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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 30 - September 3, 2005

(3, Q1) Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil

Talita Da Rocha Antunes
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

217

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,678,475.00

Renata Trevisan Martins Ribeiro
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

177 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$449,975.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2005
Best Blocker 2013
Best Hitter 2013, 2014, 2015
Best Offensive Player 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Taiana Lima), 2015 (with Larissa Maestrini), 2017 (with Larissa Maestrini)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Taiana Lima), 2015 (with Larissa Maestrini), 2017 (with Larissa Maestrini)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	59	5	6	2	7	13	7	11	1	2	2	3	US$692,550.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	3, Q1	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	11, Q1	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	7, Q1	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	5, Q1	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	11, Q1	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	4, Q1	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	13, Q1	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/30/2005	Qualifier 2	Alejandra Garcia / Frankelina Rodriguez, Venezuela (Q17)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
Wed, 8/31/2005	Winner 1	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (30, Q13)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:27
Wed, 8/31/2005	Winner 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (14)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:42
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 3	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (11)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:57
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 4	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (2)	Lost 19-21, 11-21	0:39
Fri, 9/2/2005	Contender 6	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (5)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:38
Fri, 9/2/2005	Semi-Finals	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (4)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:45
Sat, 9/3/2005	Gold Medal	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 17-15	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	1	6	0	4	0	2	1	0	$144,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	5	6	2	5	7	7	6	1	0	1	0	$537,400.00
Total	59	5	6	2	7	13	7	11	1	2	2	0	$692,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Talita Antunes												Renata Ribeiro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	$64,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$13,000.00
4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00	World Tour Finals
97	17	10	7	9	18	26	7	1	0	$935,325.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	1	0	1	7	4	5	2	0	$101,500.00
102	17	11	9	8	26	19	6	3	0	$588,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	5	7	3	5	23	10	2	5	0	$335,475.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	Challenger
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
217	36	22	20	20	46	49	14	4	0	$1,678,475.00	Total	95	5	8	3	7	31	15	7	7	0	$449,975.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00	5	2	71.4 %
2005	FIVB	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	$108,750.00	51	18	73.9 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	3	$112,650.00	56	20	73.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Talita Antunes													Renata Ribeiro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
											2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$11,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	4	0	$39,625.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	2004	FIVB C&S
11	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	3	$54,375.00	2005	FIVB	11	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	3	$54,375.00
16	1	3	1	0	2	3	1	1	4	$59,375.00	Total	Total	28	1	3	0	0	8	5	3	5	3	$108,950.00

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	179	78.9%	26	11.5%	22	9.7%	205-22	90.3%	30	26.8%	19	17.0%	63	56.3%	30-82	26.8%	179-63	74.0%	56-41	57.7%	2	1	237-105	69.3%
2004-2005	47	81.0%	9	15.5%	2	3.4%	56-2	96.6%	11	32.4%	7	20.6%	16	47.1%	11-23	32.4%	47-16	74.6%	20-9	69.0%	0	1	67-26	72.0%
Against the Field	68	76.4%	13	14.6%	8	9.0%	81-8	91.0%	12	23.1%	12	23.1%	28	53.8%	12-40	23.1%	136-52	72.3%	50-40	55.6%	1	1	94-47	66.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	2	4	0	26	7	0	0	15	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	49	26
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	1	10	0	4	2	0	0	88	34	11	7	2	5	5	6	179	76
Total	12	3	14	0	36	9	0	0	106	47	11	9	2	7	5	6	237	105

Head to Head Results
Antunes/Ribeiro lead the series against the field 16-13 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-4
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Gold Medal	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	18-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:56
8/28/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	21-9, 21-10	0:44
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	7, Q1	21-16, 23-21	0:43
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antunes/Ribeiro	5, Q1	26-24, 21-14	0:47
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antunes/Ribeiro	5, Q1	21-19, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	21-19, 21-11	0:39
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	3	Antunes/Ribeiro	29, Q13	21-10, 21-9	0:26
Series tied with # 4 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 2-2
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	23-21, 21-19	0:45
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	21-16, 27-25	0:43
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-12, 21-18	0:35
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	20	Antunes/Ribeiro	13, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 2-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Kadijk/Mooren	5	21-15, 21-14	0:38
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	Kadijk/Mooren	12	21-14, 18-21, 17-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 6 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	21-17, 23-25, 16-14	1:01
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	21-16, 10-21, 15-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/7/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Country Quota	Barros/Connelly	17, Q1	Antunes/Ribeiro		21-23, 22-20, 15-9
Series tied with # 8 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-16, 23-21	0:46
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:57
Series tied with # 12 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Keizer/Leenstra	11	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:54
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Keizer/Leenstra	11	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-19, 21-15	0:42
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	29, Q13	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 15 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Arjona/Kadjo	12	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 25 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	13, Q1	Erni/Trussel	28, Q8	24-22, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Petrova/Skalnikova	30, Q13	21-12, 21-14	0:27
Lead the series against # Q4 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	13, Q1	Koizumi/Tanaka	30, Q11	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q11 Etienne/Yahiel, France 1-0
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Etienne/Yahiel	Q32	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q17 Garcia/Rodriguez, Venezuela 1-0
8/30/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Garcia/Rodriguez	Q17	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:48