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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 20 - 26, 2009

(14) Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria

Barbara Hansel
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oberndorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

188

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Xiamen 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$283,899.84

Sara Montagnolli
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Innsbruck

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

187

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Marseille 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$308,472.99

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	29	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	12	0	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$46,496.96
FIVB	69	0	0	1	4	3	2	8	1	17	0	10	0	11	1	10	1	US$293,600.00
Overall	81	0	1	1	5	5	2	13	1	17	1	11	1	11	1	10	1	US$340,096.96

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Nicole Gaksch - 57th
1999	Did not play	Sabina Basagic - 41st
2000	Did not play	Maria Holzman - 41st
2001	Did not play	Kerstin Pichler - 25th
2003	Sara Montagnolli - 41st	Barbara Hansel - 41st
2004	Sara Montagnolli - 33rd	Barbara Hansel - 33rd
2006	Chrisi Gschweidl - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	21, Q5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	29	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	8	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	11	4th	420	€ 2,800.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	Q5	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	27	9th	240	US$6,000.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	11, Q5	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	19	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2009	Winner 2	Hiromi Suzuki / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (46, Q17)	Lost 21-13, 18-21, 14-16	0:53

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$11,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	9	7	7	$165,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	1	8	3	13	$116,850.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	$25,500.00
Total	75	0	1	1	4	4	2	10	1	18	10	24	$319,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Barbara Hansel												Sara Montagnolli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$12,975.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$10,975.00
70	0	0	0	3	2	7	15	18	25	$138,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	0	0	0	3	4	4	12	15	11	$124,375.00
77	0	1	1	2	5	13	17	11	27	$90,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	0	1	1	4	17	20	16	30	$115,975.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Satellite	7	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	$3,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
12	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	4	1	$15,250.00	Confederation Championship	13	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	1	1	$18,425.00
167	0	2	2	5	9	24	35	33	57	$259,225.00	Total	167	1	1	3	5	11	27	38	33	48	$273,775.00

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
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	$9,750.00	8	15	34.8 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$6,500.00	6	12	33.3 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	$34,000.00	11	11	50.0 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,700.00	8	7	53.3 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	2	21	$52,750.00	26	41	38.8 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	$8,700.00	13	14	48.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Barbara Hansel													Sara Montagnolli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											1999	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$500.00
											2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$750.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2000	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,050.00
											2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	$3,250.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	8	$6,250.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	$7,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	7	$12,875.00	2005	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	2	$27,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,825.00
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,700.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	1	$19,475.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$500.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	3	0	$31,400.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$4,337.50	2007	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,225.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$5,150.00	2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	$17,900.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,500.00	2008	CEV	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$7,150.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	$17,000.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	$17,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$2,850.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$2,850.00
90	0	0	1	1	3	11	18	13	43	$62,137.50	Total	Total	142	1	2	2	2	7	28	27	26	47	$156,600.00

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	58	59.2%	22	22.4%	18	18.4%	80-18	81.6%	23	16.9%	20	14.7%	93	68.4%	23-113	16.9%	58-93	38.4%	45-38	54.2%	2	2	105-133	44.1%
2008-2009	18	64.3%	6	21.4%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	6	21.4%	2	7.1%	20	71.4%	6-22	21.4%	18-20	47.4%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	30-26	53.6%
Against the Field	29	56.9%	12	23.5%	10	19.6%	41-10	80.4%	12	18.5%	11	16.9%	42	64.6%	12-53	18.5%	58-82	41.4%	48-42	53.3%	1	0	54-62	46.6%

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	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	7	23	40	0	0	14	13	0	3	0	3	0	0	49	67
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	13	2	1	0	0	21	23	0	2	1	1	0	0	53	60
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	7	8	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	12
Total	0	0	19	21	35	55	0	0	39	38	1	5	1	4	0	1	117	145

Head to Head Results
Hansel/Montagnolli trail the series against the field 16-19 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-1
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Kessy/Ross	2	11-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:54
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	25	21-15, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	29	21-14, 21-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	Keizer/Van Iersel	Q4	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	16-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-3
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	21-16, 21-16	0:37
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	21-16, 21-17	0:37
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-2
6/7/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Bronze Medal	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	21-13, 21-14	0:38
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	25	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	9	19-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:00
7/6/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q11	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	Q22	22-20, 22-20	0:40
9/3/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	Q25	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q8	21-18, 16-21, 15-13
Trail the series against # 15 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-2
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	Mouha/Van Breedam	6	21-16, 9-21, 15-13	0:48
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	6	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	21-14, 21-18	0:39
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	6	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 19 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	Banck/Gunther	11	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-3
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Hansel/Montagnolli	29	21-13, 21-12	0:34
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	21-16, 21-19	0:44
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	22-20, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	17	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	19	Lubetz/Sude	14	21-18, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 34, Q8 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Dampney/Mullin	Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 35, Q11 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 37 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q21	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q12	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # 38, Q4 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 0-1
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 2	Andreasen/Vestergaard	20	Hansel/Montagnolli	19	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 40, Q9 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	29	Boulton/Johns	44	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 41, Q10 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-13, 21-18	0:38
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 42 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	28	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	1:03
Lead the series against # 44, Q14 Campisi/Ribera, Spain 1-0
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q7	Campisi/Ribera	Q26	21-13, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 46, Q17 Suzuki/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Suzuki/Tanaka	46, Q17	Hansel/Montagnolli	14	13-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-3
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Leao/Ribeiro	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Leao/Ribeiro	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	21-14, 21-16	0:39
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Leao/Ribeiro	6, Q1	Hansel/Montagnolli	25	21-19, 21-18	0:49