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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 21 - 26, 2008

(3) Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leao, 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

Vanilda "Val" dos Santos Leão
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$146,350.00

Awards

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	21	1	1	0	0	6	0	1	3	2	2	1	4	US$145,000.00
FIVB C&S	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$12,600.00
Overall	25	3	2	1	0	6	0	1	3	2	2	1	4	US$157,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	2	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	17, Q5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	22, Q13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	26, Q17	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	23, Q19	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	31	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	32, Q13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/8-11/2007	Vaduz Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/25-28/2007	Geroskipou Challenger	4	2nd	72	US$4,600.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool C	Stine Andreasen / Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark (30, Q9)	Won 21-4, 21-10	0:25
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool C	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (19)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:55
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool C	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (14)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 2	Sanne Keizer / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (26, Q4)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:37
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 3	Natalie Cook / Tamsin Hinchley, Australia (6)	Lost 21-14, 20-22, 9-15	0:59

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$52,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	0	$92,300.00
Challenger	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,400.00
Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Total	25	3	2	1	0	6	0	1	3	2	2	0	$157,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maria Antonelli												Vanilda Leao
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
6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$60,000.00	World Championships
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$20,500.00	World Tour Finals
75	2	8	6	8	20	21	7	0	0	$580,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$49,100.00
70	9	10	7	6	12	13	4	2	0	$359,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	1	1	1	0	9	8	2	3	0	$90,600.00
3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$8,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$350.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00	Challenger	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
162	14	19	16	16	36	35	14	2	0	$1,035,250.00	Total	62	3	4	2	0	12	11	4	3	0	$146,350.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	$9,500.00	13	9	59.1 %
2007	FIVB C&S	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,600.00	20	3	87.0 %
2008	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	$71,000.00	36	13	73.5 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	1	2	5	$82,500.00	52	24	68.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,600.00	20	3	87.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maria Antonelli													Vanilda Leao
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
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	$4,750.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	$4,750.00
4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,300.00	2007	FIVB C&S	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,300.00
8	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	$35,500.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	$35,500.00
20	2	2	1	0	4	3	1	2	5	$47,550.00	Total	Total	22	2	2	1	0	3	4	1	2	7	$49,500.00

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	51	69.9%	12	16.4%	10	13.7%	63-10	86.3%	12	34.3%	9	25.7%	14	40.0%	12-23	34.3%	51-14	78.5%	24-19	55.8%	0	1	75-34	68.8%
2007-2008	48	69.6%	12	17.4%	9	13.0%	60-9	87.0%	12	35.3%	9	26.5%	13	38.2%	12-22	35.3%	48-13	78.7%	24-18	57.1%	0	1	72-32	69.2%
Against the Field	25	69.4%	5	13.9%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	6	42.9%	2	14.3%	6	42.9%	6-8	42.9%	50-10	83.3%	22-16	57.9%	0	1	36-14	72.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	1	6	0	11	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	13	10	2	0	0	0	1	1	48	24
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	10	2
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	10	1
Total	13	4	15	1	11	4	0	0	25	17	5	0	1	0	3	2	95	37

Head to Head Results
Antonelli/Leao lead the series against the field 27-13 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Tian/Wang	7	Antonelli/Leao	26, Q17	22-24, 21-16, 20-18	1:05
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q26	21-19, 24-22	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-2
6/16/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	Antonelli/Leao		21-19, 21-16	0:47
6/9/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Country Quota	Antonelli/Leao	26, Q17	Salgado/Salgado		21-18, 21-14	0:35
8/13/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Country Quota	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q13	Salgado/Salgado		21-18, 21-14	0:37
6/11/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Country Quota	Salgado/Salgado	8, Q5	Antonelli/Leao		21-11, 21-19	0:48
6/5/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Country Quota	Antonelli/Leao	Q33	Salgado/Salgado		21-19, 21-16	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-2
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	6	Antonelli/Leao	3	14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:59
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	11	Antonelli/Leao	22, Q13	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	1:09
Series tied with # 7 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-1
7/19/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Leao	2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	5	21-17, 16-21, 15-8	0:52
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	7	Antonelli/Leao	23, Q19	21-23, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Antonelli/Leao	26, Q17	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-16, 22-20	0:41
Series tied with # 9, Q7 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-1
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Antonelli/Leao	2	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	21-14, 21-15	0:31
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	Antonelli/Leao	2	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
6/24/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Antonelli/Leao	22, Q13	Kuhn/Schwer	Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-1
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Leao	26, Q17	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:51
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	17	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q19	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-2
7/19/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Leao	2	Claasen/Roder	7	21-16, 21-23, 15-13	0:59
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q13	21-19, 22-24, 15-8	0:55
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q26	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 2-2
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Leao	3	Holtwick/Semmler	14	21-16, 21-19	0:39
7/28/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Gold Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Antonelli/Leao	4	21-13, 14-21, 21-19	0:57
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 3	Antonelli/Leao	4	Holtwick/Semmler	1	21-18, 21-15	0:38
7/21/07	FIVB C&S	Eboli Challenger	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Antonelli/Leao	8	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:12
Lead the series against # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q13	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	21-9, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 16 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Antonelli/Leao	23, Q19	Martins/Santanna	Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Antonelli/Leao	23, Q19	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	Q14	21-11, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 2-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Leao	3	Gioria/Momoli	19	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:55
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q19	Gioria/Momoli	23, Q3	21-10, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 2-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Antonelli/Leao	2	Alcon/Matveeva	22, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:39
6/10/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Antonelli/Leao	26, Q17	Alcon/Matveeva	Q16	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 22 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q26	Baburina/Osheyko	Q10	25-27, 21-19, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Antonelli/Leao	23, Q19	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-11, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 2-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Leao	3	Keizer/de Vries	26, Q4	21-17, 21-10	0:37
6/24/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Antonelli/Leao	22, Q13	Keizer/de Vries	Q20	21-18, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 2-0
7/28/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Leao	4	Van Iersel/Wesselink	5	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:03
7/26/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 2	Antonelli/Leao	4	Van Iersel/Wesselink	5	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:59
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Leao	3	Andreasen/Vestergaard	30, Q9	21-4, 21-10	0:25
Lead the series against Lubetz/Sude, Germany 2-0
8/11/07	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Leao	1	Lubetz/Sude	4	21-18, 15-21, 15-7	0:49
8/10/07	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Winner 3	Antonelli/Leao	1	Lubetz/Sude	4	21-15, 21-19	0:36