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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Seoul Open
May 27 - 31, 2009

(4) Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil

Maria Elisa Mendes Ticon Antonelli
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Resende

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

162

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,035,250.00

Talita Da Rocha Antunes
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

217

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,678,475.00

Awards

Team of the Year 2014 (with Juliana Felisberta)
Tour Champion 2014 (with Juliana Felisberta)

Awards

Top Rookie 2005
Best Blocker 2013
Best Hitter 2013, 2014, 2015
Best Offensive Player 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Taiana Lima), 2015 (with Larissa Maestrini), 2017 (with Larissa Maestrini)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Taiana Lima), 2015 (with Larissa Maestrini), 2017 (with Larissa Maestrini)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	52	8	6	11	8	10	0	6	1	2	0	US$915,050.00

Previous Seoul Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Renata Ribeiro - 5th
2008	Did not play	Renata Ribeiro - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	5	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	7	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	7	13th	180	US$4,250.00

Seoul Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2009	Winner 1	Susan Blundell / Anna Harrison, New Zealand (29, Q8)	Won 25-23, 21-15	0:41
Thu, 5/28/2009	Winner 2	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (20, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Sat, 5/30/2009	Winner 3	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (12)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:37
Sat, 5/30/2009	Winner 4	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Won 22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Sat, 5/30/2009	Semi-Finals	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (22)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:40
Sun, 5/31/2009	Gold Medal	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:45

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	1	2	4	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	$414,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	7	4	6	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	$447,550.00
Total	52	8	6	11	8	10	0	6	1	2	0	0	$915,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maria Antonelli												Talita Antunes
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	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$60,000.00	World Championships	7	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	$64,000.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$20,500.00	World Tour Finals	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00
75	2	8	6	8	20	21	7	0	0	$580,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	97	17	10	7	9	18	26	7	1	0	$935,325.00
70	9	10	7	6	12	13	4	2	0	$359,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	102	17	11	9	8	26	19	6	3	0	$588,600.00
3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$8,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
162	14	19	16	16	36	35	14	2	0	$1,035,250.00	Total	217	36	22	20	20	46	49	14	4	0	$1,678,475.00

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
2009	FIVB	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$85,250.00	19	4	82.6 %
Total	FIVB	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$85,250.00	19	4	82.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maria Antonelli													Talita Antunes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
											2005	FIVB	15	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	$83,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	14	0	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	$78,050.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	$4,750.00	2007	FIVB	16	2	0	2	1	7	2	1	1	0	$104,000.00
4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,300.00	2007	FIVB C&S
14	1	1	0	0	6	3	1	0	2	$66,750.00	2008	FIVB	13	1	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	$78,900.00
4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$42,625.00	2009	FIVB	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$42,625.00
30	5	3	1	0	7	5	2	2	5	$121,425.00	Total	Total	67	7	8	3	7	20	13	2	3	4	$391,950.00

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	168	74.7%	38	16.9%	19	8.4%	206-19	91.6%	20	25.0%	16	20.0%	44	55.0%	20-60	25.0%	168-44	79.2%	58-35	62.4%	4	1	230-80	74.2%
2008-2009	51	81.0%	10	15.9%	2	3.2%	61-2	96.8%	7	36.8%	3	15.8%	9	47.4%	7-12	36.8%	51-9	85.0%	17-5	77.3%	2	0	70-14	83.3%
Against the Field	67	69.1%	18	18.6%	12	12.4%	85-12	87.6%	10	25.0%	9	22.5%	21	52.5%	10-30	25.0%	134-38	77.9%	56-42	57.1%	2	0	97-40	70.8%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	50	16	0	0	41	10	3	10	4	6	1	2	99	44
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	82	12	11	8	6	2	7	4	116	33
Total	0	0	0	0	60	17	0	0	128	24	14	19	11	8	8	6	230	80

Head to Head Results
Antonelli/Antunes lead the series against the field 17-4 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-0
5/31/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Kessy/Ross	1	22-20, 21-16	0:45
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Kessy/Ross	1	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	5	26-24, 19-21, 18-16	1:05
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	5	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 3 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-0
5/23/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Salgado/Salgado	2	22-20, 23-25, 15-12	1:07
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:08
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	25-23, 30-32, 15-8	1:10
Lead the series against # 7, Q1 Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Leao/Ribeiro	4, Q1	17-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 10 Wang/Zuo, China 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Wang/Zuo	8	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Keizer/Van Iersel	12	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Hakedal/Torlen	8	21-19, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Antonelli/Antunes	7	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:01
Lead the series against # 15 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Martins/Santanna	20, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:34
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Martins/Santanna	10	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	21-12, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 23 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Antonelli/Antunes	7	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 24, Q6 Borger/Brink-Abeler, Germany 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Borger/Brink-Abeler	28, Q5	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Blundell/Harrison	29, Q8	25-23, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # Q14 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Asao/Nishibori	26, Q1	21-13, 21-13	0:34