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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Long Beach Grand Slam
August 23 - 28, 2016

(2) Talita Antunes/Larissa Maestrini, 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

Larissa França Maestrini
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim-Es

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,894,235.00

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)

Awards

Team of the Year 2005 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2006 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2007 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2009 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2010 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2011 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2012 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2015 (with Talita Antunes), 2017 (with Talita Antunes)
Tour Champion 2005 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2006 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2007 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2009 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2010 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2011 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2012 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2015 (with Talita Antunes), 2017 (with Talita Antunes)
Best Setter 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
Most Outstanding 2006, 2015
Best Hitter 2008, 2010
Best Defensive Player 2009, 2012, 2014
Best Offensive Player 2015, 2016, 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	36	16	3	3	2	5	0	7	0	0	0	US$1,094,000.00

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Taiana Lima - 1st	Did not play
2014	Larissa Maestrini - 9th	Talita Antunes - 9th
2015	Larissa Maestrini - 1st	Talita Antunes - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-17/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	1	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2016	Gstaad Major	1	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2016	Porec Major	1	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2016	Poland Grand Slam	2	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	2	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	2	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	1	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	2	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/29-10/4/2015	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	2	1st	0	US$100,000.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	1	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	1	1st	800	US$57,000.00

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool B	Betsi Flint / Kelley Kolinske, United States (31, Q12)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:42
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool B	Ningya Tang / Chen Xue, China (18)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:23
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool B	Sophie van Gestel / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (15)	Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-7	0:45
Fri, 8/26/2016	Winner 2	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (29)	Won 21-18, 21-10	0:33
Fri, 8/26/2016	Winner 3	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (7)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:36

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$46,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$164,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	10	3	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	$810,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$61,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	36	16	3	3	2	5	0	7	0	0	0	0	$1,094,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Talita Antunes												Larissa Maestrini
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	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	$64,000.00	World Championships	7	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$118,000.00
4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00
97	17	9	7	9	18	26	7	1	0	$923,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	64	23	11	7	1	7	10	2	1	0	$931,925.00
102	17	11	9	8	26	19	6	3	0	$588,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	72	36	10	9	4	9	1	1	1	0	$755,810.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
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	151	62	23	20	7	18	12	4	2	0	$1,894,235.00

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
2014	FIVB	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$210,000.00	35	4	89.7 %
2015	FIVB	10	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$435,000.00	58	4	93.5 %
2016	FIVB	10	2	2	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$227,000.00	50	9	84.7 %
Total	FIVB	26	13	2	1	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	$872,000.00	143	17	89.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Talita Antunes													Larissa Maestrini
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,260.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
											2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	10	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	1	$62,000.00
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	6	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$204,875.00
14	0	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	$78,050.00	2006	FIVB	13	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$183,600.00
16	2	0	2	1	7	2	1	1	0	$104,000.00	2007	FIVB	13	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	$164,200.00
13	1	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	$78,900.00	2008	FIVB	10	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	$83,850.00
14	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	$154,475.00	2009	FIVB	13	8	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$184,050.00
13	2	1	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	$116,150.00	2010	FIVB	12	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$175,650.00
14	1	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	$105,350.00	2011	FIVB	12	6	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$163,350.00
10	1	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$79,550.00	2012	FIVB	12	3	1	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	$120,900.00
12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2013	FIVB
11	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$150,375.00	2014	FIVB	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$105,000.00
10	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$217,500.00	2015	FIVB	10	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$217,500.00
10	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	$113,500.00	2016	FIVB	10	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	$113,500.00
157	31	17	16	17	35	29	5	3	4	$1,401,725.00	Total	Total	141	59	22	18	6	15	12	4	2	3	$1,783,235.00

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	156	88.6%	15	8.5%	5	2.8%	171-5	97.2%	17	41.5%	9	22.0%	15	36.6%	17-24	41.5%	156-15	91.2%	32-14	69.6%	2	0	190-29	86.8%
2015-2016	94	88.7%	7	6.6%	5	4.7%	101-5	95.3%	8	44.4%	4	22.2%	6	33.3%	8-10	44.4%	94-6	94.0%	15-9	62.5%	2	0	111-15	88.1%
Against the Field	40	93.0%	2	4.7%	1	2.3%	42-1	97.7%	4	33.3%	2	16.7%	6	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	80-10	88.9%	12-6	66.7%	1	0	47-8	85.5%

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
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	6	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	12	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	62	4	0	0	32	8	13	1	1	0	10	3	120	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	9	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	33	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	2
Total	0	0	2	0	96	7	0	0	54	12	19	5	3	2	16	3	190	29

Head to Head Results
Antunes/Maestrini lead the series against the field 41-5 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 4-2
8/17/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Antunes/Maestrini	1	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:50
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	21-18, 21-14	0:33
6/11/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	21-15, 21-17	0:32
5/29/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	22-20, 21-17	0:36
3/20/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	22-20, 21-19	0:39
8/23/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	21-18, 21-16	0:54
Lead the series against # 3 Borger/Buthe, Germany 3-1
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Borger/Buthe	8	21-17, 21-19	0:38
5/28/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Borger/Buthe	10	22-20, 21-10	0:34
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	7	Antunes/Maestrini	2	23-21, 15-21, 15-11	0:47
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Maestrini	28	Borger/Buthe	5	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 4-0
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Laboureur/Sude	22	21-19, 21-14	0:37
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Laboureur/Sude	10	21-16, 21-19	0:38
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Laboureur/Sude	18	22-24, 21-18, 15-11	0:46
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Laboureur/Sude	17	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	21-10, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 7 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 5-1
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	Antunes/Maestrini	2	21-17, 21-18	0:36
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	15	21-14, 21-8	0:31
8/22/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	21-15, 21-14	0:35
5/30/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	21-15, 21-16	0:34
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	13, Q1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	5	23-21, 21-16	0:36
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	19	Baquerizo/Fernandez	6	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 5-0
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Fendrick/Sweat	13	21-16, 21-13	0:36
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Fendrick/Sweat	8	21-13, 21-10	0:24
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Fendrick/Sweat	17	21-9, 21-16	0:28
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Fendrick/Sweat	20	17-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:50
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Maestrini	28	Fendrick/Sweat	12	21-10, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 9 Felisberta/Lima, Brazil 1-0
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Felisberta/Lima	16	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Maestrini	13, Q1	Forrer/Verge-Depre	20	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-0
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	18, Q2	Gallay/Klug	15	22-20, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 7-1
6/29/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Holtwick/Semmler	17	21-16, 21-17	0:32
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Holtwick/Semmler	11	21-12, 21-15	0:28
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-19, 21-16	0:32
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-13, 21-14	0:27
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Holtwick/Semmler	17	23-21, 21-12	0:32
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Maestrini	13, Q1	Holtwick/Semmler	4	21-17, 21-12	0:35
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Maestrini	13, Q1	Holtwick/Semmler	4	21-16, 21-16	0:33
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Antunes/Maestrini	18, Q2	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 van der Vlist/van Gestel, Netherlands 4-0
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	van Gestel/van der Vlist	15	23-21, 19-21, 15-7	0:45
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	van Gestel/van der Vlist	15	By Forfeit
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Maestrini	1	van Gestel/van der Vlist	29, Q12	21-17, 21-14	0:31
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	van Gestel/van der Vlist	47	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 17 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 1-0
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-16, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Tang/Xue, China 1-0
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Tang/Xue	18	21-13, 21-10	0:23
Lead the series against # 29 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-0
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Cheng/Hughes	29	21-18, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Flint/Kolinske, United States 1-0
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Flint/Kolinske	31, Q12	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:42
Lead the series against # Q3 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 1-0
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Mersmann/Schneider	14	21-16, 21-14	0:30