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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open
April 20 - 25, 2009

(2) 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 Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	5	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	1	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	2	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	4	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	2	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	2	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	2	3rd	480	US$14,000.00

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 1	Xitlali Herrera / Rosario Reyes, Mexico (31, Q10)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:37
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (15)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:39
Thu, 4/23/2009	Winner 3	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (23)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:55
Thu, 4/23/2009	Winner 4	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (11)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 4/24/2009	Semi-Finals	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (5)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:55
Sat, 4/25/2009	Bronze Medal	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (11)	Lost 18-21, 30-32	0:55

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	8	0	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$114,400.00	37	10	78.7 %
2008	FIVB	9	1	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$136,900.00	44	14	75.9 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,200.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	21	1	2	4	3	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	$289,000.00	95	33	74.2 %

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
8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00
12	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$99,200.00	2008	FIVB	9	1	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$68,450.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00
29	2	3	5	3	8	4	0	1	3	$183,450.00	Total	Total	96	12	9	17	14	26	14	3	1	0	$643,432.50

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%
2008-2009	48	76.2%	12	19.0%	3	4.8%	60-3	95.2%	6	26.1%	4	17.4%	13	56.5%	6-17	26.1%	48-13	78.7%	18-7	72.0%	0	0	66-20	76.7%
Against the Field	29	85.3%	4	11.8%	1	2.9%	33-1	97.1%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	58-20	74.4%	16-8	66.7%	0	0	37-14	72.5%

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 26-10 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-3
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	7	21-10, 21-17	0:35
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	5	21-13, 21-13	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 1-2
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Bede/Connelly	3	27-25, 21-19	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Bede/Connelly	6	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 15-21, 17-15	0:59
3/30/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Connelly	11	Branagh/Youngs	4	21-19, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 4-0
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Branagh/Youngs	2	Salgado/Salgado	15	21-19, 21-15	0:41
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q1	21-19, 21-16	0:44
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	4	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q2	21-14, 21-17	0:40
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	8	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 2-4
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	5	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	1:02
5/18/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Bronze Medal	Branagh/Youngs	2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	21-19, 13-21, 15-7	0:49
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Branagh/Youngs	4	21-17, 21-14	0:43
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-12, 21-14	0:34
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Branagh/Youngs	11	21-18, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Branagh/Youngs	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	21-13, 27-25	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 4-1
4/25/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 32-30	0:55
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	21-19, 21-17	0:39
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:57
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-14, 21-17	0:42
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 # 12 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Branagh/Youngs	4	Mouha/Van Breedam	20, Q6	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-18, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	4	Martins/Santanna	23, Q7	21-17, 21-15	0:36
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Martins/Santanna	25, Q3	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 3-0
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 30-28	0:49
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	22-20, 21-13	0:35
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-17, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 23 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	3	Boulton/Johns	30, Q8	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Herrera/Reyes, Mexico 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Herrera/Reyes	31, Q10	21-12, 21-17	0:37