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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major
July 9 - 15, 2018

(21) 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
2017	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 9th	Nicole Branagh - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-7/2018	Espinho Four Star	11	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	20	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	18	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	19	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	17	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	24, Q6	4th	400	US$8,000.00

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2018	Pool E	Karla Borger / Margareta Kozuch, Germany (12)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:42
Thu, 7/12/2018	Pool E	Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (5)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:34
Fri, 7/13/2018	Winner 1	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (7)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:37

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	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$16,000.00	8	7	53.3 %
2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$27,000.00	11	11	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	2	0	5	0	2	0	1	$118,100.00	39	22	63.9 %

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
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$11,500.00	2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	$14,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	$18,950.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$13,500.00
81	3	4	7	7	15	24	9	5	7	$391,075.00	Total	Total	127	55	18	10	6	16	17	4	0	1	$1,469,670.00

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%
2017-2018	13	72.2%	2	11.1%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	3	17.6%	5	29.4%	9	52.9%	3-14	17.6%	13-9	59.1%	5-8	38.5%	1	1	19-18	51.4%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	3	16.7%	4	22.2%	11	61.1%	3-15	16.7%	14-18	43.8%	8-12	40.0%	1	1	12-16	42.9%

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
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 12-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-2
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	17	21-15, 22-24, 18-16	0:54
7/22/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24, Q6	21-13, 19-21, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 2 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 1-0
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24, Q6	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	18-21, 21-13, 15-6	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-3
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	6	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	20	21-19, 24-26, 15-9	0:55
7/23/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Bronze Medal	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24, Q6	By Forfeit
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 # 4 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	11	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	17	19-21, 21-16, 20-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Hermannova/Slukova	5	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	21	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 6 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	20	Antonelli/Salgado	3	21-15, 16-18 Retired	0:35
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Antonelli/Salgado	5	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	19	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-2
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Laboureur/Sude	7	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	21	21-17, 22-20	0:37
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool C	Laboureur/Sude	3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	19	22-20, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 10 Hughes/Ross, United States 2-1
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	11	Hughes/Ross	6	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:43
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	20	Hughes/Ross	12	21-16, 21-17	0:35
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Hughes/Ross	6	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	18	18-21, 22-20, 18-16	0:52
Lead the series against # 12 Borger/Kozuch, Germany 1-0
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	21	Borger/Kozuch	12	24-22, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 15 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-1
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool D	Brunner/Huberli	13	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	20	21-19, 23-21	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 16, Q1 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool A	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	17	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	16, Q1	14-21, 21-14, 15-4	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool B	Kholomina/Makroguzova	15	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	18	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 20 Wang/Xia, China 0-1
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Wang/Xia	12	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	11	22-20, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # 24, Q3 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-1
11/6/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	4	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	21-12, 21-19	0:45
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	4	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 1-0
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	17	Kolinske/Stockman	26, Q10	21-15, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 1-0
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24, Q6	Pridalova/Strbova	30	21-11, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against Cheng/Hochevar, United States 1-0
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool C	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	19	Cheng/Hochevar	14	25-23, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q13 Traballi/Zuccarelli, Italy 1-0
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	11	Traballi/Zuccarelli	22, Q1	21-15, 21-9	0:27