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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
March 28 - 31, 2024

(21, Q7) 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 Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Thamela Coradello - 5th	Hegeile Almeida - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	Q5	25th	220	US$0.00

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 1	Malgorzata Ciezkowska / Urszula Lunio, Poland (Q26)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 2	Jie Dong / Jingzhe Wang, China (Q10)	Won 15-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:46
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool D	Molley McBain / Sarah Pavan, Canada (4)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:40
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool D	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (16)	Lost 29-31, 17-21	0:47
Sat, 3/30/2024	Winner 1	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (7)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 3/30/2024	Winner 2	Heather Bansley / Sophie Bukovec, Canada (13, Q1)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:50
Sun, 3/31/2024	Semi-Finals	Louisa Lippmann / Laura Ludwig, Germany (3)	Lost 21-13, 22-24, 13-15	0:55
Sun, 3/31/2024	Bronze Medal	Hegeile Almeida / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (20, Q5)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:47

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 %
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	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$35,000.00	13	5	72.2 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$7,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	36	6	3	2	3	6	0	9	0	4	1	2	$439,750.00	146	47	75.6 %

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
7	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$22,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$25,500.00
8	1	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$48,250.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	$22,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$15,500.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$2,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
206	36	20	20	20	45	45	10	4	6	$1,640,475.00	Total	Total	132	9	10	5	8	14	34	30	4	18	$578,550.00

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%
2023-2024	9	56.3%	2	12.5%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	5	55.6%	3-6	33.3%	9-5	64.3%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	14-11	56.0%
Against the Field	11	61.1%	2	11.1%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	22-14	61.1%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	15-13	53.6%

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 11-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 0-1
3/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Lippmann/Ludwig	3	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	13-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 4 McBain/Pavan, Canada 1-0
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	McBain/Pavan	4	21-18, 24-22	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Placette/Richard, France 4-0
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	Placette/Richard	7	21-18, 21-18	0:38
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool E	Antunes/Lima	5	Placette/Richard	28, Q11	21-5, 21-17	0:32
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Lima	25, Q5	Placette/Richard	Q21	21-11, 21-18	0:32
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Lima	22, Q2	Placette/Richard	Q15	21-12, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Bansley/Bukovec, Canada 1-0
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	Bansley/Bukovec	13, Q1	18-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 16 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-3
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Mader/Verge-Depre	16	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	31-29, 21-17	0:47
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 # 19, Q4 Hasegawa/Ishii, Japan 0-1
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 2	Hasegawa/Ishii	22, Q12	Antunes/Lima	Q5	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Almeida/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
3/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Bronze Medal	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	Almeida/De Souza	20, Q5	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # Q10 Dong/Wang, China 1-0
3/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	Dong/Wang	Q10	15-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q13 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 1-0
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Lima	25, Q6	Sliwka/Wachowicz	Q22	21-16, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # Q23 Helland-Hansen/Steinsvag, Norway 1-0
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 1	Antunes/Lima	Q5	Helland-Hansen/Steinsvag	Q28	21-11, 21-8	0:28
Lead the series against # Q26 Ciezkowska/Lunio, Poland 1-0
3/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	Ciezkowska/Lunio	Q26	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:50