Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 World Series 13
July 17 - 21, 2007
(9) 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 Marseille Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2000 Nadege Belle Perat - 49th Did not play
2001 Nadege Belle Perat - 57th Did not play
2003 Marion Castelli - 41st Did not play
2004 Marion Castelli - Country Quota Did not play
2006 Virginie Sarpaux - 17th Morgane Faure - 17th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/10-14/2007 Berlin Grand Slam 28, Q4 17th 160 US$5,100.00
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
Marseille Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 7/18/2007 Winner 1 Dana Cooke / Annie Martin, Canada (24) Won 21-17, 21-15 0:41
Wed, 7/18/2007 Winner 2 Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (25, Q3) Won 21-19, 21-19 0:45
Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 3 Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (1) Lost 13-21, 9-21 0:37
Thu, 7/19/2007 Contender 4 Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (11) Lost 12-21, 16-21 0:40
Head to Head Results
Faure/Sarpaux trail the series against the field 15-29 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 16 Series, 3 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-3
7/19/07FIVBMarseille Open Winner 3 Tian/Wang 1 Faure/Sarpaux 9 21-13, 21-9 0:37
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 # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/19/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 4 Pohl/Rau 11 Faure/Sarpaux 9 21-12, 21-16 0:40
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
5/4/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 2 Faure/Sarpaux 24 Jursone/Minusa 26 21-19, 21-16 0:44
7/24/05FIVB C&SFrance Satellite Bronze Medal Jursone/Minusa 6 Faure/Sarpaux 10 21-16, 21-16 0:39
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16, Q1 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 # 19 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
9/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Contender 2 Petrova/Skalnikova 21 Faure/Sarpaux 27, Q5 16-21, 21-13, 15-10 0:50
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21 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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 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
Lead the series against # 24 Cooke/Martin, Canada 1-0
7/18/07FIVBMarseille Open Winner 1 Faure/Sarpaux 9 Cooke/Martin 24 21-17, 21-15 0:41
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
7/18/07FIVBMarseille Open Winner 2 Faure/Sarpaux 9 Martins/Santanna 25, Q3 21-19, 21-19 0:45
Lead the series against # 29, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q4 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
Series tied with # Q10 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 # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q14 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
9/13/06FIVBPortugal Open Qualifier 2 Faure/Sarpaux 27, Q5 Asao/Nishibori Q21 21-15, 21-13 0:38
Trail the series against # Q16 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 0-1
7/5/07FIVBMontréal Open Contender 1 Ilustre/Pascua 30, Q11 Faure/Sarpaux 19 21-16, 21-13 0:39
Lead the series against # Q23 Boileau/Mondor, Canada 1-0
8/25/05FIVBCanada Open Contender 1 Faure/Sarpaux 16, Q4 Boileau/Mondor 32, Q11 21-12, 21-18 0:39