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AVP Tour
$183,000 Atlanta Open
July 6 - 9, 2006

(9) Mimi Amaral/Tatiana Minello

Semírames Perazzo Mimi Amaral Marins

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1977 (47 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 (54 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 Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	8	7th	180	$4,250.00
AVP	6/15-18/2006	Sacramento Open	6	9th	208	$2,875.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	4	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	4	3rd	270	$8,500.00
AVP	5/18-20/2006	Santa Barbara Open	6	9th	208	$3,300.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	6	5th	216	$5,500.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	4	7th	180	$4,250.00
AVP	10/1-2/2005	Best of the Beach	4	5th	0	$7,000.00
AVP	9/1-4/2005	Chicago Open	6	2nd	702	$30,000.00
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	5	5th	216	$5,000.00
AVP	8/18-20/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	4	7th	260	$5,000.00

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 1

Janelle Allen / Jennifer Snyder (24, Q4)

Won 21-11, 21-11

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	20	17	1	0.800	2	1	1	3
	1	13	10	1	0.692	1	1	0	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	1	0	1	3
Tatiana Minello	Total	17	9	2	0.412	0	12	6	3
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	5	4	2
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	7	2	1

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 2

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (8)

Lost 18-21, 21-13, 14-16

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	24	15	4	0.458	2	3	3	6
	1	10	7	2	0.500	1	1	0	2
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	3	2
	3	7	4	1	0.429	1	1	0	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	37	21	4	0.459	0	13	1	2
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	4	0	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	6	1	0
	3	11	7	0	0.636	0	3	0	1

Fri, 7/7/2006

Contender 1

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (10)

Won 21-14, 17-21, 15-12

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	34	20	4	0.471	1	12	1	3
	1	18	9	3	0.333	1	7	0	1
	2	12	9	0	0.750	0	2	0	0
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	3	1	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	37	18	3	0.405	0	15	2	0
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	7	0	0
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	3	1	0
	3	12	6	2	0.333	0	5	1	0

Sat, 7/8/2006

Contender 2

Courtney Guerra / Jenelle Koester (18)

Won 20-22, 21-10, 15-7

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	38	26	3	0.605	7	2	5	5
	1	15	12	1	0.733	3	1	1	2
	2	10	8	1	0.700	1	1	1	1
	3	13	6	1	0.385	3	0	3	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	14	8	2	0.429	0	12	1	2
	1	5	3	2	0.200	0	0	0	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	6	0	1
	3	4	1	0	0.250	0	6	1	0

Sat, 7/8/2006

Contender 3

Nicole Branagh / Holly McPeak (3)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	24	13	2	0.458	2	1	2	3
	1	14	7	2	0.357	1	0	1	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	1	1	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	16	10	0	0.625	0	5	1	3
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	4	1	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	1	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	140	91	14	0.550	14	19	12	20
Tatiana Minello	121	66	11	0.455	0	57	11	10
Total	261	157	25	0.506	14	76	23	30
Opponents	257	135	34	0.393	5	75	4	23

Head to Head Results
Amaral/Minello trail the series against the field 26-28 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 6 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 0-7
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	4	21-11, 21-19	0:36
9/4/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	6	21-16, 21-16	0:56
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	21-14, 21-15	0:29
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 0-5
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	4	21-15, 21-12	0:41
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	6	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	1:02
10/2/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	4	21-19, 21-13	0:37
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
Series tied with # 3 Branagh/McPeak 2-2
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Branagh/McPeak	3	Amaral/Minello	9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Branagh/McPeak	8	Amaral/Minello	6	26-24, 17-21, 16-14	1:07
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	6	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Branagh/McPeak	7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Reynolds 0-2
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Reynolds	5	Amaral/Minello	4	21-17, 21-18	0:43
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Reynolds	8	Amaral/Minello	4	21-0, 21-18	0:23
Trail the series against # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-2
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Amaral/Minello	6	21-18, 21-18	0:50
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Amaral/Minello	6	14-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Leibl 3-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	4	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	21-18, 21-16	0:46
9/8/05	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Pool B	Amaral/Minello	Q6	DeNecochea/Leibl	8, Q10	24-22, 25-23	0:45
9/4/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	6	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Amaral/Minello	5	23-21, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Dodd/Fontana 0-3
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 5	Dodd/Fontana	9	Amaral/Minello	8	21-15, 21-16	0:39
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 3	Dodd/Fontana	8	Amaral/Minello	6	21-15, 21-18	0:43
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Dodd/Fontana	10	Amaral/Minello	4	21-17, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 8 Turner/Wilson 2-3
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Turner/Wilson	8	Amaral/Minello	9	21-18, 13-21, 16-14	0:57
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Amaral/Minello	4	Turner/Wilson	5	21-12, 21-12	0:39
10/1/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Turner/Wilson	5	Amaral/Minello	4	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:57
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Amaral/Minello	5	Turner/Wilson	4	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
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 # 10 Jameson/Jones 3-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	9	Jameson/Jones	10	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	4	Jameson/Jones	13	21-18, 21-15	0:36
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	5	Jameson/Jones	12	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 Pavley/Roca 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Amaral/Minello	8	Pavley/Roca	10	21-16, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # 12 Barnes/Williams 3-1
6/16/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	6	Barnes/Williams	11	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:03
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Barnes/Williams	20	Amaral/Minello	4	15-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:54
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	6	Barnes/Williams	22	21-8, 21-13	0:33
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 # 13 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 # 14 Niles/Straton 4-1
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	4	Niles/Straton	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	6	Niles/Straton	10	21-16, 21-16	0:36
10/1/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Niles/Straton	8	21-13, 21-16	0:33
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 # 15 Akers/Lowe 1-0
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	8	Akers/Lowe	15	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Guerra/Koester 1-0
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Amaral/Minello	9	Guerra/Koester	18	20-22, 21-10, 15-7	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Lewis/Lima 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	6	Lewis/Lima	12	21-19, 22-20	0:51
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 Burdine/Ross 1-0
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	8	Burdine/Ross	21	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Allen/Snyder 2-1
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	9	Allen/Snyder	24, Q4	21-11, 21-11	0:31
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Allen/Snyder	25, Q2	Amaral/Minello	8	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:56
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Allen/Snyder	29, Q25	21-8, 21-8	0:32
Lead the series against # Q5 Mintz/Van Fleet 1-0
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	6	Mintz/Van Fleet	27, Q3	21-18, 21-13	0:40