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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open
June 5 - 10, 2007

(17) Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria

Sara Montagnolli
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1978 (46 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 Warsaw Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Sabine Swoboda - 25th	Sara Montagnolli - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	17	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	13	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	10	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	28, Q5	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	28, Q8	25th	80	US$3,400.00

Warsaw Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/7/2007	Winner 1	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (16)	Lost 16-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:55
Thu, 6/7/2007	Contender 1	Ester Alcon / Olga Matveeva, Spain (32, Q36)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 14-16	0:56

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 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	1	$36,950.00	18	14	56.3 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$9,500.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	9	9	3	$108,950.00	46	56	45.1 %
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
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
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	1	$19,475.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	$18,475.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,750.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,750.00
83	1	0	2	1	3	10	10	17	39	$71,625.00	Total	Total	67	1	0	2	1	3	7	11	14	28	$64,925.00

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	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%
2006-2007	24	55.8%	8	18.6%	11	25.6%	32-11	74.4%	4	11.4%	10	28.6%	21	60.0%	4-31	11.4%	24-21	53.3%	12-21	36.4%	1	1	37-43	46.3%
Against the Field	22	59.5%	6	16.2%	9	24.3%	28-9	75.7%	2	4.1%	14	28.6%	33	67.3%	2-47	4.1%	44-66	40.0%	16-46	25.8%	0	0	30-56	34.9%

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 17-32 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q5	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-3
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	21-10, 21-23, 16-14	0:52
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:43
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 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	5	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q8	21-11, 21-11	0:38
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 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-3
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	14	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	14-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:53
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	21-12, 21-15	0:41
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	12	21-19, 21-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	18-21, 21-15, 15-6	0:47
Trail the series against # 13 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-4
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	20	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	22-20, 21-19	0:42
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
Trail the series against # 14 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 2-3
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	12	Kadijk/Mooren	21	21-16, 21-14	0:41
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	8	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25, Q1	21-11, 21-19	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 15 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:56
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 16 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Faure/Sarpaux	16	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:55
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 # 18, Q5 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q7	25-23, 21-16	0:47
Series tied with # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-2
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-13, 12-21, 15-8	0:49
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:58
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
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 23, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 24 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q8	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q25	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-1
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q8	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:47
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 # 32, Q36 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # Q4 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
Trail the series against # Q14 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 # Q15 Skrivan/Zumkehr, Switzerland 3-1
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	Skrivan/Zumkehr	29	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Contender 2	Skrivan/Zumkehr	9	Montagnolli/Swoboda	3	21-8, 21-14	0:31
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q4	Skrivan/Zumkehr	Q29	21-18, 21-15	0:37
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	Skrivan/Zumkehr	31	21-14, 21-19	0:29