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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South African Open
November 16 - 20, 2005

(3) 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$1,666,975.00

Renata Trevisan Martins Ribeiro
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 1981 (43 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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	3	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	3	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	1	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	3, Q1	1st	400	US$32,000.00
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

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool C	Asta Baltakys / Bryce Barry, Canada (30, Q6)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:45
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool C	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (19)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:38
Fri, 11/18/2005	Pool C	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (14)	Lost 17-21, 27-25, 12-15	1:01
Fri, 11/18/2005	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (20)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:33
Sat, 11/19/2005	Winner 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (14)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:39
Sat, 11/19/2005	Winner 3	Jennifer Kessy / Nancy Reynolds, United States (7)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:44
Sat, 11/19/2005	Semi-Finals	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 18-20	0:55
Sun, 11/20/2005	Bronze Medal	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (12)	Lost 24-26, 29-31	1:09

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	9	7	9	18	26	7	1	0	$923,825.00	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	21	20	20	46	49	14	4	0	$1,666,975.00	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	15	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	$166,750.00	67	26	72.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	2	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	1	1	3	$170,650.00	72	28	72.0 %

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
15	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	$83,375.00	2005	FIVB	15	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	$83,375.00
20	2	3	1	2	2	3	1	2	4	$88,375.00	Total	Total	32	2	3	0	2	8	5	3	6	3	$137,950.00

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	65	79.3%	9	11.0%	8	9.8%	74-8	90.2%	15	22.7%	13	19.7%	38	57.6%	15-51	22.7%	130-72	64.4%	48-42	53.3%	1	1	90-58	60.8%

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 29-20 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-6
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-16, 18-21, 20-18	0:55
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-13, 19-17 Retired	0:43
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 # 4 Scott/Youngs, United States 0-2
10/22/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Bronze Medal	Scott/Youngs	6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-18, 21-15	0:41
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Scott/Youngs	6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-15, 21-12	0:29
Series tied with # 5 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-1
9/17/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Barros/Connelly	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
6/7/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Country Quota	Barros/Connelly	17, Q1	Antunes/Ribeiro		21-23, 22-20, 15-9
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 Kessy/Reynolds, United States 1-0
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Kessy/Reynolds	7	21-16, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Pohl/Rau	5	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	21-19, 21-13	0:37
Series tied with # 10 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 # 12 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 5-3
11/20/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Salgado	12	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	26-24, 31-29	1:09
8/23/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Country Quota	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Salgado/Salgado		21-17, 21-19	0:35
8/2/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q9	Antunes/Ribeiro		21-17, 20-22, 15-9	0:52
7/25/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Country Quota	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Salgado/Salgado		22-24, 21-19, 25-23	1:07
7/4/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Country Quota	Antunes/Ribeiro	5, Q1	Salgado/Salgado		21-18, 22-20	0:35
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Antunes/Ribeiro		21-17, 24-22	0:40
6/13/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Salgado/Salgado		21-14, 21-15	0:39
5/16/05	FIVB	China Open	Country Quota	Antunes/Ribeiro	13, Q1	Salgado/Salgado		21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-2
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	4	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:53
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
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-1
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-18, 21-14	0:39
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-17, 25-27, 15-12	1:01
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 # 16 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 2-0
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Barrera/Hamzaoui	19	21-7, 21-14	0:30
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Barrera/Hamzaoui	29, Q21	21-18, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q7	21-12, 27-25	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	19	21-16, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 21 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, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 3-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Claasen/Roder	19	21-19, 21-15	0:37
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Claasen/Roder	26, Q11	21-16, 21-9	0:27
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	Claasen/Roder	29, Q7	18-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-0
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Koizumi/Tanaka	25	21-16, 21-17	0:37
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 # 30, Q6 Baltakys/Barry, Canada 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Baltakys/Barry	30, Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:45