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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 17 - 22, 2010

(12) 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 (47 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open	10	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	8	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/18/2010	Pool E	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (21)	Won 21-10, 23-21	0:35
Wed, 5/19/2010	Pool E	Ying Huang / Yuan Yue, China (28, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:40
Thu, 5/20/2010	Pool E	Nicole Branagh / Misty May-Treanor, United States (5)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:41
Fri, 5/21/2010	Winner 1	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (19)	Lost 20-22, 21-15, 13-15	1:04

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	13	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	2	0	3	$83,900.00	29	24	54.7 %
2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$18,700.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	39	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	0	5	2	21	$121,350.00	52	60	46.4 %

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
13	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	3	$41,950.00	2009	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	3	$41,950.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$9,350.00	2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$9,350.00
78	0	0	1	1	5	6	12	11	42	$85,750.00	Total	Total	123	1	0	2	2	8	21	21	23	45	$167,475.00

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%
2009-2010	31	59.6%	14	26.9%	7	13.5%	45-7	86.5%	14	25.0%	6	10.7%	36	64.3%	14-42	25.0%	31-36	46.3%	28-13	68.3%	2	0	61-49	55.5%
Against the Field	30	52.6%	15	26.3%	12	21.1%	45-12	78.9%	14	16.9%	12	14.5%	57	68.7%	14-69	16.9%	60-112	34.9%	58-48	54.7%	1	0	60-80	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 23-22 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 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
Trail the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 3 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 # 4 Akers/Turner, United States 0-1
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	4	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 5 Branagh/May-Treanor, United States 1-1
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Branagh/May-Treanor	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	21-19, 21-17	0:41
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	Branagh/May-Treanor	20	21-16, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	9	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	1:07
Series tied with # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-1
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	16-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 11 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-3
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	21-14, 21-16	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 16 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 0-1
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Series tied with # 18 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	21-17, 12-21, 20-18	1:07
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 # 19 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # 20 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 3-0
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Holtwick/Semmler	15	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	Holtwick/Semmler	8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-18, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Banck/Gunther, Germany 2-1
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	Banck/Gunther	21	21-10, 23-21	0:35
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Banck/Gunther	23, Q3	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	21-19, 21-13	0:38
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 # 22 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 # 23 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	Kolocova/Slukova	28	15-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # 24 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 25, Q12 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	24-22, 26-28, 15-13	1:18
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Huang/Yue, China 1-0
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	Huang/Yue	28, Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 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 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 # Q1 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
Trail the series against # Q5 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-2
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q3	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	1:00
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 # Q11 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