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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 20, 2005

(4) Mimi Amaral/Tatiana Minello

Semírames Perazzo Mimi Amaral Marins

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vitoria

Resides:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$83,037.50

Tatiana Minello

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Maria

Resides:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

5'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Brisbane 2001)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$430,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	21	0	2	2	0	6	6	5	0	0	0	$143,775.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/30-7/2/2005	Cincinnati Open	4	3	390	$12,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	5	2	324	$14,000.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	9	5	216	$5,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Lisa Gathright / Jenny Griffith (29, Q5)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	23	16	3	0.565	1	9	0	5
	1	11	8	2	0.545	0	4	0	2
	2	12	8	1	0.583	1	5	0	3
Tatiana Minello	Total	18	10	3	0.389	0	8	5	4
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	5	2	2
	2	4	4	0	1.000	0	3	3	2

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 2

Daven Allison / Jennifer Holdren (20)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	25	17	1	0.640	0	4	2	4
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	3	2	3
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	1	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	24	12	3	0.375	0	15	0	4
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	6	0	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	9	0	3

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 3

Tyra Turner / Makare Wilson (5)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	18	8	3	0.278	0	14	0	3
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	5	0	3
	2	12	5	3	0.167	0	9	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	37	14	6	0.216	1	1	2	6
	1	16	6	4	0.125	0	1	1	3
	2	21	8	2	0.286	1	0	1	3

Fri, 8/19/2005

Contender 4

Angie Akers / Nicole Branagh (10)

Won 24-22, 18-21, 15-13

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	32	12	3	0.281	0	17	4	7
	1	19	8	1	0.368	0	8	1	2
	2	6	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	4
	3	7	2	0	0.286	0	4	3	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	42	23	2	0.500	1	10	4	4
	1	17	7	1	0.353	1	7	3	2
	2	17	11	1	0.588	0	3	0	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	0	1	1

Sat, 8/20/2005

Contender 5

Brooke Niles / Sarah Straton (9)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	52	23	7	0.308	1	14	1	1
	1	22	10	5	0.227	1	6	1	1
	2	30	13	2	0.367	0	8	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	9	4	2	0.222	0	12	2	2
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	6	2	0
	2	3	0	1	-0.333	0	6	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	150	76	17	0.393	2	58	7	20
Tatiana Minello	130	63	16	0.362	2	46	13	20

Head to Head Results
Amaral/Minello lead the series against the field 10-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-4
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	4	21-15, 21-12	0:33
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	23-21, 21-19	0:52
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	21-18, 21-11	0:30
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	9	21-13, 27-25	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Scott/Youngs 0-2
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	4	By Forfeit
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 6	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	9	21-12, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Turner/Wilson 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Turner/Wilson	5	Amaral/Minello	4	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Dodd/McSorley 1-0
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	Amaral/Minello	4	Dodd/McSorley	6	22-20, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 9 Niles/Straton 1-1
8/20/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Niles/Straton	9	Amaral/Minello	4	21-19, 21-17	0:39
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	5	Niles/Straton	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 10 Akers/Branagh 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Akers/Branagh	10	24-22, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 12 Johns/Polzin 1-0
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	5	Johns/Polzin	18	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 Lee/Roca 1-0
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	4	Lee/Roca	13	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Ivy Swift/Vakhidova 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	9	Ivy Swift/Vakhidova	25, Q2	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Allison/Holdren 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	4	Allison/Holdren	20	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Barnes/Williams 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	9	Barnes/Williams	24	26-24, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 28 Baily/Romias 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	5	Baily/Romias	28, Q3	21-14, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Gathright/Griffith 1-0
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Gathright/Griffith	29, Q5	21-17, 21-12	0:42