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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 3 - 8, 2011

(8) Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, 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

Nicole Branagh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$392,075.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	2	0	2	US$76,900.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Tyra Turner - 5th	Misty May-Treanor - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	13	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/5/2011	Winner 1	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (25)	Lost 12-21, 19-21	0:34
Thu, 5/5/2011	Contender 1	Madelein Meppelink / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (24)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 5/6/2011	Contender 2	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (10)	Won 11-21, 21-15, 21-19	0:51
Fri, 5/6/2011	Contender 3	Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (18)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:38

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$34,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,600.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	2	0	0	$76,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Angie Akers												Nicole Branagh
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00
26	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	4	0	$66,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00
23	0	2	2	2	4	8	0	3	0	$87,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	3	2	4	6	4	13	1	3	0	$179,525.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00
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	82	3	4	7	7	15	24	9	6	0	$392,075.00

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
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$19,350.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$19,350.00	8	6	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Angie Akers													Nicole Branagh
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
											2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00
											2007	FIVB	8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00
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	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$99,200.00
11	0	1	1	2	5	0	1	1	0	$64,450.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$44,150.00
13	0	1	1	0	3	6	0	2	0	$55,700.00	2010	FIVB	11	1	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	$67,325.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$9,675.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$9,675.00
32	0	2	2	2	9	8	2	3	4	$129,825.00	Total	Total	47	3	4	7	5	12	11	0	2	3	$299,000.00

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	22	64.7%	8	23.5%	4	11.8%	30-4	88.2%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	14	60.9%	4-19	17.4%	22-14	61.1%	12-9	57.1%	0	0	34-23	59.6%
2010-2011	22	64.7%	8	23.5%	4	11.8%	30-4	88.2%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	14	60.9%	4-19	17.4%	22-14	61.1%	12-9	57.1%	0	0	34-23	59.6%
Against the Field	15	65.2%	6	26.1%	2	8.7%	21-2	91.3%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	13	65.0%	3-17	15.0%	30-26	53.6%	18-12	60.0%	0	0	24-19	55.8%

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	2	3	0	8	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	12
Total	2	2	3	0	11	4	0	0	10	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	23

Head to Head Results
Akers/Branagh lead the series against the field 8-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
4/30/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Akers/Branagh	13	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Akers/Branagh	12	24-22, 31-29	0:54
Series tied with # 6 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-1
4/30/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Akers/Branagh	13	Kessy/Ross	6	31-29, 21-18	0:57
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	8	Akers/Branagh	12	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Akers/Branagh	8	Kolocova/Slukova	10	11-21, 21-15, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 11 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Akers/Branagh	12	Salgado/Salgado	5	21-19, 21-23, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 18 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Akers/Branagh	8	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Akers/Branagh	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	21-14, 28-26	0:43
Lead the series against # 22, Q8 Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	13	Lavalle/Maestrini	20, Q9	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Akers/Branagh	8	Meppelink/Wesselink	24	21-19, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 25 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	25	Akers/Branagh	8	21-12, 21-19	0:34
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	12	Gioria/Momoli	21, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q12 Hinchley/Rohkamper, Australia 1-0
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Akers/Branagh	13	Hinchley/Rohkamper	29, Q19	21-14, 23-21	0:36