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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Sanya Open
October 26 - 31, 2010

(3) Nicole Branagh/Kerri Walsh Jennings, 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

Kerri Walsh Jennings
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Clara, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'3")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,545,170.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Awards

Tour Champion 2002 (with Misty May-Treanor)
Best Blocker 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014
Best Hitter 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016
Sportsperson 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
Best Offensive Player 2007, 2014
Most Outstanding 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
Most Inspirational 2011, 2012, 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	2	0	5	0	2	0	1	US$118,100.00

Previous Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Tyra Turner - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/28/2010	Winner 1	Stefanie Huttermann / Anni Schumacher, Germany (30)	Won 21-12, 21-8	0:31
Thu, 10/28/2010	Winner 2	Marta Menegatti / Valeria Rosso, Italy (19)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:37
Fri, 10/29/2010	Winner 3	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (6)	Won 12-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:55
Fri, 10/29/2010	Winner 4	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (2)	Lost 21-14, 14-21, 7-15	0:45
Sat, 10/30/2010	Contender 6	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (10)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$22,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$96,100.00
Total	13	2	0	0	1	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	$118,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Kerri Walsh Jennings
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	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	7	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$125,500.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	27	5	1	3	12	8	4	0	0	$867,600.00
37	3	2	4	6	4	13	1	3	0	$179,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	23	12	9	4	8	13	3	1	0	$531,570.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
82	3	4	7	7	15	24	9	6	0	$392,075.00	Total	152	56	20	13	7	21	23	9	1	0	$1,545,170.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,100.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$37,100.00	9	2	81.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Kerri Walsh Jennings
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	9	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$60,500.00
											2002	FIVB	11	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$97,570.00
											2003	FIVB	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$126,000.00
											2004	FIVB	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$91,000.00
											2005	FIVB	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,500.00
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00	2006	FIVB	8	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$100,700.00
8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00	2007	FIVB	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$154,750.00
12	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$99,200.00	2008	FIVB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$79,250.00
5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$44,150.00	2009	FIVB
10	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	$52,325.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,550.00
43	2	4	7	5	11	9	0	2	3	$274,325.00	Total	Total	65	38	10	7	2	3	4	1	0	0	$845,820.00

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	30	83.3%	2	5.6%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	6	26.1%	5	21.7%	12	52.2%	6-17	26.1%	30-12	71.4%	8-9	47.1%	1	1	39-22	63.9%
2009-2010	9	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	9-2	81.8%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	11-3	78.6%
Against the Field	13	92.9%	0	0.0%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	26-4	86.7%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	15-3	83.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	7	5	0	0	15	7	2	1	0	1	2	0	33	15
Total	1	1	1	0	12	8	0	0	16	10	2	1	0	1	2	0	39	22

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 7-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
10/29/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	3	14-21, 21-14, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # 6 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-0
10/29/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	3	Kessy/Ross	6	12-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:55
10/11/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Gold Medal	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	3	21-18, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 8 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	1	Keizer/Van Iersel	9	21-14, 21-15	0:49
Series tied with # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
10/30/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Salgado/Salgado	10	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	3	21-16, 21-17	0:39
10/10/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	1	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-15, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	1	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	23-21, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Menegatti/Rosso, Italy 1-0
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	3	Menegatti/Rosso	19	21-16, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 30 Huttermann/Schumacher, Germany 1-0
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	3	Huttermann/Schumacher	30	21-12, 21-8	0:31