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AVP Tour
$375,000 Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's
September 1 - 4, 2005

(6) 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 Chicago Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/26-28/2005	Boulder Open	5	5	216	$5,000.00
AVP	8/18-20/2005	Manhattan Beach Open	4	7	260	$5,000.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 1

Patti Cook / Jill Muhe (27, Q1)

Won 21-17, 21-10

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	16	13	0	0.813	0	2	3	4
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	2	0	1
	2	5	5	0	1.000	0	0	3	3
Tatiana Minello	Total	20	14	2	0.600	0	12	4	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	7	3	1
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	5	1	2

Fri, 9/2/2005

Winner 2

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (22)

Won 21-8, 21-13

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	15	8	1	0.467	1	2	5	1
	1	10	7	0	0.700	1	2	4	0
	2	5	1	1	0.000	0	0	1	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	22	16	2	0.636	0	11	3	1
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	1	1
	2	16	12	1	0.688	0	7	2	0

Sat, 9/3/2005

Winner 3

Jennifer Kessy / Holly McPeak (3)

Lost 21-18, 13-21, 9-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	26	10	2	0.308	0	7	1	6
	1	11	4	1	0.273	0	1	0	2
	2	11	3	0	0.273	0	4	0	2
	3	4	3	1	0.500	0	2	1	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	46	16	6	0.217	0	15	7	6
	1	18	7	3	0.222	0	6	5	3
	2	15	4	2	0.133	0	5	1	1
	3	13	5	1	0.308	0	4	1	2

Sat, 9/3/2005

Contender 4

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (9)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	12	10	1	0.750	2	3	2	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	1	1	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	2	2	1	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	21	13	2	0.524	0	9	2	0
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	6	0	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	2	0

Sat, 9/3/2005

Contender 5

Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley (7)

Won 21-18, 22-20

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	46	23	3	0.435	1	8	1	2
	1	23	9	2	0.304	1	7	1	1
	2	23	14	1	0.565	0	1	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	14	7	4	0.214	0	6	3	4
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	2
	2	8	3	3	0.000	0	4	3	2

Sun, 9/4/2005

Contender 6

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (5)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	28	17	3	0.500	2	11	2	4
	1	15	11	1	0.667	2	2	2	1
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	9	0	3
Tatiana Minello	Total	29	11	3	0.276	0	12	2	1
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	1	1
	2	20	7	1	0.300	0	9	1	0

Sun, 9/4/2005

Semi-Finals

Jennifer Kessy / Holly McPeak (3)

Won 21-18, 11-21, 15-11

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	26	14	0	0.538	1	14	1	4
	1	8	5	0	0.625	1	3	0	2
	2	10	4	0	0.400	0	7	0	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	4	1	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	45	21	2	0.422	0	18	0	1
	1	19	10	2	0.421	0	9	0	1
	2	15	3	0	0.200	0	3	0	0
	3	11	8	0	0.727	0	6	0	0

Sun, 9/4/2005

Finals

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	31	17	4	0.419	0	4	0	4
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	2	0	2
	2	18	9	3	0.333	0	2	0	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	19	10	5	0.263	0	7	2	4
	1	13	6	4	0.154	0	4	1	3
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	200	112	14	0.490	7	51	15	27
Tatiana Minello	216	108	26	0.380	0	90	23	20

Head to Head Results
Amaral/Minello lead the series against the field 19-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-6
9/4/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	6	21-16, 21-16	0:56
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Amaral/Minello	5	21-14, 21-15	0:29
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
Series tied with # 3 Kessy/McPeak 1-1
9/4/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Amaral/Minello	6	Kessy/McPeak	3	21-18, 11-21, 15-11	0:54
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Kessy/McPeak	3	Amaral/Minello	6	18-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:51
Series tied with # 4 Turner/Wilson 1-1
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Amaral/Minello	5	Turner/Wilson	4	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Turner/Wilson	5	Amaral/Minello	4	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 5 DeNecochea/Leibl 1-1
9/4/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Amaral/Minello	6	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/28/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	Amaral/Minello	5	23-21, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Dodd/McSorley 2-0
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Amaral/Minello	6	Dodd/McSorley	7	21-18, 22-20	0:41
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	Amaral/Minello	4	Dodd/McSorley	6	22-20, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 8 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 # 9 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 3-0
9/3/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	6	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	9	21-15, 21-13	0:32
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Amaral/Minello	4	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	12	21-17, 21-14	0:38
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	9	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
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 # 14 Jameson/Jones 1-0
8/27/05	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	5	Jameson/Jones	12	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 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 # 22 Barnes/Williams 2-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Amaral/Minello	6	Barnes/Williams	22	21-8, 21-13	0:33
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 # 23 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 # 27, Q1 Cook/Muhe 1-0
9/2/05	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	6	Cook/Muhe	27, Q1	21-17, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 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 # Q6 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