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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 20, 2005

(4) Mimi Amaral/Tatiana Minello

Semírames Perazzo Mimi Amaral Marins

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vitoria

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$83,037.50

Tatiana Minello

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Maria

Height:

5'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Brisbane 2001)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$430,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	21	0	2	2	0	6	6	5	0	0	0	$143,775.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/30-7/2/2005	Cincinnati Open	4	3rd	390	$12,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	5	2nd	324	$14,000.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	9	5th	216	$5,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Lisa Gathright / Jenny Griffith (29, Q5)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	23	16	3	0.565	1	9	0	5
	1	11	8	2	0.545	0	4	0	2
	2	12	8	1	0.583	1	5	0	3
Tatiana Minello	Total	18	10	3	0.389	0	8	5	4
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	5	2	2
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	3	3	2

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 2

Daven Allison / Jennifer Holdren (20)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	25	17	1	0.640	0	4	2	4
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	3	2	3
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	1	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	24	12	3	0.375	0	15	0	4
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	6	0	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	9	0	3

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 3

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (5)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	18	8	3	0.278	0	14	0	3
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	5	0	3
	2	12	5	3	0.167	0	9	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	37	14	6	0.216	1	1	2	6
	1	16	6	4	0.125	0	1	1	3
	2	21	8	2	0.286	1	0	1	3

Fri, 8/19/2005

Contender 4

Angie Akers / Nicole Branagh (10)

Won 24-22, 18-21, 15-13

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	32	12	3	0.281	0	17	4	7
	1	19	8	1	0.368	0	8	1	2
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	4
	3	7	2	0	0.286	0	4	3	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	42	23	2	0.500	1	10	4	4
	1	17	7	1	0.353	1	7	3	2
	2	17	11	1	0.588	0	3	0	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	0	1	1

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 5

Brooke Niles / Sarah Straton (9)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	52	23	7	0.308	1	14	1	1
	1	22	10	5	0.227	1	6	1	1
	2	30	13	2	0.367	0	8	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	9	4	2	0.222	0	12	2	2
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	6	2	0
	2	3	0	1	-0.333	0	6	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	150	76	17	0.393	2	58	7	20
Tatiana Minello	130	63	16	0.362	2	46	13	20
Total	280	139	33	0.379	4	104	20	40
Opponents	262	113	28	0.324	11	94	10	21

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	2	2	0	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	$123,775.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	19	0	2	2	0	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	$128,775.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mimi Amaral												Tatiana Minello
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,000.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	$28,750.00
25	0	2	3	0	10	5	2	1	0	$69,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	93	0	7	12	4	39	24	2	2	0	$307,025.00
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$23,850.00
											Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
26	0	2	3	0	11	5	2	1	0	$72,037.50	Total	109	1	8	14	4	46	26	4	3	0	$399,125.00

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
2005	AVP	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00	15	8	65.2 %
Total	AVP	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00	15	8	65.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mimi Amaral													Tatiana Minello
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,900.00
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,000.00
											2001	FIVB	12	1	2	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	$87,000.00
											2002	FIVB	11	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	$49,352.50
											2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	0	$30,250.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
6	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$24,725.00	2005	AVP	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
6	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$24,725.00	Total	Total	44	1	5	4	4	14	8	4	2	2	$190,752.50

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	47	73.4%	10	15.6%	7	10.9%	57-7	89.1%	6	15.0%	4	10.0%	30	75.0%	6-34	15.0%	47-30	61.0%	16-11	59.3%	1	1	64-42	60.4%
2004-2005	19	79.2%	3	12.5%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	11	84.6%	2-11	15.4%	19-11	63.3%	5-2	71.4%	0	1	24-14	63.2%
Against the Field	23	67.6%	7	20.6%	4	11.8%	30-4	88.2%	3	13.0%	2	8.7%	18	78.3%	3-20	13.0%	46-34	57.5%	20-12	62.5%	0	1	33-24	57.9%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	59	36
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	62	38

Head to Head Results
Amaral/Minello lead the series against the field 10-8 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-4
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	4	21-15, 21-12	0:33
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	23-21, 21-19	0:52
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	21-18, 21-11	0:30
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	9	21-13, 27-25	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Scott/Youngs 0-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	4	By Forfeit
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 6	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	9	21-12, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Turner/Wilson 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Turner/Wilson	5	Amaral/Minello	4	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Dodd/McSorley 1-0
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	Amaral/Minello	4	Dodd/McSorley	6	22-20, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 9 Niles/Straton 1-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Niles/Straton	9	Amaral/Minello	4	21-19, 21-17	0:39
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	5	Niles/Straton	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 10 Akers/Branagh 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Akers/Branagh	10	24-22, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 12 Johns/Polzin 1-0
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	5	Johns/Polzin	18	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 Lee/Roca 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	4	Lee/Roca	13	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Ivy Swift/Vakhidova 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	9	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	25, Q2	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Allison/Holdren 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	4	Allison/Holdren	20	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Barnes/Williams 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	9	Barnes/Williams	24	26-24, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 28 Baily/Romias 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	5	Baily/Romias	28, Q3	21-14, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Gathright/Griffith 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Gathright/Griffith	29, Q5	21-17, 21-12	0:42