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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 18 - 23, 2013

(5) Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima, 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:

216

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,666,975.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

142

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$605,050.00

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

Most Improved Player 2010
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Talita Antunes)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Talita Antunes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	46	6	4	2	3	7	0	10	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	US$492,750.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Maria Antonelli - 3rd	Vivian Cunha - 33rd
2011	Maria Antonelli - 5th	Vivian Cunha - 17th
2012	Maria Antonelli - 9th	Vivian Cunha - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	8	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	10	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	10	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	9	9th	250	US$4,000.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool E	Emily Capers / Whitney Pavlik, United States (28, Q10)	Won 17-21, 21-11, 17-15	0:52
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool E	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (21)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:32
Thu, 6/20/2013	Pool E	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (12)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 15-17	0:58
Fri, 6/21/2013	Winner 1	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (4)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:37
Fri, 6/21/2013	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (17)	Won 21-12, 16-21, 15-9	0:47
Sat, 6/22/2013	Winner 3	Joana Mader / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (15)	Won 24-26, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
Sat, 6/22/2013	Semi-Finals	Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (16)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
Sun, 6/23/2013	Gold Medal	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (7)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:52

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	5	3	1	2	2	0	5	3	3	0	0	$380,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	4	1	0	$105,750.00
Total	46	6	4	2	3	7	0	10	3	8	1	0	$492,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Talita Antunes												Taiana Lima
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
7	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	$64,000.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$38,500.00
4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
96	17	9	7	9	18	26	7	1	0	$923,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	6	6	2	5	6	20	19	2	0	$440,650.00
102	17	11	9	8	26	19	6	3	0	$588,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	1	3	2	3	8	17	12	2	0	$123,550.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
216	36	21	20	20	46	49	14	4	0	$1,666,975.00	Total	141	9	11	4	8	15	38	34	4	0	$604,650.00

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
2013	FIVB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$108,500.00	27	4	87.1 %
Total	FIVB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$108,500.00	27	4	87.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Talita Antunes													Taiana Lima
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	2004	FIVB C&S
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	$83,375.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
14	0	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	$78,050.00	2006	FIVB
16	2	0	2	1	7	2	1	1	0	$104,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
13	1	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	$78,900.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
14	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	$154,475.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	2	1	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	$116,150.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00
14	1	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	$105,350.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
10	1	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$79,550.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$23,750.00
5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$54,250.00	2013	FIVB	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$54,250.00
119	16	13	14	15	30	20	4	3	4	$859,100.00	Total	Total	42	5	2	2	1	3	10	9	0	10	$140,675.00

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	111	73.0%	25	16.4%	16	10.5%	136-16	89.5%	21	30.0%	18	25.7%	31	44.3%	21-49	30.0%	111-31	78.2%	46-34	57.5%	0	1	157-66	70.4%
2012-2013	44	84.6%	8	15.4%	0	0.0%	52-0	100.0%	9	47.4%	8	42.1%	2	10.5%	9-10	47.4%	44-2	95.7%	17-8	68.0%	0	0	61-10	85.9%
Against the Field	38	77.6%	9	18.4%	2	4.1%	47-2	95.9%	12	63.2%	7	36.8%	0	0.0%	12-7	63.2%	76-0	100.0%	42-18	70.0%	0	0	59-9	86.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	47	13	0	0	27	9	8	3	1	2	5	3	92	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	12	2	28	12	0	0	18	13	2	2	1	1	1	1	63	31
Total	1	1	16	4	77	26	0	0	45	23	10	5	2	3	6	4	157	66

Head to Head Results
Antunes/Lima lead the series against the field 24-4 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	5	Birlova/Ukolova	4	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 0-1
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7	Antunes/Lima	10	21-17, 18-21, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 7 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-0
6/23/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Lima	5	Kessy/Ross	7	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	10	Kessy/Ross	4	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 8 Giombini/Gioria, Italy 1-0
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	9	Giombini/Gioria	25, Q6	21-10, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 9, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-0
6/16/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Lima	8	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:39
5/5/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	10	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q1	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Series tied with # 10 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-1
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	8	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	21-14, 14-21, 15-8	0:42
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Antunes/Lima	10	21-18, 27-29, 15-13	1:00
Series tied with # 11 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	10	Maestrini/Seixas	13	21-12, 21-12	0:33
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Maestrini/Seixas	12	Antunes/Lima	9	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 12 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Keizer/Van Iersel	12	Antunes/Lima	5	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:58
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	8	Keizer/Van Iersel	1	21-18, 21-10	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	8	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	21-19, 14-21, 15-9	0:47
5/5/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Lima	10	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	19	21-13, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool G	Antunes/Lima	10	Kolocova/Slukova	7	21-15, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	5	Mader/Zumkehr	15	24-26, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
Lead the series against # 16 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	5	Borger/Buthe	16	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	5	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	21-12, 16-21, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Lima	5	Forrer/Verge-Depre	21	21-13, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 23 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Antunes/Lima	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23, Q2	21-10, 21-16	0:24
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Kohler/Schumacher, Germany 2-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	8	Kohler/Schumacher	24, Q9	21-18, 21-16	0:35
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool G	Antunes/Lima	10	Kohler/Schumacher	23	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Capers/Pavlik, United States 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Lima	5	Capers/Pavlik	28, Q10	17-21, 21-11, 17-15	0:52
Lead the series against # Q2 van der Vlist/Wesselink, Netherlands 2-0
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	8	Wesselink/van der Vlist	26	21-14, 21-13	0:34
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool G	Antunes/Lima	10	Wesselink/van der Vlist	26	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q6 Sinnema/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Antunes/Lima	10	Sinnema/Stiekema	26, Q10	21-9, 21-7	0:24
Lead the series against # Q7 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	10	Brzostek/Wojtasik	27, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:34