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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Brazil Open
October 18 - 22, 2005

(13, Q1) Agatha Bednarczuk/Sandra Pires, Brazil

Ágatha Bednarczuk
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Curitiba

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$896,425.00

Sandra Pires Tavares
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 16, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$773,542.50

Awards

Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018
Tour Champion 2018 (with Duda Lisboa)

Awards

Tour Champion 1995 (with Jackie Silva), 1996 (with Jackie Silva), 2003 (with Ana Paula Connelly)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	3	US$65,100.00

Previous Salvador Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Jackie Silva - 2nd
1997	Did not play	Jackie Silva - 3rd
1998	Did not play	Adriana Samuel - 3rd
1999	Did not play	Adriana Samuel - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	11	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	7	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	8	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	7	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	3	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	3	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	19	5th	240	US$10,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/18/2005	Qualifier 2	Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson, United States (Q16)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:38
Wed, 10/19/2005	Winner 1	Fei Wang / Ying Zhang, China (20)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:40
Wed, 10/19/2005	Winner 2	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (4)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 13-15	1:00
Thu, 10/20/2005	Contender 2	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (14)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:43
Thu, 10/20/2005	Contender 3	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (5)	Won 21-12, 18-21, 15-7	0:57
Thu, 10/20/2005	Contender 4	Jia Tian / Lu Wang, China (10)	Won 30-28, 21-17	0:51
Fri, 10/21/2005	Contender 5	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 14-16	1:01

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	$49,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	$65,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Agatha Bednarczuk												Sandra Pires
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$51,750.00	World Championships	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$67,750.00
6	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$157,250.00	World Tour Finals
72	1	6	4	3	22	18	4	1	0	$437,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	2	4	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	$139,050.00
73	10	5	8	5	9	14	3	1	0	$244,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	15	11	14	12	16	7	4	1	0	$487,822.50
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
161	13	14	15	8	32	36	10	2	0	$896,425.00	Total	110	20	16	16	13	21	9	5	2	0	$709,622.50

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	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	3	$65,100.00	26	19	57.8 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	3	$65,100.00	26	19	57.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Agatha Bednarczuk													Sandra Pires
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											1995	FIVB	11	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,500.00
											1996	FIVB	10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,950.00
											1997	FIVB	7	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	$66,200.00
											1998	FIVB	8	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$79,750.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	$41,000.00
											2000	FIVB	9	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	$41,500.00
											2001	FIVB	12	1	2	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	$87,000.00
											2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	$29,422.50
											2003	FIVB	10	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$115,000.00
											2004	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	$32,250.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	3	$32,550.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	3	$32,550.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	3	$32,550.00	Total	Total	103	20	16	16	13	20	9	4	2	3	$704,372.50

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	19	79.2%	4	16.7%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	3	15.0%	10	50.0%	7	35.0%	3-17	15.0%	19-7	73.1%	7-11	38.9%	0	1	26-19	57.8%
2004-2005	19	79.2%	4	16.7%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	3	15.0%	10	50.0%	7	35.0%	3-17	15.0%	19-7	73.1%	7-11	38.9%	0	1	26-19	57.8%
Against the Field	14	77.8%	3	16.7%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	2	12.5%	8	50.0%	6	37.5%	2-14	12.5%	28-12	70.0%	10-18	35.7%	0	0	19-15	55.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	13
Total	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	19

Head to Head Results
Bednarczuk/Pires lead the series against the field 19-15 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Bednarczuk/Pires	8	21-17, 23-25, 15-12	0:58
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	21-13, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-4
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Bednarczuk/Pires	13, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 16-14	1:01
7/25/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Country Quota	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Bednarczuk/Pires		21-15, 21-17	0:39
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	5, Q1	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	1:07
5/24/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Country Quota	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	Bednarczuk/Pires		19-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	4	Bednarczuk/Pires	13, Q1	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 6	Bede/Behar	1	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-13, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Bednarczuk/Pires	13, Q1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-12, 18-21, 15-7	0:57
Trail the series against # 6 Scott/Youngs, United States 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Scott/Youngs	6	Bednarczuk/Pires	11	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 8 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 2-1
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Bronze Medal	Barros/Connelly	3	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	21-14, 21-19	0:40
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	Barros/Connelly	3	21-18, 21-15	0:45
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Barros/Connelly	17, Q1	15-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 10 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Bednarczuk/Pires	13, Q1	Tian/Wang	10	30-28, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-1
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	13, Q1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	21-18, 21-19	0:43
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Bednarczuk/Pires	11	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:58
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Maxwell	30, Q5	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Bednarczuk/Pires	8	21-16, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 2-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Kusuhara/Urata	20	21-14, 21-16	0:42
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	Kusuhara/Urata	14	21-12, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Wang/Zhang, China 1-0
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	13, Q1	Wang/Zhang	20	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	11	Arjona/Kadjo	22	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 24 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	Claasen/Roder	26, Q7	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	22-20, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	11	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q12	21-15, 21-19	0:45
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	Koizumi/Tanaka	30, Q11	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
8/2/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q9	Bednarczuk/Pires		21-18, 21-23, 15-10	0:57
5/24/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Country Quota	Bednarczuk/Pires		Salgado/Salgado		21-17, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # Q2 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-11, 21-14	0:35
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q16 Turner/Wilson, United States 1-0
10/18/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Bednarczuk/Pires	13, Q1	Turner/Wilson	Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:38