Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 12 - 16, 2008

(2) Nicole Branagh/Tyra Turner, 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

Tyra Harper Turner
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fort Myers Beach, FL

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$231,450.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$38,600.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	3	2nd	540	US$19,500.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 1	Manokharan Iswari / Luk Teng Kee, Malaysia (31, Q7)	Won 21-8, 21-8	0:29
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 2	Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (18)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:37
Fri, 11/14/2008	Winner 3	Ying Li / Lu Wang, China (23, Q1)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:35
Fri, 11/14/2008	Winner 4	Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (3)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:39
Sun, 11/16/2008	Semi-Finals	Ying Huang / Xi Zhang, China (15)	Lost 14-21, 20-22	0:41
Sun, 11/16/2008	Bronze Medal	Jie Wang / Man Zuo, China (9)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:49

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,500.00
Total	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$38,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Tyra Turner
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	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	1	1	0	5	6	4	2	0	$95,200.00
37	3	2	4	6	4	13	1	3	0	$179,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	4	3	2	5	9	2	1	0	$121,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
82	3	4	7	7	15	24	9	6	0	$392,075.00	Total	53	0	5	4	2	11	16	6	3	0	$231,450.00

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	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,500.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,500.00	10	3	76.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Tyra Turner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$8,700.00
8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	$31,550.00
12	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$99,200.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	$65,500.00
28	2	3	5	2	8	4	0	1	3	$177,850.00	Total	Total	27	0	3	2	0	3	10	4	0	5	$108,750.00

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	10	76.9%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	10-3	76.9%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	12-6	66.7%
2007-2008	9	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	9-2	81.8%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	10-3	76.9%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	16-4	80.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	9-3	75.0%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	10	3
Total	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	12	6

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Turner lead the series against the field 9-3 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 2 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 0-2
11/9/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/Turner	3	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:03
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/Turner	3	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Turner	2	Antonelli/Leao	3	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
11/8/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Turner	3	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	5	21-13, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Hinchley/Palmer, Australia 1-0
11/8/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Turner	3	Hinchley/Palmer	13	21-16, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 Wang/Zuo, China 1-0
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Bronze Medal	Branagh/Turner	2	Wang/Zuo	9	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Turner	3	Martins/Santanna	11	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 0-1
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Huang/Zhang	15	Branagh/Turner	2	21-14, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Turner	2	Lessard/Martin	18	21-13, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Li/Wang, China 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Turner	2	Li/Wang	23, Q1	21-15, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Herrera/Reyes, Mexico 1-0
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Turner	3	Herrera/Reyes	30, Q9	21-15, 21-8	0:29
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 Iswari/Teng Kee, Malaysia 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Turner	2	Iswari/Teng Kee	31, Q7	21-8, 21-8	0:29