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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2007

(28, Q4) 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 Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	26	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	16	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	19	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	24	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 1	Chrisi Gschweidl / Barbara Hansel, Austria (Q29)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:42
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 2	Nadia Campisi / Clara Lozano, Spain (Q13)	Won 13-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:52
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool E	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (5)	Lost 25-27, 13-21	0:47
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool E	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (12)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:35
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool E	Chiaki Kusuhara / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (21)	Won 21-14, 12-21, 20-18	1:13
Fri, 7/13/2007	Winner 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (27)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:39

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$30,700.00	10	19	34.5 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	8	6	$81,150.00	39	55	41.5 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$15,350.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$15,350.00
39	0	1	0	1	2	7	10	8	10	$42,475.00	Total	Total	32	0	1	0	1	1	4	10	8	7	$41,950.00

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	22	50.0%	7	15.9%	15	34.1%	29-15	65.9%	6	9.0%	9	13.4%	52	77.6%	6-61	9.0%	44-102	30.1%	26-48	35.1%	0	1	35-76	31.5%

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 20-41 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 20 Series, 4 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 # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	1	Faure/Sarpaux	16	21-13, 21-19	0:42
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 # 4 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	3	Faure/Sarpaux	30	21-17, 24-22	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	27-25, 21-13	0:47
Series tied with # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-1
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	23-21, 22-20	0:47
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Faure/Sarpaux	29, Q10	21-11, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-3
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Barros/Connelly	5	Faure/Sarpaux	9	22-20, 21-17	0:50
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 # 8 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-2
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Faure/Sarpaux	9	21-14, 21-13	0:42
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	8	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 11, Q3 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 # 12 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Ribeiro	12	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	21-18, 21-13	0:35
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Faure/Sarpaux	24, Q12	23-21, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 14 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Faure/Sarpaux	19	21-14, 19-21, 15-10	0:59
Lead the series against # 15 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 2-0
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Faure/Sarpaux	9	Kadijk/Mooren	25	21-13, 10-21, 15-11	0:51
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Faure/Sarpaux	19	Kadijk/Mooren	13	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:50
Series tied with # 17 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 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
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 20 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 # 21 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 2-2
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	21	21-14, 12-21, 20-18	1:13
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	Faure/Sarpaux	26	21-10, 15-21, 15-13	0:58
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	20, Q7	Faure/Sarpaux	19	16-21, 21-12, 16-14	1:02
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 4	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-3
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	Faure/Sarpaux	19	21-15, 21-12	0:36
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Faure/Sarpaux	26	28-30, 21-13, 15-13	1:10
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Faure/Sarpaux	19	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:57
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 # 23 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	Faure/Sarpaux	16	24-22, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 25 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
Trail the series against # 27 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-2
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	27	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:39
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 # 29 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-2
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Moiseeva/Uryadova	24	Faure/Sarpaux	9	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 1	Faure/Sarpaux	19	Mouha/Van Breedam	30	21-19, 21-14	0:45
Trail the series against # Q2 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
Trail the series against # Q5 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Gattelli/Perrotta	20	Faure/Sarpaux	29, Q10	21-16, 22-20	0:46
Trail the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q13 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	Campisi/Lozano	Q13	13-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # Q22 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
Series tied with # Q24 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 # Q26 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 # Q29 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	Gschweidl/Hansel	Q29	21-17, 21-18	0:42
10/18/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	21, Q11	Gschweidl/Hansel	Q6	21-15, 21-12	0:37