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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Puerto Vallarta Open
May 7 - 11, 2014

(1) 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$1,666,975.00

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:

143

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	47	6	4	2	3	7	0	10	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	US$492,750.00

Previous Puerto Vallarta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	1	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2014	Fuzhou Open	2	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/23-27/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	2	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
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

Puerto Vallarta Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/8/2014	Pool A	Laura Cavalluzzi / Sara Menghi, Italy (32, Q11)	Won 21-9, 21-11	0:33
Thu, 5/8/2014	Pool A	Barbora Hermannova / Martina Williams, Czech Republic (17)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 5/9/2014	Pool A	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (16)	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:34
Sat, 5/10/2014	Winner 2	Victoria Kjolberg / Janne Kongshavn, Norway (24)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:34
Sat, 5/10/2014	Winner 3	Maria Antonelli / Juliana Felisberta, Brazil (12)	Lost 23-25, 13-21	0:45

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	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	47	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
97	17	9	7	9	18	26	7	1	0	$923,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	78	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
217	36	21	20	20	46	49	14	4	0	$1,666,975.00	Total	142	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	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	61	10	85.9 %
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,750.00	13	5	72.2 %
Total	FIVB	15	5	1	1	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	$261,750.00	74	15	83.1 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$15,375.00	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$15,375.00
129	18	14	15	16	32	22	5	3	4	$935,725.00	Total	Total	52	7	3	3	2	5	12	10	0	10	$217,300.00

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%
2013-2014	60	82.2%	11	15.1%	2	2.7%	71-2	97.3%	13	46.4%	10	35.7%	5	17.9%	13-15	46.4%	60-5	92.3%	24-12	66.7%	0	0	84-17	83.2%
Against the Field	12	80.0%	3	20.0%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	24-8	75.0%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	17-5	77.3%

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 13-4 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
5/4/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	Antunes/Lima	1	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Xia/Xue, China 0-1
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Xia/Xue	1	Antunes/Lima	2	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Laboureur/Sude	18, Q1	Antunes/Lima	2	22-20, 18-21, 25-23	1:01
Lead the series against # 8 Kohler/Schumacher, Germany 3-0
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	2	Kohler/Schumacher	20	21-6, 19-21, 15-12	0:47
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 # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 0-1
5/10/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Felisberta	12	Antunes/Lima	1	25-23, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-0
5/9/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool A	Antunes/Lima	1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	16	21-11, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 2-0
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool A	Antunes/Lima	1	Hermannova/Williams	17	21-15, 21-14	0:32
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	9	Hermannova/Williams	24	21-13, 22-20	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 1-0
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Lima	2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	31, Q8	21-11, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 21 Ma/Wang, China 2-0
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Antunes/Lima	1	Ma/Wang	32	21-19, 21-9	0:36
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Antunes/Lima	2	Ma/Wang	31	21-14, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 24 Kjolberg/Kongshavn, Norway 1-0
5/10/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	1	Kjolberg/Kongshavn	24	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 32, Q11 Cavalluzzi/Menghi, Italy 1-0
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool A	Antunes/Lima	1	Cavalluzzi/Menghi	32, Q11	21-9, 21-11	0:33