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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 1 - 5, 2006

(26, Q2) Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France

Morgane Faure
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 17, 1984 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Tronche

Height:

174 cm (5'8")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Phuket 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$80,475.00

Virginie Sarpaux
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mulhouse

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Phuket 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$92,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	48	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	21	12	3	3	1	US$153,150.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,750.00
Overall	51	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	6	21	12	3	3	1	US$155,900.00

Previous Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	26, Q4	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	27, Q5	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	26, Q2	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	31, Q13	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	30	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	29, Q10	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q13	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	24, Q12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	26, Q11	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	28, Q4	25th	40	US$2,000.00

Thailand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/1/2006	Qualifier 2	Yelena Alenkina / Marina Storozhenko, Kazakhstan (Q15)	Won 21-23, 21-15, 15-8	0:53
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 1	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (7)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:59
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 2	Giulia Momoli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (23)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 15-9	1:02
Fri, 11/3/2006	Winner 3	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (2)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:40
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 4	Chiaki Kusuhara / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (19, Q5)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:43
Sat, 11/4/2006	Contender 5	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (10)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 15-11	1:06
Sat, 11/4/2006	Contender 6	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (4)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:49

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	$54,450.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	14	5	0	$91,700.00
Satellite	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
Total	51	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	6	21	12	0	$155,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Morgane Faure												Virginie Sarpaux
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	$29,225.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	$29,225.00
35	0	0	0	0	1	7	14	5	0	$45,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	0	0	0	2	8	16	5	0	$54,750.00
5	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Satellite	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,375.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
61	0	1	0	1	2	11	22	12	0	$80,475.00	Total	59	0	1	0	1	2	9	25	12	0	$92,350.00

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
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	$14,250.00	6	13	31.6 %
2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	9	6	60.0 %
2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	5	2	$36,200.00	23	23	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	6	6	$50,450.00	29	36	44.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	9	6	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Morgane Faure													Virginie Sarpaux
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	2004	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	$7,125.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	$7,125.00
3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,375.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,375.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	2	$18,100.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	2	$18,100.00
31	0	1	0	1	2	5	6	6	10	$27,125.00	Total	Total	24	0	1	0	1	1	2	6	6	7	$26,600.00

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	41	57.7%	11	15.5%	19	26.8%	52-19	73.2%	14	15.1%	10	10.8%	69	74.2%	14-79	15.1%	41-69	37.3%	25-29	46.3%	0	1	66-99	40.0%
2005-2006	16	69.6%	3	13.0%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	10	24.4%	2	4.9%	29	70.7%	10-31	24.4%	16-29	35.6%	13-6	68.4%	0	1	29-36	44.6%
Against the Field	12	40.0%	8	26.7%	10	33.3%	20-10	66.7%	7	19.4%	1	2.8%	28	77.8%	7-29	19.4%	24-56	30.0%	30-22	57.7%	0	0	27-39	40.9%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	1	7	26	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	36
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	6	0	3	0	0	13	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	61
Satellite	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	9	6
Total	0	0	25	7	9	30	0	0	16	36	1	1	0	1	0	1	75	105

Head to Head Results
Faure/Sarpaux trail the series against the field 15-17 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 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 0-2
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Faure/Sarpaux	31, Q13	21-14, 21-13	0:29
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Faure/Sarpaux	32	21-12, 21-9	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	2	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Series tied with # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
11/4/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 6	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:49
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Faure/Sarpaux	32	Hakedal/Torlen	17	21-12, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-2
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q4	21-19, 21-12	0:46
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	21-11, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Glesnes/Maaseide	7	21-19, 21-19	0:59
Trail the series against # 8 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	8	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
11/4/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 5	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	10	21-18, 20-22, 15-11	1:06
Trail the series against # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	21	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	16-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 12 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-3
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q11	21-12, 21-17	0:37
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	1	Faure/Sarpaux	8, Q1	21-16, 21-11	0:37
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Faure/Sarpaux	32	24-22, 21-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
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 # 14 Ji/Wang, China 0-2
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Ji/Wang	15	Faure/Sarpaux	31, Q13	21-18, 21-19	0:33
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 1	Ji/Wang	14	Faure/Sarpaux	30	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 15 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-2
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Cook/Sanderson	18	Faure/Sarpaux	31, Q13	21-15, 21-15	0:35
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	10	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q11	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 19, Q5 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 4	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Series tied with # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Faure/Sarpaux	29, Q10	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:50
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Semi-Finals	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 23 Momoli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 2	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Momoli/Perrotta	23	21-14, 19-21, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # 25 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 1-0
8/10/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	8, Q1	Labee/de Vries	Q9	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 29 Skrivan/Zumkehr, Switzerland 3-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Faure/Sarpaux	31, Q13	Skrivan/Zumkehr	Q29	20-22, 21-17, 16-14	0:59
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	24, Q12	Skrivan/Zumkehr	Q21	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:52
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 1	Faure/Sarpaux	8, Q1	Skrivan/Zumkehr	9	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 32 Phokongploy/Tenpaksee, Thailand 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q11	Phokongploy/Tenpaksee	Q22	21-16, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # Q10 Baltakys/Barry, Canada 1-0
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	29, Q10	Baltakys/Barry	Q23	21-19, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # Q13 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
9/13/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	Asao/Nishibori	Q21	21-15, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q14 Andreasen/Hove, Denmark 1-0
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q4	Andreasen/Hove	Q20	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # Q15 Alenkina/Storozhenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
11/1/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Alenkina/Storozhenko	Q15	21-23, 21-15, 15-8	0:53