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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Vitória Open
September 26 - 30, 2006

(3) Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil

Leila Barros
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 30, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brasília, DF

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Montréal 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$220,647.50

Ana Paula Connelly Henkel
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lavras (MG)

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$668,452.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2006

Awards

Best Server 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Tour Champion 2003 (with Sandra Pires), 2008 (with Shelda Bede)
Team of the Year 2008 (with Shelda Bede)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	35	1	1	5	6	2	4	6	2	4	0	1	3	US$360,450.00

Previous Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Monica Rodrigues - 17th
2002	Sandra Pires - 5th	Tatiana Minello - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	3	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	1	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	3	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	6	3rd	640	US$22,100.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	6, Q1	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	7, Q1	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	25, Q1	3rd	640	US$22,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	Q1	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	5	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	12, Q1	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	9	7th	200	US$8,000.00

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/27/2006	Winner 1	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (30, Q11)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
Wed, 9/27/2006	Winner 2	Nancy Reynolds / Tyra Turner, United States (19)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:34
Thu, 9/28/2006	Winner 3	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (11)	Lost 20-22, 21-17, 12-15	0:55
Thu, 9/28/2006	Contender 4	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (15)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:28
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 5	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (5)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:44
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 6	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (4)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:44
Fri, 9/29/2006	Semi-Finals	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (2)	Won 21-17, 12-21, 15-9	0:43
Sat, 9/30/2006	Gold Medal	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 10-15	0:56

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$20,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	$117,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	1	1	3	5	1	4	2	1	1	0	0	$222,250.00
Total	35	1	1	5	6	2	4	6	2	4	0	0	$360,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leila Barros												Ana Paula Connelly
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	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,250.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$34,000.00
16	0	0	2	1	2	5	3	0	0	$68,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	3	3	2	2	10	6	2	1	0	$238,900.00
40	1	1	3	5	12	5	4	1	0	$142,297.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	76	8	5	11	9	23	9	5	1	0	$395,552.50
58	1	1	5	6	14	11	8	1	0	$220,647.50	Total	113	11	8	13	12	36	16	9	2	0	$668,452.50

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
2005	FIVB	13	0	0	1	2	0	4	3	2	0	0	1	$110,150.00	44	27	62.0 %
2006	FIVB	11	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	$154,100.00	50	18	73.5 %
Total	FIVB	24	1	1	5	2	1	4	4	2	1	0	3	$264,250.00	94	45	67.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leila Barros													Ana Paula Connelly
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$20,500.00
											2000	FIVB	10	1	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	$47,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	$29,422.50	2002	FIVB	11	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	$49,352.50
7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	$9,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$115,000.00
											2004	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	$32,250.00
13	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	1	$55,075.00	2005	FIVB	16	1	0	2	2	5	5	0	0	1	$83,075.00
11	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	$77,050.00	2006	FIVB	11	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	$77,050.00
42	1	1	5	2	13	9	4	1	6	$171,297.50	Total	Total	71	8	7	11	3	22	10	6	1	3	$424,227.50

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	87	73.1%	18	15.1%	14	11.8%	105-14	88.2%	20	26.7%	11	14.7%	44	58.7%	20-55	26.7%	87-44	66.4%	38-25	60.3%	1	2	126-71	64.0%
2005-2006	63	72.4%	14	16.1%	10	11.5%	77-10	88.5%	16	32.7%	8	16.3%	25	51.0%	16-33	32.7%	63-25	71.6%	30-18	62.5%	1	2	94-45	67.6%
Against the Field	37	71.2%	7	13.5%	8	15.4%	44-8	84.6%	9	23.7%	5	13.2%	24	63.2%	9-29	23.7%	74-44	62.7%	32-26	55.2%	1	1	54-36	60.0%

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	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	2	0	10	8	0	0	13	8	0	3	2	1	0	0	35	24
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	2	7	1	2	1	0	0	43	17	2	8	3	5	1	1	86	43
Total	7	3	9	1	14	10	0	0	57	27	2	11	5	6	1	1	126	71

Head to Head Results
Barros/Connelly lead the series against the field 32-22 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-6
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Barros/Connelly	3	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:56
7/16/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Gold Medal	Barros/Connelly	6, Q1	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	21-15, 27-25	1:19
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Barros/Connelly	7, Q1	10-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:55
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Barros/Connelly	25, Q1	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:59
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Barros/Connelly	7	By Forfeit
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Barros/Connelly	3	21-16, 21-19	0:42
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Barros/Connelly	4	21-9, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-2
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Barros/Connelly	3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	21-17, 12-21, 15-9	0:43
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Barros/Connelly	6	21-12, 21-13	0:33
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Barros/Connelly	9	25-23, 21-18	0:43
Series tied with # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-2
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 6	Barros/Connelly	3	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	22-20, 21-19	0:44
9/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Barros/Connelly	3	26-24, 21-13	0:45
9/17/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Barros/Connelly	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
6/7/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Country Quota	Barros/Connelly	17, Q1	Antunes/Ribeiro		21-23, 22-20, 15-9
Lead the series against # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 2-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 5	Barros/Connelly	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	22-20, 21-19	0:44
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 3-0
9/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Barros/Connelly	3	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-18, 20-22, 17-15	1:05
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 3	Barros/Connelly	1	Hakedal/Torlen	8	21-19, 21-18	0:37
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Barros/Connelly	25, Q1	Hakedal/Torlen	8	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:59
Lead the series against # 7 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-0
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 5	Barros/Connelly	6	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-19, 21-18	0:47
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	25, Q1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-5
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q5	Barros/Connelly	3	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
7/3/06	FIVB	France Open	Country Quota	Barros/Connelly	7, Q1	Salgado/Salgado		28-26, 21-18	0:50
5/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q4	Barros/Connelly		19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:59
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool E	Salgado/Salgado	12	Barros/Connelly	5	21-18, 21-15	0:44
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Country Quota	Barros/Connelly	12, Q1	Salgado/Salgado		21-19, 21-19	0:43
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q9	Barros/Connelly	5	21-15, 21-15	0:39
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Barros/Connelly		21-13, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 3-1
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 3	Barros/Connelly	8	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	19-21, 27-25, 15-6	1:01
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Barros/Connelly	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	By Forfeit
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Barros/Connelly	4	21-17, 21-14	0:37
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Barros/Connelly	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	17, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:39
9/2/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 6	Barros/Connelly	1	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	21-18, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	11	Barros/Connelly	3	22-20, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
Series tied with # 13 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 2-2
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Barros/Connelly	3	21-18, 24-22	0:48
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	6, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	11	14-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:44
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Barros/Connelly	25, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-19, 21-13	0:38
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Barros/Connelly	7	24-22, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 14 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 2-0
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	6	Cook/Sanderson	11	21-19, 21-18	0:39
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	7	Cook/Sanderson	10	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 15 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 4	Barros/Connelly	3	Petrova/Skalnikova	15	21-15, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 16 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 2-1
9/3/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Bronze Medal	Barros/Connelly	1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	20	21-15, 22-24, 15-8	0:51
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 4	Moiseeva/Uryadova	20	Barros/Connelly	1	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:48
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Barros/Connelly	5	Moiseeva/Uryadova	19	18-21, 21-17, 15-5	0:42
Series tied with # 17 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-1
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	21-16, 22-20	0:36
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28	Barros/Connelly	4	22-20, 21-23, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Kadijk/Mooren	15	Barros/Connelly	4	21-12, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 Reynolds/Turner, United States 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	3	Reynolds/Turner	19	21-18, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	3	Lessard/Maxwell	19	22-24, 21-13, 15-13	1:03
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Barros/Connelly	17, Q1	Lessard/Maxwell	30, Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Barros/Connelly	6	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q8	21-14, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Barros/Connelly	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	23-21, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Barros/Connelly	3	Mouha/Van Breedam	30, Q11	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53