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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Québec Open Jeep 2011 presented by Videotron
July 19 - 24, 2011

(6) 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 Québec Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	17	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	11	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	12, Q2	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	8	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

Québec Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/21/2011	Winner 1	JoAnna Papageorgiou / Christina Roubanis, Greece (27, Q5)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 7/21/2011	Winner 2	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (11)	Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Fri, 7/22/2011	Winner 3	Natalie Cook / Tamsin Hinchley, Australia (14)	Lost 21-16, 10-21, 13-15	0:58
Fri, 7/22/2011	Contender 4	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:41

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	2	$51,450.00	21	18	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	2	$51,450.00	21	18	53.8 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	2	$25,725.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	2	$25,725.00
39	0	2	2	2	9	11	4	3	6	$145,875.00	Total	Total	54	3	4	7	5	12	14	2	2	5	$315,050.00

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	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	18-10	64.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	11-9	55.0%

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 trail the series against the field 6-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-2
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Branagh	6	21-18, 21-15	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Akers/Branagh	17	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
4/30/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Akers/Branagh	13	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 5 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Baquerizo/Fernandez	21	Akers/Branagh	12, Q2	12-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Akers/Branagh	7	Lessard/Martin	18	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 2	Akers/Branagh	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 14 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-1
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	14	Akers/Branagh	6	16-21, 21-10, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Fitzgerald/Hochevar, United States 0-2
7/4/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Fitzgerald/Hochevar	Q18	Akers/Branagh		21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:49
6/27/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Fitzgerald/Hochevar	Q21	Akers/Branagh		21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 21 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Akers/Branagh	12, Q2	Candelas/Garcia	28, Q7	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Papageorgiou/Roubanis, Greece 1-0
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 1	Akers/Branagh	6	Papageorgiou/Roubanis	27, Q5	21-11, 21-12	0:34