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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Rio de Janeiro Four Star
May 16 - 21, 2017

(1) 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$1,668,225.00

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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Ana Richa - 17th
2004	Tais Jesus - Country Quota	Juliana Felisberta - 3rd
2015	Larissa Maestrini - 1st	Talita Antunes - 1st
2016	Larissa Maestrini - 4th	Talita Antunes - 4th
2016	Larissa Maestrini - 9th	Talita Antunes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/7-12/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	2	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	9/13-18/2016	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	3	4th	0	US$14,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	2	5th	480	US$17,000.00
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

Rio de Janeiro Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/18/2017	Pool A	Miki Ishii / Megumi Murakami, Japan (32, Q11)	Won 21-7, 21-14	0:30
Thu, 5/18/2017	Pool A	Lane Carico / Lauren Fendrick, United States (16)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:28
Fri, 5/19/2017	Winner 2	Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (6)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:30
Sat, 5/20/2017	Winner 3	Fernanda Alves / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (5)	Lost 19-21, 21-13, 12-15	0:48

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	$925,075.00	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	$1,668,225.00	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	11	2	2	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$241,000.00	53	11	82.8 %
2017	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$46,000.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	29	14	2	1	2	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	$932,000.00	155	21	88.1 %

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
11	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	$120,500.00	2016	FIVB	11	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	$120,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	2017	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
160	32	17	16	18	36	29	5	3	4	$1,431,725.00	Total	Total	144	60	22	18	7	16	12	4	2	3	$1,813,235.00

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%
2016-2017	79	86.8%	9	9.9%	3	3.3%	88-3	96.7%	8	30.8%	6	23.1%	12	46.2%	8-18	30.8%	79-12	86.8%	17-9	65.4%	1	0	97-21	82.2%
Against the Field	30	85.7%	4	11.4%	1	2.9%	34-1	97.1%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	9	56.3%	3-13	18.8%	60-18	76.9%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	37-14	72.5%

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 18-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-5
9/17/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Antunes/Maestrini	3	21-19, 21-19	0:38
8/16/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Antunes/Maestrini	1	21-18, 21-12	0:36
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	21-18, 15-21, 15-10	0:41
10/4/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	21-17, 21-18	0:39
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Antunes/Maestrini	1	21-18, 21-18	0:37
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	7	Antunes/Maestrini	1	12-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-0
2/12/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	5	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Series tied with # 5 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
5/20/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 3	Alves/Seixas	5	Antunes/Maestrini	1	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:48
2/11/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Alves/Seixas	16, Q2	23-21, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 5-0
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Clancy	6	21-17, 21-16	0:30
5/27/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Bawden/Clancy	9	21-15, 21-15	0:32
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Clancy	4	21-16, 21-16	0:36
8/22/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Bawden/Clancy	7	21-17, 21-18	0:42
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Clancy	14	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 2-0
9/16/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	3	Gallay/Klug	10	21-17, 21-17	0:34
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 # 12 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 1-0
2/10/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	21-18, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 16 Carico/Fendrick, United States 1-0
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Carico/Fendrick	16	21-16, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Sinnema/Stubbe, Netherlands 0-1
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool B	Sinnema/Stubbe	31, Q6	Antunes/Maestrini	2	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 32, Q11 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 1-0
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Ishii/Murakami	32, Q11	21-7, 21-14	0:30