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(9) Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States

Nicole Branagh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$392,075.00

Elaine Youngs
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orange, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$685,022.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	25	1	3	5	3	8	0	4	1	0	0	US$366,100.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Liz Masakayan - 5th
2001	Did not play	Barbra Fontana - 2nd
2002	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 5th
2003	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 9th
2004	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 3rd
2006	Holly McPeak - 5th	Rachel Scott - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	8	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	8	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	11	4th	420	US$12,000.00

Gstaad World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/24/2007	Pool I	Dana Cooke / Annie Martin, Canada (40)	Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:55
Wed, 7/25/2007	Pool I	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (16)	Won 15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:59
Thu, 7/26/2007	Pool I	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (33)	Won 21-12, 22-24, 15-13	1:02
Fri, 7/27/2007	Winner 1	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (6)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:40
Fri, 7/27/2007	Winner 2	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (28)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 7/27/2007	Winner 3	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (4)	Lost 21-17, 16-21, 11-15	0:59

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Liz Masakayan - 5th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Liz Masakayan - 3rd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Barbra Fontana - 4th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Holly McPeak - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Rachel Scott - 7th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Elaine Youngs - 5th	Nicole Branagh - 5th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Elaine Youngs - 5th	Nicole Branagh - 5th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Angie Akers - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Emily Capers - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	9	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	4	5th	600	US$18,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	$180,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	1	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$149,700.00
Total	25	1	3	5	3	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	$366,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Elaine Youngs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	7	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	$59,000.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	2	4	4	3	5	7	1	0	0	$218,250.00
37	3	2	4	6	4	13	1	3	0	$179,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	10	6	11	10	16	8	2	1	0	$394,982.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
82	3	4	7	7	15	24	9	6	0	$392,075.00	Total	100	12	10	18	14	27	15	3	1	0	$681,982.50

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
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$26,500.00	10	7	58.8 %
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$52,400.00	16	4	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	$78,900.00	26	11	70.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Elaine Youngs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$13,050.00
											1998	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	$27,025.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	$44,000.00
											2000	FIVB	11	3	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$59,500.00
											2001	FIVB	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,750.00
											2002	FIVB	8	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,507.50
											2003	FIVB	7	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	$44,000.00
											2004	FIVB	8	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	$66,250.00
											2005	FIVB	7	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$56,700.00
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	$39,400.00
4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$26,200.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$26,200.00
12	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	1	3	$47,650.00	Total	Total	82	11	7	13	12	23	12	3	1	0	$538,382.50

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	80	77.7%	16	15.5%	7	6.8%	96-7	93.2%	17	36.2%	7	14.9%	23	48.9%	17-30	36.2%	80-23	77.7%	33-14	70.2%	0	0	113-37	75.3%
2006-2007	32	80.0%	4	10.0%	4	10.0%	36-4	90.0%	11	45.8%	3	12.5%	10	41.7%	11-13	45.8%	32-10	76.2%	15-7	68.2%	0	0	47-17	73.4%
Against the Field	53	73.6%	13	18.1%	6	8.3%	66-6	91.7%	12	31.6%	6	15.8%	20	52.6%	12-26	31.6%	106-40	72.6%	50-24	67.6%	0	0	78-32	70.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	14	7	2	2	2	0	0	2	47	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	9	2	6	3	3	1	1	52	22
Total	0	0	0	0	38	1	0	0	44	19	4	8	5	3	1	3	113	37

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Youngs lead the series against the field 21-11 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-3
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Youngs	8	22-20, 21-15	0:58
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Bronze Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Branagh/Youngs	11	21-17, 21-15	0:41
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Branagh/Youngs	11	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Branagh/Youngs	11	21-18, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Branagh/Youngs	8	21-12, 29-31, 17-15	1:10
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	4	Branagh/Youngs	9	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:59
11/4/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	3	Branagh/Youngs	8	25-23, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	9	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Branagh/Youngs	11	Bede/Behar	6	21-17, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with # 8 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Barros/Connelly	7	Branagh/Youngs	8	17-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:52
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	11	Barros/Connelly	3	22-20, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-16, 21-7	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	8	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Series tied with # 16 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-1
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Branagh/Youngs	9	Kessy/Ross	16	15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:59
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Branagh/Youngs	11	22-20, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 17 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 2-0
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Kadijk/Mooren	25	20-22, 21-17, 15-8	0:53
11/4/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	8	Kadijk/Mooren	18	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Pohl/Rau	9	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	8	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 26 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	Branagh/Youngs	8	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 28 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	9	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	28	21-19, 21-15	0:37
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	18	Branagh/Youngs	8	21-18, 15-21, 15-7	1:05
Lead the series against # 32 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	11	Koizumi/Tanaka	22	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 33 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-0
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Branagh/Youngs	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	33	21-12, 22-24, 15-13	1:02
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 36 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Faure/Sarpaux	9	21-14, 21-13	0:42
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	8	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 40 Cooke/Martin, Canada 1-0
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Branagh/Youngs	9	Cooke/Martin	40	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 41 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	11	Hakedal/Torlen	6	21-19, 21-12	0:44
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	11	Hakedal/Torlen	6	21-13, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 42 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 2-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Branagh/Youngs	11	Moiseeva/Uryadova	22	22-24, 21-15, 15-9	0:47
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Moiseeva/Uryadova	24	21-13, 21-18	0:36