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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 KIA Open presented by Banco do Brazil
September 15 - 20, 2008

(4) Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil

Talita Da Rocha Antunes
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,654,975.00

Renata Trevisan Martins Ribeiro
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 1981 (42 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

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 Guarujá Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	6	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	4	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	1	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	4	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	5	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	4	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	4	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	5	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	5	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	3	5th	360	US$10,000.00

Guarajà Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 1	Taiana Lima / Elize Maia, Brazil (29)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:36
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 2	Claudia Lubetz / Julia Sude, Germany (13)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 9/18/2008	Winner 3	Shaylyn Bede / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (12)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	0:40
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 4	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (10)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:45
Fri, 9/19/2008	Contender 5	Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (3)	Lost 11-21, 14-21	0:35

Head to Head Results
Antunes/Ribeiro lead the series against the field 39-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 3-2
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	21-19, 21-13	0:34
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	4	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Bede/Connelly	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:48
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Bede/Connelly	5	21-13, 24-22	0:39
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Bede/Connelly	11	25-23, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # 2 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 10-7
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Salgado/Salgado	13	21-19, 21-14	0:38
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:40
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Salgado	12	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	21-19, 22-20	0:46
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 4	Salgado/Salgado	12	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	21-15, 23-25, 15-12	1:06
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q1	21-18, 22-20	0:43
11/3/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	11	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	14-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:55
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q8	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	21-16, 21-19	0:38
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Salgado/Salgado	8, Q5	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
7/24/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Antunes/Ribeiro	8, Q1	Salgado/Salgado		21-23, 27-25, 15-12	1:07
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 # 3 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 1-2
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 5	Antonelli/Leao	3	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	21-11, 21-14	0:35
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Antonelli/Leao	17, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:43
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Antonelli/Leao	22, Q13	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	21-23, 23-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 5 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 2-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-15, 21-18	0:38
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 2-0
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Gioria/Momoli	30, Q6	21-18 Retired	0:28
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Gioria/Momoli	29, Q7	21-12, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 9 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 12-2
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-16, 21-13	0:36
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	21-19, 21-15	0:39
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Antunes/Ribeiro	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	21-23, 21-14, 18-16	1:02
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-14, 21-17	0:44
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:36
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:39
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	27, Q2	21-18, 21-16	0:42
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:55
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	21-19, 21-14	0:39
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	22-20, 21-12	0:38
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-12	0:32
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 # 10 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	10	21-17, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 3-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Petrova/Skalnikova	28, Q5	21-18, 21-13	0:31
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Petrova/Skalnikova	32, Q16	21-15, 21-10	0:29
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Petrova/Skalnikova	30, Q13	21-12, 21-14	0:27
Series tied with # 12 Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 1-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Bede/Bednarczuk	12	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	21-16, 22-20	0:40
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Bede/Bednarczuk	14, Q9	21-19, 21-23, 15-9	1:10
Lead the series against # 13 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Lubetz/Sude	13	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Gschweidl/Hansel	29	21-19, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 26 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 1-0
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Brzostek/Marciniak	32	21-5, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 29 Lima/Maia, Brazil 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Lima/Maia	29	21-12, 21-16	0:36