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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 World Series 13
July 19 - 25, 2010

(15) 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 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
2009	Sara Montagnolli - 17th	Barbara Hansel - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	19	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	17	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/21/2010	Winner 1	Madelein Meppelink / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (18)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:37
Wed, 7/21/2010	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (2)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 8-15	0:55
Thu, 7/22/2010	Contender 2	Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (17)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
Thu, 7/22/2010	Contender 3	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (23)	Won 21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:56
Fri, 7/23/2010	Contender 4	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (5)	Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:10
Fri, 7/23/2010	Contender 5	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:41
Sat, 7/24/2010	Contender 6	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (2)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:38
Sat, 7/24/2010	Semi-Finals	Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:42
Sun, 7/25/2010	Bronze Medal	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (6)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 16-14	1:08

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	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	$56,000.00	23	15	60.5 %
Total	FIVB	44	0	0	1	1	2	2	8	0	6	3	21	$158,650.00	67	69	49.3 %

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
8	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$28,000.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$28,000.00
83	0	0	2	1	5	8	13	12	42	$104,400.00	Total	Total	128	1	0	3	2	8	23	22	24	45	$186,125.00

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%
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	26	55.3%	12	25.5%	9	19.1%	38-9	80.9%	12	19.0%	10	15.9%	41	65.1%	12-51	19.0%	52-80	39.4%	48-38	55.8%	0	1	50-60	45.5%

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 31-23 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 5 Series, 7 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-3
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	23-21, 21-19	0:42
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Hansel/Montagnolli	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
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
Series tied with # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-2
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	21-15, 21-16	0:38
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
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
Series tied with # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 1-1
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Xue/Zhang	3	21-17, 21-19	0:41
6/12/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	8	Hansel/Montagnolli	17	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Series tied with # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-2
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Kessy/Ross	2	21-17, 21-13	0:39
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 # 5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Salgado/Salgado	5	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:10
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	9	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	1:07
Lead the series against # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-1
7/25/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Bronze Medal	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	21-18, 19-21, 16-14	1:08
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
Series tied with # 7 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	20	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Hansel/Montagnolli	17	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	16	21-15, 13-21, 15-13	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-2
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	17	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-19, 21-12	0:34
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 # 14 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 # 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
Series tied with # 17 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Hansel/Montagnolli	19	21-15, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 18 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Meppelink/Wesselink	18	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 19, Q1 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Huang/Yue, China 2-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Hansel/Montagnolli	19	Huang/Yue	30, Q8	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:04
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	Huang/Yue	28, Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Series tied with # 23 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Mouha/Van Breedam	23	21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:56
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q11 Fabjan/Fabjan, Slovenia 0-1
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Fabjan/Fabjan	31, Q14	Hansel/Montagnolli	17	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q7 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	Urban/Wiatr	23, Q13	21-13, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q9 Madeira/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	12	Madeira/Maestrini	21	21-7, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q16 Dyhr/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Dyhr/Vestergaard	31	21-9, 21-13	0:29