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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 10 - 14, 2008

(13, Q2) Sara Montagnolli/Kerstin Pichler, 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:

192

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$310,014.91

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:

4th (CEV Under Age Esposende 2001)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$17,889.46

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,551.50
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$818.82
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	1	1	US$20,300.00
Overall	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	3	1	1	US$23,670.32

Previous Blackpool 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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/2008	Qualifier 2	Natalja Bratuhhina / Mari-Liis Graumann, Estonia (Q7)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:41
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (4)	Won 21-23, 21-18, 15-8	0:50
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 2	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (12, Q1)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:45
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 2	Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (15, Q6)	Lost By Forfeit

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
13	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	$18,425.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
167	1	1	3	5	11	27	38	33	0	$273,775.00	Total	43	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$6,000.00	1	6	14.3 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	$12,500.00	7	20	25.9 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$500.00	1999	CEV
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	1999	CEV Under Age
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,050.00	2000	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2002	CEV C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2003	CEV
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2004	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	CEV
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
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00	2006	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	3	0	$31,400.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,225.00	2007	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	$12,750.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$4,750.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$7,150.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00
134	1	3	2	2	6	24	26	26	44	$132,650.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	22	$9,600.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	1	2-2	50.0%
2007-2008	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	1	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	1	2-2	50.0%

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 2-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool J	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Montagnolli/Pichler	10	21-11, 21-11	0:29
7/5/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	22, Q1	Montagnolli/Pichler	Q9	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 4 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Pichler	13, Q2	Kadijk/Mooren	4	21-23, 21-18, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 6 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Jursone/Minusa	23	Montagnolli/Pichler	10	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-3
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	Montagnolli/Pichler	13, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:45
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	Montagnolli/Pichler	20	21-18, 21-17	0:39
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	Montagnolli/Pichler	30, Q7	21-19, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 15, Q6 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 0-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Remmers/Stiekema	15, Q6	Montagnolli/Pichler	13, Q2	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q7 Bratuhhina/Graumann, Estonia 1-0
9/11/08	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Montagnolli/Pichler	13, Q2	Bratuhhina/Graumann	Q7	22-20, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # Q11 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