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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 17 - 22, 2010

(3) Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil

Maria Elisa Mendes Ticon Antonelli
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1984 (40 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 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,654,975.00

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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	2	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open	2	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	2	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	2	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	2	4th	560	US$16,800.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	2	3rd	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	4	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	5	2nd	540	US$21,000.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 5/18/2010

Pool C

Lucy Boulton / Denise Johns, England (30, Q16)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:41

Wed, 5/19/2010

Pool C

Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (19)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:41

Thu, 5/20/2010

Pool C

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (14)

Lost 13-21, 20-22

0:35

Thu, 5/20/2010

Winner 1

Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (21)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:40

Fri, 5/21/2010

Winner 2

Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (6)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:39

Fri, 5/21/2010

Winner 3

Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	27	16	3	0.481	0	7	0	6
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	0	4
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	5	0	2
Talita Antunes	Total	17	11	2	0.529	2	4	1	1
	1	9	6	1	0.556	1	2	1	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	1	2	0	0

Sat, 5/22/2010

Semi-Finals

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	32	12	4	0.250	0	6	0	3
	1	16	7	3	0.250	0	3	0	2
	2	16	5	1	0.250	0	3	0	1
Talita Antunes	Total	11	6	1	0.455	2	2	0	0
	1	6	3	0	0.500	1	0	0	0
	2	5	3	1	0.400	1	2	0	0

Sun, 5/23/2010

Bronze Medal

Nicole Branagh / Misty May-Treanor, United States (5)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	25	14	3	0.440	0	7	0	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	0	2
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	5	0	1
Talita Antunes	Total	23	17	0	0.739	3	8	0	0
	1	8	7	0	0.875	2	4	0	0
	2	15	10	0	0.667	1	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	84	42	10	0.381	0	20	0	12
Talita Antunes	51	34	3	0.608	7	14	1	1
Total	135	76	13	0.467	7	34	1	13
Opponents	152	81	29	0.342	1	41	2	9

Head to Head Results
Antonelli/Antunes lead the series against the field 51-19 (Lead 21 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 2-7
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	21-16, 21-18	0:40
5/9/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-14, 21-11	0:36
9/13/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-17, 28-26	0:55
8/29/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-16, 21-15	0:37
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:50
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:58
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
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
Series tied with # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 3-3
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	20-22, 21-16, 17-15	1:03
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Kessy/Ross	3	21-17, 21-8	0:35
8/22/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	21-16, 21-18	0:42
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-16, 21-13	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 4 Akers/Turner, United States 3-0
9/12/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Akers/Turner	6	21-15, 21-19	0:37
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Akers/Turner	6	21-16, 21-15	0:35
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Akers/Turner	26	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 Branagh/May-Treanor, United States 1-0
5/9/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 6 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 6-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Salgado/Salgado	6	21-19, 21-18	0:39
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	1	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Salgado/Salgado	7, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-2
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Antonelli/Antunes	3	21-15, 21-18	0:42
7/26/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-16, 23-21	0:46
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 # 8 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-0
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	21-19, 21-15	0:40
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	8	21-14, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 11 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-18, 21-17	0:38
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Antonelli/Antunes	7	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:01
Series tied with # 12 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-1
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	21-15, 21-15	0:39
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Antonelli/Antunes	1	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	47	23-25, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
Trail the series against # 14 Xue/Zhang, China 1-2
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	14	Antonelli/Antunes	3	21-13, 22-20	0:35
5/8/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Xue/Zhang	9	29-27, 21-15	0:49
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	17	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 15 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-1
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-11, 21-17	0:34
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Antonelli/Antunes	7	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-0
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Keizer/Van Iersel	7	21-18, 21-12	0:35
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 # 19 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 5-0
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	21-17, 21-12	0:41
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Mouha/Van Breedam	18	21-18, 21-15	0:39
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Mouha/Van Breedam	15	21-14, 21-12	0:35
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	21-15, 21-15	0:38
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 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 2-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-10, 21-12	0:29
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Holtwick/Semmler	15	21-16, 21-13	0:35
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Antonelli/Antunes	1	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 21 Banck/Gunther, Germany 2-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Banck/Gunther	21	21-16, 21-16	0:40
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	21-11, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Remmers/Stiekema	26	18-21, 21-17, 20-18	1:09
Lead the series against # 23 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Antonelli/Antunes	1	Kolocova/Slukova	32, Q28	21-12, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 25, Q12 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	31, Q21	21-13, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Forrer/Schmocker	18	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q3 Kongshavn/Torlen, Norway 1-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Kongshavn/Torlen	15	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Boulton/Johns, England 2-0
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Boulton/Johns	30, Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:41
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Boulton/Johns	26, Q2	28-30, 21-13, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Antonelli/Antunes	1	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	17	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # Q1 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 3-0
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Martins/Santanna	15	21-19, 21-17	0:34
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 # Q8 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 2-0
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Blundell/Harrison	30, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:35
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 # Q11 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Dampney/Mullin	23, Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q13 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Jursone/Minusa	31, Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # Q21 Fitzgerald/Niles, United States 0-1
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	31, Q25	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-19, 21-18	0:41