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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major, Five Star
July 3 - 8, 2017

(24) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 3rd
2002	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2003	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2004	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2006	Holly McPeak - 5th	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2007	Elaine Youngs - 5th	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2009	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Did not play
2010	Misty May-Treanor - 9th	Did not play
2011	Angie Akers - Country Quota	Misty May-Treanor - 5th
2012	Jenny Kropp - 17th	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2013	Did not play	April Ross - 9th
2014	Did not play	April Ross - 9th
2015	Did not play	April Ross - 4th
2016	Did not play	April Ross - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/1/2017	Porec Major Five Star		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Gstaad Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool H	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (9)	Lost 19-21, 24-22, 12-15	0:55
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool H	Fernanda Alves / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (8)	Lost 18-21, 23-21, 11-15	0:53
Thu, 7/6/2017	Pool H	Jolien Sinnema / Joy Stubbe, Netherlands (25, Q3)	Won 21-15, 26-24	0:36
Thu, 7/6/2017	Winner 1	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (1)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Fri, 7/7/2017	Winner 2	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (3)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:33

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,100.00	11	3	78.6 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$8,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	$83,100.00	22	8	73.3 %

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
11	1	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	$67,325.00	2010	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$19,550.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	2	$41,450.00	2011	FIVB	12	3	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$148,450.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	$17,250.00	2012	FIVB	8	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$59,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,600.00	2013	FIVB	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$35,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	2014	FIVB	10	4	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$141,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$7,500.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$55,000.00
											2016	FIVB	11	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$141,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,000.00	2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$10,000.00
71	3	4	7	6	13	20	6	5	7	$364,625.00	Total	Total	120	55	18	10	5	15	14	2	0	1	$1,452,170.00

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%
2016-2017	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2-5	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	3-4	42.9%	0	1	8-7	53.3%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	12.5%	5	31.3%	9	56.3%	2-14	12.5%	8-14	36.4%	6-12	33.3%	1	1	8-14	36.4%

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 trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24	Brunner/Huberli	1	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-1
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool H	Alves/Seixas	8	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24	21-18, 21-23, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool H	Mader/Verge-Depre	9	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24	21-19, 22-24, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 1-0
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	12	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Sinnema/Stubbe, Netherlands 1-0
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool H	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24	Sinnema/Stubbe	25, Q3	21-15, 26-24	0:36
Trail the series against Capers/Hochevar, United States 0-1
6/26/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Country Quota	Capers/Hochevar	21, Q1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings		21-16, 21-16	0:34