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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 27 - November 1, 2009

(3) 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 Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Nicole Branagh - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	6	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	7	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	6	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
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

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 1	Xitlali Herrera / Rosario Reyes, Mexico (30, Q10)	Won 21-10, 21-13	0:28
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 2	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (14)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 10/30/2009	Winner 3	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (11)	Won 21-15, 24-26, 15-11	0:56
Fri, 10/30/2009	Winner 4	Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (15, Q8)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:41
Sat, 10/31/2009	Contender 6	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (2)	Won 21-14, 13-21, 19-17	0:51
Sun, 11/1/2009	Semi-Finals	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 11-15	1:00
Sun, 11/1/2009	Bronze Medal	Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (15, Q8)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:36

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	10	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	$107,900.00	33	18	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	$107,900.00	33	18	64.7 %

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
10	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	1	0	$53,950.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	1	0	$53,950.00
15	0	0	1	2	5	0	2	1	4	$53,950.00	Total	Total	37	0	3	3	2	8	10	5	1	5	$162,700.00

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	23	60.5%	13	34.2%	2	5.3%	36-2	94.7%	11	33.3%	3	9.1%	19	57.6%	11-22	33.3%	46-36	56.1%	48-10	82.8%	1	0	48-23	67.6%

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 21-10 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-6
11/1/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Turner	3	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
9/13/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	3	Akers/Turner	6	21-13, 21-19	0:43
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Akers/Turner	6	21-17, 30-28	0:57
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	2	Akers/Turner	6	21-17, 21-17	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 3-0
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Akers/Turner	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	21-14, 13-21, 19-17	0:51
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
Series tied with # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	6	Keizer/Van Iersel	11	21-16, 21-19	0:41
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 # 5 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 # 6 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
Series tied with # 7 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
Lead the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 11 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-0
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	21-15, 24-26, 15-11	0:56
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Akers/Turner	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Akers/Turner	6	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	3	Kolocova/Slukova	14	23-21, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 15, Q8 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-1
11/1/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Bronze Medal	Akers/Turner	3	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	21-15, 21-15	0:36
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Akers/Turner	3	21-13, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 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 # 30, Q10 Herrera/Reyes, Mexico 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	3	Herrera/Reyes	30, Q10	21-10, 21-13	0:28