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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Acapulco Open
October 26 - 30, 2005

(24, Q2) 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 Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Acapulco Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/26/2005	Qualifier 2	Denise Johns / Monique Oliver, England (Q18)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:50
Thu, 10/27/2005	Winner 1	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (9)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:58
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 1	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (25)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:12
Fri, 10/28/2005	Contender 2	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (23)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:44

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	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	5	2	$51,000.00	19	29	39.6 %
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	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	5	2	$59,500.00	24	33	42.1 %
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
15	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	5	2	$25,500.00	2005	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	5	2	$25,500.00
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
70	1	0	2	1	2	7	7	12	38	$45,900.00	Total	Total	55	1	0	2	1	2	4	8	10	27	$40,200.00

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	18	60.0%	5	16.7%	7	23.3%	23-7	76.7%	5	10.4%	11	22.9%	32	66.7%	5-43	10.4%	36-60	37.5%	20-36	35.7%	1	1	29-49	37.2%

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 15-21 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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 # 4 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-12, 21-18	0:36
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 # 7 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-2
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	24-22, 21-11	0:44
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Kadijk/Mooren	12	21-14, 21-19	0:40
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-13, 21-11	0:32
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 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-2
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	9	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24, Q2	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 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 # 18 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 0-1
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 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
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 # 23 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-1
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Lessard/Maxwell	23	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24, Q2	21-19, 21-16	0:44
10/15/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Gold Medal	Montagnolli/Swoboda	2	Lessard/Maxwell	1	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q2	Lessard/Maxwell	25, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 25 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 # 26, Q10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 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 # Q3 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 # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q12 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Montagnolli/Swoboda	3	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q14 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
Lead the series against # Q18 Johns/Oliver, England 2-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24, Q2	Johns/Oliver	Q18	21-18, 21-19	0:50
10/13/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	2	Johns/Oliver	7	21-17, 21-14	0:32