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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 2 - 6, 2007

(24) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Virginie Sarpaux - 41st	Morgane Faure - 41st
2006	Virginie Sarpaux - 17th	Morgane Faure - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	26, Q2	5th	360	US$10,000.00
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/3/2007	Winner 1	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (9)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 16-18	1:01
Thu, 5/3/2007	Contender 1	Daniela Gioria / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (25, Q2)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 5/4/2007	Contender 2	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (26)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:44
Fri, 5/4/2007	Contender 3	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (16)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 13-15	1:02

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 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	6	6	$54,950.00	31	38	44.9 %
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
32	0	1	0	1	2	6	6	6	10	$29,375.00	Total	Total	25	0	1	0	1	1	3	6	6	7	$28,850.00

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%
2006-2007	28	60.9%	7	15.2%	11	23.9%	35-11	76.1%	12	20.3%	7	11.9%	40	67.8%	12-47	20.3%	28-40	41.2%	19-18	51.4%	0	1	47-59	44.3%
Against the Field	20	46.5%	6	14.0%	17	39.5%	26-17	60.5%	5	10.0%	8	16.0%	37	74.0%	5-45	10.0%	40-72	35.7%	22-50	30.6%	0	1	31-62	33.3%

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 12-20 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 3 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	7, Q1	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-18, 21-19	0:46
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool E	Barros/Connelly	5	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Faure/Sarpaux	24, Q12	23-21, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 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
Series tied with # 9 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	9	Faure/Sarpaux	24	19-21, 22-20, 18-16	1:01
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 # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool E	Salgado/Salgado	12	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-1
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	22	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Keizer/Leenstra	25	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-6 Retired	0:14
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q11	Keizer/Leenstra	7	21-16, 21-15	0:36
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Keizer/Leenstra	11	Faure/Sarpaux	21, Q11	21-17, 18-21, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against # 14 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-2
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	10	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	19-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:51
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q3	Faure/Sarpaux	Q14	21-11, 17-21, 15-10	0:49
Series tied with # 16 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-1
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Faure/Sarpaux	24	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:02
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Faure/Sarpaux	21, Q11	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28	13-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 17, 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 # 18 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q11	Moiseeva/Uryadova	Q6	11-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	32, Q40	Faure/Sarpaux	Q25	21-16, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Faure/Sarpaux	24, Q12	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Gioria/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Faure/Sarpaux	24	Gioria/Perrotta	25, Q2	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 26 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Faure/Sarpaux	24	Jursone/Minusa	26	21-19, 21-16	0:44
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Bronze Medal	Jursone/Minusa	6	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against Boileau/Mondor, Canada 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Faure/Sarpaux	16, Q4	Boileau/Mondor	32, Q11	21-12, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # Q11 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-1
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	31, Q13	Baburina/Osheyko	Q20	21-16, 28-26	0:42
8/30/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Baburina/Osheyko	20, Q9	Faure/Sarpaux	Q8	21-19, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # Q14 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