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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 29, 2021

(4) 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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	4	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	5	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	9	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	4	4th	560	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	17, Q1	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	25, Q6	4th	840	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	16, Q3	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	Q2	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	25, Q5	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	14, Q2	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	15, Q3	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	11, Q1	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	13, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	22, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool D	Niina Ahtiainen / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (29, Q7)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:38
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool D	Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (20)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:35
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 1	Kelley Kolinske / Emily Stockman, United States (12)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:38

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	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	61	10	85.9 %
2014	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$90,750.00	23	7	76.7 %
2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	$68,000.00	38	20	65.5 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$31,000.00	11	4	73.3 %
Total	FIVB	33	6	3	1	3	6	0	8	0	4	0	2	$428,750.00	137	43	76.1 %

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
11	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$150,375.00	2014	FIVB	11	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	0	$112,375.00
10	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$217,500.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00
11	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	$120,500.00	2016	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$46,500.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$104,000.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
											2018	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$27,500.00
11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$15,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$15,500.00
183	35	19	18	20	41	33	8	3	6	$1,566,225.00	Total	Total	112	9	9	4	6	12	29	22	3	18	$539,800.00

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%
2020-2021	11	64.7%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	11-4	73.3%	6-2	75.0%	0	1	17-7	70.8%
Against the Field	18	60.0%	8	26.7%	4	13.3%	26-4	86.7%	4	18.2%	6	27.3%	12	54.5%	4-18	18.2%	36-22	62.1%	24-20	54.5%	0	1	30-22	57.7%

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 27-19 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool B	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	Antunes/Lima	15, Q3	13-21, 26-24, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 2 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-0
4/20/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Gold Medal	Antunes/Lima	9	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	19-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 2-3
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	1	Antunes/Lima	4	21-16, 21-15	0:41
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	1	Antunes/Lima	5	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
4/19/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	9	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	21-14, 10-21, 15-13	0:43
8/3/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Bronze Medal	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Antunes/Lima	25, Q6	31-29, 21-19	1:00
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool D	Antunes/Lima	16, Q3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-2
8/18/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Gold Medal	Mader/Verge-Depre	15	Antunes/Lima	17, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 15-8	0:49
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Mader/Verge-Depre	23, Q4	Antunes/Lima	14, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-2
11/17/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Bronze Medal	Keizer/Meppelink	2	Antunes/Lima	4	By Forfeit
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool D	Keizer/Meppelink	9	Antunes/Lima	16, Q3	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	13, Q2	Keizer/Meppelink	8	21-19, 21-23, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 4-1
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool D	Antunes/Lima	13, Q2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	20	14-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:43
6/15/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	15-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:50
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	21-14, 21-16	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 11 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 1-0
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool E	Antunes/Lima	5	Salgado/Seixas	12, Q1	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	1:04
Series tied with # 12 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 1-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 1	Kolinske/Stockman	12	Antunes/Lima	4	21-18, 21-16	0:38
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	17, Q1	Kolinske/Stockman	7	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 2-0
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	4	Borger/Sude	10	18-21, 23-21, 16-14	0:55
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	2	Borger/Sude	23	21-10, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 1-0
11/16/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	4	Cheng/Marmelstein	6	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 15 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	19	Antunes/Lima	14, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	25, Q6	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	8	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool D	Antunes/Lima	4	Kociolek/Wojtasik	20	24-22, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 18, Q1 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 2-1
8/17/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Lima	17, Q1	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	10	23-21, 23-21	0:40
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	25, Q6	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	9	25-23, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	7	Antunes/Lima	25, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 3-2
8/17/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	17, Q1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	26-24, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	Antunes/Lima	17, Q1	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	25, Q5	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	29-27, 21-19	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 20 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-4
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	20	Antunes/Lima	4	21-16, 21-14	0:35
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	Antunes/Lima	16, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:36
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Bansley/Wilkerson	8	Antunes/Lima	25, Q5	21-14, 18-21, 15-7	0:47
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Antunes/Lima	13, Q2	21-19, 24-26, 15-8	0:56
Series tied with # 23 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 1-1
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	9	Ishii/Murakami	24	21-9, 21-10	0:28
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool F	Ishii/Murakami	22	Antunes/Lima	11, Q1	27-25, 21-9	0:37
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 1-0
7/24/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Lima	16, Q3	Lobato/Navarro	Q14	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 28 Bocharova/Ganenko, Russia 1-0
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool D	Antunes/Lima	4	Bocharova/Ganenko	29, Q9	21-8, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 2-0
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Antunes/Lima	4	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	29, Q7	21-19, 23-21	0:38
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool F	Antunes/Lima	11, Q1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	27, Q5	21-15, 21-9	0:28
Lead the series against # Q4 Carro/Soria, Spain 2-0
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	9	Carro/Soria	25, Q6	21-11, 21-16	0:32
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Lima	15, Q3	Carro/Soria	Q19	21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:40