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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 2 - 7, 2012

(15) Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Vivian Danielle da Conceição Cunha
Azerbaijan

/ Brazil

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 14, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belem (PA)

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Guarujá 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$128,900.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

143

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$605,050.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Talita Antunes)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Talita Antunes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	28	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	1	8	0	4	4	US$161,150.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	29	0	1	2	1	1	1	6	1	8	0	4	4	US$161,950.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Angela Lavalle - 41st	Did not play
2010	Taiana Lima - Country Quota	Vivian Cunha - Country Quota
2011	Taiana Lima - 5th	Vivian Cunha - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	11	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	6	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	11, Q2	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	16	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/9-14/2011	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	4	3rd	0	US$800.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	8	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	16, Q3	5th	480	US$13,200.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/4/2012	Pool B	Angela Lavalle / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (18)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-11	1:00
Wed, 7/4/2012	Pool B	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (31, Q13)	Won 27-25, 22-20	0:47
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool B	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (2)	Lost 25-23, 14-7 Retired	0:36
Fri, 7/6/2012	Winner 1	Romana Kayser / Joana Mader, Switzerland (29, Q9)	Lost By Forfeit

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	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	$89,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	$64,850.00
Total	28	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	1	8	0	0	$161,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vivian Cunha												Taiana Lima
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	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$38,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	1	0	0	1	3	7	0	0	$52,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	78	6	6	2	5	6	20	19	2	0	$440,650.00
20	1	0	2	2	1	7	2	2	0	$66,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	1	3	2	3	8	17	12	2	0	$123,550.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
47	2	1	3	3	2	10	10	2	0	$128,500.00	Total	142	9	11	4	8	15	38	34	4	0	$604,650.00

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
2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	$50,950.00	33	13	71.7 %
2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	3	$62,700.00	29	19	60.4 %
2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	6	1	85.7 %
2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	$34,400.00	11	13	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	7	0	8	$148,050.00	73	45	61.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vivian Cunha													Taiana Lima
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 Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
10	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	4	$23,625.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00
11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$17,200.00	2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$17,200.00
41	2	1	4	2	2	9	8	0	13	$118,050.00	Total	Total	35	2	2	2	1	3	7	8	0	10	$79,875.00

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	54	75.0%	12	16.7%	6	8.3%	66-6	91.7%	10	19.2%	6	11.5%	36	69.2%	10-42	19.2%	54-36	60.0%	22-12	64.7%	1	2	77-50	60.6%
2011-2012	31	70.5%	8	18.2%	5	11.4%	39-5	88.6%	4	11.8%	3	8.8%	27	79.4%	4-30	11.8%	31-27	53.4%	12-8	60.0%	1	2	44-37	54.3%
Against the Field	17	68.0%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	2	8.0%	2	8.0%	21	84.0%	2-23	8.0%	34-38	47.2%	14-10	58.3%	0	2	24-26	48.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	4	8	4	18	12	0	0	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	40	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	16	9	0	2	1	1	0	0	34	19
Total	12	4	14	4	21	12	0	0	21	19	1	2	1	1	0	1	77	50

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Lima trail the series against the field 20-24 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cunha/Lima	16	21-17, 21-18	0:36
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:44
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 1-4
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	2	Cunha/Lima	15	25-23, 14-7 Retired	0:36
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Cunha/Lima	17	21-13, 21-10	0:30
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Cunha/Lima	6	21-10, 21-18	0:34
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Cunha/Lima	6	21-16, 21-16	0:33
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	Xue/Zhang	3	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-2
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	Cunha/Lima	11	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:57
11/5/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 5	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Cunha/Lima	6	21-17, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Cunha/Lima	16, Q3	26-24, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-2
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Cunha/Lima	11	21-16, 21-17	0:36
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	Cunha/Lima	11	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	3	Cunha/Lima	11, Q2	22-20, 11-21, 15-7	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-2
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Cunha/Lima	16	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Cunha/Lima	10	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 8 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 10 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Cunha/Lima	9	Holtwick/Semmler	40	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 1-2
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	Cunha/Lima	11	21-17, 23-21	0:42
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Cunha/Lima	11	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	21-11, 21-13	0:34
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	Cunha/Lima	6	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-0
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	6	Gielen/Mouha	11	21-15, 21-17	0:31
Series tied with # 16 Fendrick/Niles, United States 2-2
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	6	Fendrick/Niles	11	21-17, 21-15	0:36
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Lima	16	Fendrick/Niles	17, Q1	21-10, 20-22, 15-10	0:51
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Fendrick/Niles	12	Cunha/Lima	9	25-23, 22-20	0:44
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fendrick/Niles	22, Q5	Cunha/Lima	11	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Series tied with # 17 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-1
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	16, Q3	Borger/Buthe	22, Q12	21-18, 21-23, 15-8	0:54
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	27, Q19	Cunha/Lima	10	23-21, 21-14	0:40
Series tied with # 18 Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 3-3
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Cunha/Lima	15	Lavalle/Maestrini	18	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	1:00
8/14/11	FIVB C&S	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	Semi-Finals	Lavalle/Maestrini	19	Cunha/Lima	4	22-20, 21-16	0:42
8/1/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Lavalle/Maestrini	25, Q12	Cunha/Lima		21-19, 21-14	0:41
7/11/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Lavalle/Maestrini	27, Q13	Cunha/Lima		21-15, 21-18	0:38
7/4/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Cunha/Lima	16, Q3	Lavalle/Maestrini		21-16, 12-21, 21-19	0:58
6/27/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Cunha/Lima	Q3	Lavalle/Maestrini		21-17, 18-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 19 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 5-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Cunha/Lima	11	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	21-14, 22-20	0:40
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Lima	6	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Cunha/Lima	10	Hansel/Montagnolli	23	21-16, 21-16	0:35
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	26-24, 21-17	0:50
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	21-18, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Cunha/Lima	14	Gioria/Momoli	30, Q4	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 Kayser/Mader, Switzerland 0-1
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kayser/Mader	29, Q9	Cunha/Lima	15	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 Klopf/Teufl, Austria 1-0
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Lima	11, Q2	Klopf/Teufl	Q31	21-13, 21-9	0:26
Lead the series against # 31, Q13 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 1-0
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Cunha/Lima	15	Bednarczuk/Seixas	31, Q13	27-25, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # Q4 Benhamou/Giaoui, France 1-0
7/27/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Benhamou/Giaoui	Q26	21-13, 21-19	0:43