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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South African Open
November 16 - 20, 2005

(17) Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria

Sara Montagnolli
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Innsbruck

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Marseille 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$255,350.00

Sabine Swoboda
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$107,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	47	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	5	15	14	4	1	US$181,750.00
FIVB C&S	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,650.00
Overall	53	1	0	2	1	2	2	6	5	15	14	4	1	US$188,400.00

Previous Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	24, Q2	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	22	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	10/11-15/2005	Argentina Satellite	2	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	16	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	21	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	25	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	2	3rd	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2005	Switzerland Satellite	3	9th	10	US$450.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	9	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	26, Q4	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q3	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	18	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	21	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	24	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	18, Q3	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	21	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	22	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	22	25th	40	US$2,000.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool A	Tatiana Barrera / Eva Hamzaoui, France (16)	Lost 23-21, 15-21, 12-15	0:58
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool A	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:41
Fri, 11/18/2005	Pool A	Patricia Barrio Cendoya / Amparo Hopf, Spain (32, Q9)	Won 21-9, 21-16	0:29
Fri, 11/18/2005	Winner 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (11)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:45

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	$10,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	5	0	$73,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	11	9	0	$97,300.00
Satellite	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$6,650.00
Total	53	1	0	2	1	2	2	6	5	15	14	0	$188,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sara Montagnolli												Sabine Swoboda
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,975.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,750.00
49	0	0	0	3	4	4	12	15	0	$124,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	0	$40,225.00
89	0	0	1	1	4	17	20	16	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	57	0	0	0	0	1	9	12	14	0	$56,625.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$600.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
7	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	$3,425.00	Satellite	6	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	$3,325.00
154	1	0	3	5	9	24	33	32	0	$255,350.00	Total	94	1	0	2	1	4	12	17	22	0	$107,075.00

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	8	5	61.5 %
2005	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	5	2	$54,000.00	20	32	38.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,650.00	10	2	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	7	5	2	$62,500.00	25	36	41.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$6,650.00	18	7	72.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sara Montagnolli													Sabine Swoboda
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	1999	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	$3,250.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$2,475.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	$7,500.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	$5,875.00
3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	2	$27,000.00	2005	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	2	$27,000.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,825.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,825.00
71	1	0	2	1	2	7	8	12	38	$47,400.00	Total	Total	56	1	0	2	1	2	4	9	10	27	$41,700.00

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	49	59.0%	13	15.7%	21	25.3%	62-21	74.7%	9	11.0%	19	23.2%	54	65.9%	9-73	11.0%	49-54	47.6%	22-40	35.5%	1	1	72-95	43.1%
2004-2005	17	63.0%	3	11.1%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	5	14.7%	8	23.5%	21	61.8%	5-29	14.7%	17-21	44.7%	8-15	34.8%	0	0	25-36	41.0%
Against the Field	15	57.7%	3	11.5%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	4	9.3%	12	27.9%	27	62.8%	4-39	9.3%	30-50	37.5%	14-40	25.9%	1	1	23-46	33.3%

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	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	3	12	12	0	0	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	2	1	2	0	0	8	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	61
Satellite	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	18	7
Total	0	0	22	5	15	15	0	0	24	44	1	2	2	1	1	0	90	102

Head to Head Results
Montagnolli/Swoboda trail the series against the field 10-23 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Barros/Connelly	7	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q4	21-15, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-3
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Keizer/Leenstra	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-9, 23-21	0:24
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Keizer/Leenstra	12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Keizer/Leenstra	16	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	22	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against # 9 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-19, 21-17	0:45
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-1
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	23-21, 20-22, 16-14	1:04
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	9	23-21, 23-25, 15-13	1:10
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	16-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 0-1
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Urata	18	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-19, 25-23	0:46
Trail the series against # 16 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 0-2
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Barrera/Hamzaoui	16	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-23, 21-15, 15-12	0:58
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Barrera/Hamzaoui	10	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q4	20-22, 25-23, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 19 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-3
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 2	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	21-18, 24-22	0:43
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	24, Q18	Montagnolli/Swoboda	9	27-25, 15-21, 16-14	0:58
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Moiseeva/Uryadova	32, Q40	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-19, 20-22, 15-11	0:57
Series tied with # 20 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
10/14/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Winner 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	3	19-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:45
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	0:55
Series tied with # 21 Arjona/Kadjo, France 2-2
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24, Q2	Arjona/Kadjo	25	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:12
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	Arjona/Kadjo	17	19-21, 23-21, 15-10	1:01
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	15	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18	21-15, 21-14	0:36
9/4/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Arjona/Kadjo	6	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q2	20-22, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	Claasen/Roder	Q14	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Series tied with # 26, Q2 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q5	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-16, 21-11	0:33
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q4	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q13	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	Faure/Sarpaux	16, Q4	21-17, 28-26	0:49
Trail the series against # 29, Q5 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-2
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Contender 3	Baburina/Osheyko	12, Q4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	3, Q1	21-19, 21-13	0:32
8/22/04	FIVB C&S	Corsica Satellite	Bronze Medal	Baburina/Osheyko	10	Montagnolli/Swoboda	1	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Barrio Cendoya/Hopf, Spain 1-0
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	Barrio Cendoya/Hopf	32, Q9	21-9, 21-16	0:29