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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 KIA Open presented by Banco do Brazil
September 15 - 20, 2008

(18) Sara Montagnolli/Kerstin Pichler, 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

Kerstin Eva-Maria Pichler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wolfsberg

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Vaduz 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$15,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	1	1	US$20,300.00

Previous Guarujá Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	10	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Guarajà Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 1	Muriel Graessli / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (15)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:31
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 2	Magdalena Jirak / Cornelia Rimser, Austria (17)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:38
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 3	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (9)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:36

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$14,300.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	$20,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sara Montagnolli												Kerstin Pichler
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
49	0	0	0	3	4	4	12	15	0	$124,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	$8,250.00
89	0	0	1	1	4	17	20	16	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$7,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$600.00	Challenger
7	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	$3,425.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
154	1	0	3	5	9	24	33	32	0	$255,350.00	Total	42	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	7	0	$15,650.00

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
2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$4,500.00	4	12	25.0 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$9,900.00	2	8	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$16,400.00	8	22	26.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sara Montagnolli													Kerstin Pichler
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
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2001	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	$7,500.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S
16	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	2	$27,000.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,825.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	1	$19,475.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	3	0	$31,400.00	2007	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	3	$14,700.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,700.00
105	1	0	2	1	4	15	17	23	42	$112,975.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	20	$10,200.00

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	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	1	4.5%	2	9.1%	19	86.4%	1-21	4.5%	7-19	26.9%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	10-24	29.4%
2007-2008	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	3-7	30.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	4-10	28.6%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	2-8	20.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%

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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	17
Total	0	0	6	7	0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	24

Head to Head Results
Montagnolli/Pichler trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Montagnolli/Pichler	18	21-19, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	13	Montagnolli/Pichler	20	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 0-1
9/3/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Lubetz/Sude	30, Q15	Montagnolli/Pichler	Q2	21-19, 21-23, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against # 15 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	15	Montagnolli/Pichler	18	21-18, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 Jirak/Rimser, Austria 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Pichler	18	Jirak/Rimser	17	21-18, 21-15	0:38