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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 24 - 29, 2009

(8) 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:

155

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Xiamen 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$243,975.00

Sara Montagnolli
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Innsbruck

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Marseille 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$255,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	69	0	0	1	4	3	2	8	1	17	10	11	1	10	1	US$293,600.00

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	5	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	4	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	9	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$4,000.00
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
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
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

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2009	Winner 1	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (25)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:48
Wed, 8/26/2009	Winner 2	Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (9)	Lost 24-26, 13-21	0:44
Thu, 8/27/2009	Contender 2	Janne Kongshavn / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (23)	Lost 21-18, 21-23, 9-15	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	0	$11,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	9	7	0	$165,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	1	8	3	0	$116,850.00
Total	69	0	0	1	4	3	2	8	1	17	10	0	$293,600.00

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	0	$12,975.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,975.00
70	0	0	0	3	2	7	15	18	0	$138,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	0	0	0	3	4	4	12	15	0	$124,375.00
77	0	1	1	2	5	13	17	11	0	$90,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	0	1	1	4	17	20	16	0	$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
155	0	1	2	5	8	21	33	29	0	$243,975.00	Total	154	1	0	3	5	9	24	33	32	0	$255,350.00

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 %
2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$6,500.00	6	12	33.3 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	2	0	3	$77,900.00	26	22	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	4	2	21	$96,650.00	41	52	44.1 %

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
											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
											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
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
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
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
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
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
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	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
12	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	3	$38,950.00	2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	3	$38,950.00
74	0	0	1	1	4	4	11	11	42	$73,400.00	Total	Total	119	1	0	2	2	7	19	20	23	45	$155,125.00

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	19	51.4%	12	32.4%	6	16.2%	31-6	83.8%	10	16.4%	9	14.8%	42	68.9%	10-51	16.4%	38-82	31.7%	44-30	59.5%	1	0	42-56	42.9%

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
Total	0	0	19	20	28	47	0	0	35	36	0	5	1	4	0	0	105	133

Head to Head Results
Hansel/Montagnolli lead the series against the field 20-19 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:57
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	21-14, 21-16	0:37
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	21-18, 21-19	0:48
Series tied with # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-1
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	21-15, 21-15	0:39
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Antonelli/Antunes	1	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-2
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	2	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	21-19, 21-17	0:45
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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-2
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	21-17, 23-21	0:41
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 # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Keizer/Van Iersel	11	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	21-9, 27-25	0:44
Trail the series against # 9 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Remmers/Stiekema	9	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	26-24, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 3-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Hakedal/Torlen	12	21-14, 22-20	0:38
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	25	Hakedal/Torlen	8	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q24	Hakedal/Torlen	Q9	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Cunha/Lavalle, Brazil 1-0
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	Cunha/Lavalle	7, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Hansel/Montagnolli	29	21-13, 21-12	0:34
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	22-20, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 16 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	Martins/Santanna	12	21-19, 21-18	0:39
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	Martins/Santanna	15	23-21, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Mooren/Wesselink	24	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Kongshavn/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Kongshavn/Maaseide	23	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	18-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:53
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Kongshavn/Maaseide	25, Q9	21-14, 20-22, 15-13	0:56
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	Kongshavn/Maaseide	20	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 25 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 2-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	25	21-12, 21-18	0:48
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	28	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 26, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 27 Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	28	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Meppelink/Wiltens, Netherlands 1-0
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	Meppelink/Wiltens	29, Q17	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Bede/Connelly	8	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	21-11, 21-17	0:47
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 # Q2 Dampney/Mullin, England 2-0
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Dampney/Mullin	24, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:42
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Dampney/Mullin	Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:42