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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 27 - August 1, 2009

(5) Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States

Angie Akers
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ft. Wayne, IN

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$166,650.00

Tyra Harper Turner
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Myers Beach, FL

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$231,450.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	24	0	2	2	2	6	2	4	2	1	3	US$240,300.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Makare Wilson - 17th
2007	Did not play	Rachel Scott - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$11,400.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	6	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	26	4th	420	US$11,200.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2009	Pool E	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (28)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:38
Wed, 7/29/2009	Pool E	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (21)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:30
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool E	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (12)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:36
Fri, 7/31/2009	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (18)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 7/31/2009	Winner 3	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:44

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	2	0	$87,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	$135,200.00
Total	24	0	2	2	2	6	2	4	2	1	3	0	$240,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Angie Akers												Tyra Turner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
26	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	4	0	$66,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	1	1	0	5	6	4	2	0	$95,200.00
23	0	2	2	2	4	8	0	3	0	$87,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	4	3	2	5	9	2	1	0	$121,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger
52	0	2	2	2	10	13	5	7	0	$166,650.00	Total	53	0	5	4	2	11	16	6	3	0	$231,450.00

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
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	$72,100.00	20	9	69.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	$72,100.00	20	9	69.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Angie Akers													Tyra Turner
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	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00
											2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$8,700.00
											2007	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	$31,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	$65,500.00
6	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	$36,050.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	$36,050.00
11	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	4	$36,050.00	Total	Total	33	0	3	2	1	7	10	5	0	5	$144,800.00

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	38	63.3%	19	31.7%	3	5.0%	57-3	95.0%	16	29.1%	4	7.3%	35	63.6%	16-39	29.1%	38-35	52.1%	35-7	83.3%	3	2	76-44	63.3%
2008-2009	23	69.7%	9	27.3%	1	3.0%	32-1	97.0%	6	26.1%	2	8.7%	15	65.2%	6-17	26.1%	23-15	60.5%	15-3	83.3%	0	1	38-19	66.7%
Against the Field	29	67.4%	12	27.9%	2	4.7%	41-2	95.3%	10	22.2%	4	8.9%	31	68.9%	10-35	22.2%	58-54	51.8%	44-12	78.6%	2	2	53-35	60.2%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	20	7	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	29	11	2	4	2	2	0	2	45	27
Total	0	0	2	1	22	8	0	0	37	20	2	4	2	2	0	2	76	44

Head to Head Results
Akers/Turner lead the series against the field 18-9 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Akers/Turner	26	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-2
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	3	Akers/Turner	11	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Turner	6	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Akers/Turner	5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Akers/Turner	6	21-14 Retired	0:24
Lead the series against # 6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-0
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	1:01
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	26	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Bronze Medal	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Akers/Turner	26	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	26	Salgado/Salgado	2	13-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:48
Series tied with # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Akers/Turner	5	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-13, 21-15	0:36
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	11	Akers/Turner	6	21-19, 21-23, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	19	Akers/Turner	6	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-0
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-11, 21-17	0:37
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Akers/Turner	26	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Forrer/Schmocker	43	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 21 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Akers/Turner	5	Martins/Santanna	21	21-13, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 22, Q8 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Candelas/Garcia	27, Q9	21-12, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 27, Q3 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool F	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	19	Akers/Turner	6	21-17, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 28 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Akers/Turner	5	Baburina/Osheyko	28	21-14, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	11	Lubetz/Sude	27, Q3	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q2 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Banck/Gunther	22	23-25, 21-18, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # Q4 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 3-0
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	24	21-16, 21-11	0:32
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	22, Q3	21-16, 21-14	0:33
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	26	Petrova/Skalnikova	23, Q2	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # Q5 Lessard/Martin, Canada 2-0
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	11	Lessard/Martin	22	21-13, 21-19	0:38
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	6	Lessard/Martin	28	18-21, 24-22, 17-15	1:01