0.273	0	6	2	1
	1	16	7	4	0.188	0	3	0	1
	2	17	7	1	0.353	0	3	2	0

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool I

Vivian Cunha / Taiana Lima, Brazil (9)

Lost 16-21, 10-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	19	8	2	0.316	0	11	0	2
	1	15	6	1	0.333	0	9	0	2
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	0	0
Annie Martin	Total	34	11	2	0.265	1	6	0	3
	1	14	5	2	0.214	0	3	0	2
	2	20	6	0	0.300	1	3	0	1

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool I

Rieke Brink-Abeler / Angelina Grun, Germany (33)

Lost 21-18, 12-21, 12-15

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	37	14	10	0.108	0	5	2	3
	1	16	7	4	0.188	0	4	1	1
	2	13	3	6	-0.231	0	1	1	1
	3	8	4	0	0.500	0	0	0	1
Annie Martin	Total	28	16	3	0.464	0	11	0	6
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	3	0	3
	3	10	4	2	0.200	0	4	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	65	26	15	0.169	0	20	4	9
Annie Martin	95	41	10	0.326	1	23	2	10
Total	160	67	25	0.263	1	43	6	19
Opponents	145	83	13	0.483	5	60	10	13

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Nancy Gougeon - 17th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Guylaine Dumont - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Sarah Maxwell - 17th	Marie-Christine Pruneau - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sarah Maxwell - 37th	Dana Cooke - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Annie Martin - 17th	Marie-Andree Lessard - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	28	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	16	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Lessard/Martin trail the series against the field 17-34 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 17 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Lessard/Martin	16	21-12, 21-12	0:32
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Lessard/Martin	16	21-17, 21-16	0:38
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 # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Lessard/Martin	15	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-3
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Lessard/Martin	20	21-11, 21-14	0:37
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Lessard/Martin	16	21-17, 21-14	0:42
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 # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-3
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	Lessard/Martin	20	21-18, 21-13	0:38
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	Lessard/Martin	22, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:43
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:48
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Lessard/Martin	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 8 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	3	Lessard/Martin	14	21-17, 21-16	0:37
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Lessard/Martin	22, Q3	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 0-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Cunha/Lima	9	Lessard/Martin	16	21-16, 21-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Salgado/Salgado	8	Lessard/Martin	14	21-18, 21-16	0:42
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
Trail the series against # 11 Akers/Branagh, United States 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	7	Lessard/Martin	18	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Lessard/Martin	15, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-4
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Gioria/Momoli	27	Lessard/Martin	22, Q3	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:52
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gioria/Momoli	27, Q1	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	21-18, 20-22, 15-10	0:50
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 # 17 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-1
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:41
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 3	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	21-18, 21-19	0:41
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Series tied with # 18 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	15, Q2	Lessard/Martin	18	21-11, 21-15	0:37
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	22	Bawden/Palmer	43, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Lessard/Martin	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/28/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kolocova/Slukova	32, Q28	Lessard/Martin	Q5	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Series tied with # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	14-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:51
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 # 22 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	26	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	17	31-29, 21-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Baquerizo/Fernandez	23, Q7	Lessard/Martin	26	22-20, 20-22, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Lessard/Martin	26	Hansel/Montagnolli	7	21-14, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 3-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	24, Q4	Lessard/Martin	15	21-13, 21-17	0:34
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Lessard/Martin	18	Martins/Santanna	17	14-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:47
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Lessard/Martin	14	Martins/Santanna	12	33-31, 21-16	0:49
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Lessard/Martin	21	Martins/Santanna	5	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 31 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
Series tied with # 33 Brink-Abeler/Grun, Germany 1-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Brink-Abeler/Grun	33	Lessard/Martin	16	18-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:42
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Lessard/Martin	20	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 36 Boulton/Johns, England 0-1
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Boulton/Johns	31, Q13	Lessard/Martin	Q4	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 37 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 0-1
5/17/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	31, Q31	Lessard/Martin	Q2	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:55
Series tied with # 40 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Holtwick/Semmler	40	Lessard/Martin	16	21-15, 21-14	0:29
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Lessard/Martin	15	Holtwick/Semmler	31	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 41 Dampney/Mullin, England 2-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	14	Dampney/Mullin	19, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:37
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Lessard/Martin	28	Dampney/Mullin	45	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 44 Novakova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/27/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Novakova/Tobiasova	30, Q20	Lessard/Martin	Q4	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 45 Maaseide/Torlen, Norway 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Lessard/Martin	18	Maaseide/Torlen	31, Q14	21-12, 21-16	0:30