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 (39 yrs old)
Home Town: La Tronche
Height: 174 cm (5'8")
Weight: 61 kg (134 lb)
Seasons: 9
Tournaments: 61
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 (47 yrs old)
Home Town: Mulhouse
Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Weight: 73 kg (161 lb)
Seasons: 5
Tournaments: 59
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 
TourPlayed1234579131725334157Money
FIVB48000010162112331 US$153,150.00
FIVB C&S30101001000000 US$2,750.00
Overall51010110262112331 US$155,900.00
Previous Berlin Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
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
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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
Head to Head Results
Faure/Sarpaux trail the series against the field 20-41 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 20 Series, 4 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
8/3/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool B May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 2 Faure/Sarpaux 31, Q13 21-14, 21-13 0:29
7/27/05FIVBFrance 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
6/7/07FIVBWarsaw Open Winner 2 Tian/Wang 1 Faure/Sarpaux 16 21-13, 21-19 0:42
11/3/06FIVBThailand 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
7/26/06FIVBParis 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
7/12/07FIVBBerlin 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
9/14/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Faure/Sarpaux 27, Q5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou 6 23-21, 22-20 0:47
6/28/06FIVBNorway 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
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 1 Barros/Connelly 5 Faure/Sarpaux 9 22-20, 21-17 0:50
7/6/06FIVBFrance Open Winner 2 Barros/Connelly 7, Q1 Faure/Sarpaux 10 21-18, 21-19 0:46
11/17/05FIVBSouth 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
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool H Branagh/Youngs 8 Faure/Sarpaux 9 21-14, 21-13 0:42
10/27/06FIVBMexico 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
11/17/05FIVBSouth 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
7/12/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool E Antunes/Ribeiro 12 Faure/Sarpaux 28, Q4 21-18, 21-13 0:35
6/1/06FIVBGreece 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
5/24/07FIVBSingapore 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
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool H Faure/Sarpaux 9 Kadijk/Mooren 25 21-13, 10-21, 15-11 0:51
6/1/07FIVBSeoul 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
6/7/07FIVBWarsaw Open Winner 1 Faure/Sarpaux 16 Montagnolli/Swoboda 17 21-16, 14-21, 15-13 0:55
8/26/05FIVBCanada 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
9/14/06FIVBPortugal 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
10/26/06FIVBMexico Open Winner 1 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta 7 Faure/Sarpaux 26, Q4 21-19, 21-12 0:46
8/31/06FIVBWarsaw 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
7/12/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool E Faure/Sarpaux 28, Q4 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki 21 21-14, 12-21, 20-18 1:13
6/28/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool G Kusuhara/Teru Saiki 23 Faure/Sarpaux 26 21-10, 15-21, 15-13 0:58
5/25/07FIVBSingapore Open Contender 2 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki 20, Q7 Faure/Sarpaux 19 16-21, 21-12, 16-14 1:02
11/3/06FIVBThailand 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
7/5/07FIVBMontréal Open Winner 1 Glesnes/Maaseide 14 Faure/Sarpaux 19 21-15, 21-12 0:36
6/27/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool G Glesnes/Maaseide 10 Faure/Sarpaux 26 28-30, 21-13, 15-13 1:10
6/1/07FIVBSeoul Open Contender 3 Glesnes/Maaseide 11 Faure/Sarpaux 19 16-21, 21-19, 15-10 0:57
11/2/06FIVBThailand 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
6/8/07FIVBWarsaw Open Contender 2 Schwaiger/Schwaiger 15 Faure/Sarpaux 16 24-22, 16-21, 15-11 0:53
5/4/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 3 Schwaiger/Schwaiger 16 Faure/Sarpaux 24 16-21, 21-19, 15-13 1:02
10/19/05FIVBBrazil 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
5/26/06FIVBChina Open Contender 2 Kuhn/Schwer 8 Faure/Sarpaux 26, Q11 21-12, 21-17 0:37
8/11/05FIVB C&SSwitzerland Satellite Winner 2 Kuhn/Schwer 1 Faure/Sarpaux 8, Q1 21-16, 21-11 0:37
7/28/05FIVBFrance 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
6/1/06FIVBGreece 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
7/13/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Winner 1 Hakedal/Torlen 27 Faure/Sarpaux 28, Q4 21-15, 21-13 0:39
11/4/06FIVBThailand Open Contender 6 Hakedal/Torlen 4 Faure/Sarpaux 26, Q2 21-16, 21-19 0:49
7/27/05FIVBFrance 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
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool H Moiseeva/Uryadova 24 Faure/Sarpaux 9 21-15, 19-21, 15-8 0:58
5/24/06FIVBChina Open Qualifier 2 Faure/Sarpaux 26, Q11 Moiseeva/Uryadova Q6 11-21, 21-18, 15-13 0:51
6/8/05FIVBItaly 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
5/24/07FIVBSingapore 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
8/31/06FIVBWarsaw Open Contender 1 Nystrom/Nystrom 10 Faure/Sarpaux 26, Q2 19-21, 21-17, 15-6 0:51
5/10/06FIVBItalian 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
6/29/06FIVBNorway 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
7/6/06FIVBFrance Open Contender 2 Keizer/Leenstra 25 Faure/Sarpaux 10 21-6 Retired 0:14
5/25/06FIVBChina Open Winner 1 Faure/Sarpaux 26, Q11 Keizer/Leenstra 7 21-16, 21-15 0:36
10/20/05FIVBBrazil 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
7/11/07FIVBBerlin 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
8/2/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Qualifier 3 Faure/Sarpaux 31, Q13 Skrivan/Zumkehr Q29 20-22, 21-17, 16-14 0:59
5/31/06FIVBGreece Open Qualifier 2 Faure/Sarpaux 24, Q12 Skrivan/Zumkehr Q21 17-21, 21-17, 15-8 0:52
8/11/05FIVB C&SSwitzerland 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
8/2/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Faure/Sarpaux 31, Q13 Baburina/Osheyko Q20 21-16, 28-26 0:42
8/30/05FIVBGreece 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
9/13/06FIVBPortugal 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
7/11/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Faure/Sarpaux 28, Q4 Gschweidl/Hansel Q29 21-17, 21-18 0:42
10/18/05FIVBBrazil Open Qualifier 2 Faure/Sarpaux 21, Q11 Gschweidl/Hansel Q6 21-15, 21-12 0:37