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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Xiamen Grand Slam
October 23 - 27, 2013

(2) 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:

217

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,678,475.00

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:

143

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$616,550.00

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	47	6	5	2	3	7	0	10	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	US$515,750.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	1	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	2	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	3	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	11	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	5	1st	800	US$33,000.00
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

Xiamen Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/24/2013	Pool B	Fan Wang / Yixin Zheng, China (31)	Won 21-16, 21-9	0:32
Thu, 10/24/2013	Pool B	Rimke Braakman / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (18)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 10/25/2013	Pool B	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (15)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:31
Sat, 10/26/2013	Winner 2	Teresa Mersmann / Isabel Schneider, Germany (30, Q10)	Won 21-10, 21-13	0:31
Sat, 10/26/2013	Winner 3	Emily Capers / Summer Ross, United States (13)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:34
Sun, 10/27/2013	Semi-Finals	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (6)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:33
Sun, 10/27/2013	Gold Medal	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (5)	Lost 14-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:46

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	25	5	4	1	2	2	0	5	3	3	0	0	$403,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	4	1	0	$105,750.00
Total	47	6	5	2	3	7	0	10	3	8	1	0	$515,750.00

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
97	17	10	7	9	18	26	7	1	0	$935,325.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	78	6	7	2	5	6	20	19	2	0	$452,150.00
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
217	36	22	20	20	46	49	14	4	0	$1,678,475.00	Total	142	9	12	4	8	15	38	34	4	0	$616,150.00

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	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	61	10	85.9 %
Total	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	61	10	85.9 %

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
12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00
126	18	14	15	15	30	22	5	3	4	$920,350.00	Total	Total	49	7	3	3	1	3	12	10	0	10	$201,925.00

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	115	72.8%	26	16.5%	17	10.8%	141-17	89.2%	21	29.6%	18	25.4%	32	45.1%	21-50	29.6%	115-32	78.2%	47-35	57.3%	0	1	162-68	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	29	80.6%	5	13.9%	2	5.6%	34-2	94.4%	6	37.5%	7	43.8%	3	18.8%	6-10	37.5%	58-6	90.6%	22-18	55.0%	0	0	40-12	76.9%

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	48	14	0	0	30	9	9	3	1	2	5	4	97	34
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	78	27	0	0	48	23	11	5	2	3	6	5	162	68

Head to Head Results
Antunes/Lima lead the series against the field 28-5 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 4-1
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Lima	2	Salgado/Salgado	4	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	1:01
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	3	Salgado/Salgado	7	21-12, 21-23, 15-13	0:52
7/1/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool K	Salgado/Salgado	14	Antunes/Lima	11	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
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
Lead the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 3-1
7/14/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Antunes/Lima	3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	21-14, 21-13	0:39
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antunes/Lima	3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	14	21-12, 21-14	0:28
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	Antunes/Lima	11	21-17, 14-21, 20-18	0:53
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	5	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	21-12, 16-21, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
10/27/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	5	Antunes/Lima	2	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 3-0
10/27/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	2	Holtwick/Semmler	6	21-13, 21-19	0:33
8/11/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Lima	2	Holtwick/Semmler	1	16-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:51
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	3	Holtwick/Semmler	11	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 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 # 8 Ma/Yue, China 1-0
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	9	Ma/Yue	8	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
8/11/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	2	Kolocova/Slukova	17	20-22, 21-15, 15-8	0:53
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 # 11 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool J	Antunes/Lima	1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	16	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Series tied with # 12 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	23	Antunes/Lima	2	21-17, 26-24
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Lima	2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	18	21-7, 21-10	0:27
Lead the series against # 13 Capers/Ross, United States 3-0
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	2	Capers/Ross	13	21-15, 21-19	0:34
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	2	Capers/Ross	15, Q2	22-24, 22-20, 16-14	1:00
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Lima	2	Capers/Ross	15, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 14 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 2-0
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool J	Antunes/Lima	1	Bawden/Clancy	17	21-17, 21-16	0:36
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Lima	2	Bawden/Clancy	15	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Lima	2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	15	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-0
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antunes/Lima	3	Gallay/Klug	30, Q11	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Braakman/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Lima	2	Braakman/van der Vlist	18	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 1-0
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	2	Mersmann/Schneider	30, Q10	21-10, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 31 Wang/Zheng, China 1-0
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Lima	2	Wang/Zheng	31	21-16, 21-9	0:32
Lead the series against # Q9 Adelin/Longuet, France 1-0
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool J	Antunes/Lima	1	Adelin/Longuet	32, Q14	21-14, 21-12	0:32