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AVP Tour
$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Fort Lauderdale Open
March 31 - April 2, 2006

(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 Fort Lauderdale Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	10/1-2/2005	Best of the Beach	4	5	0	$7,000.00
AVP	9/1-4/2005	Chicago Open	6	2	702	$30,000.00
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

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/1/2006

Winner 1

Claire D'Amore / Tiffany Rodriguez (29, Q24)

Won 21-16, 21-11

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	17	14	0	0.824	4	3	1	3
	1	10	8	0	0.800	2	1	0	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	2	2	1	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	22	5	7	-0.091	0	9	6	4
	1	12	3	5	-0.167	0	5	2	3
	2	10	2	2	0.000	0	4	4	1

Sat, 4/1/2006

Winner 2

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (20)

Lost 21-15, 14-21, 10-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	24	16	1	0.625	2	7	2	3
	1	14	10	0	0.714	1	3	1	2
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	2	1	1
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	38	12	9	0.079	0	14	6	4
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	3	4	2
	2	16	5	3	0.125	0	6	1	2
	3	15	4	5	-0.067	0	5	1	0

Sat, 4/1/2006

Contender 2

Ashley Ivy Swift / Jenelle Koester (14)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	24	7	2	0.208	1	4	3	2
	1	16	2	1	0.063	1	3	1	2
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	1	2	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	15	9	0	0.600	0	8	1	4
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	4	0	3
	2	2	0	0	0.000	0	4	1	1

Sat, 4/1/2006

Contender 3

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (5)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	28	13	4	0.321	3	4	1	0
	1	14	5	2	0.214	1	2	0	0
	2	14	8	2	0.429	2	2	1	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	20	10	7	0.150	0	17	4	0
	1	15	8	4	0.267	0	14	0	0
	2	5	2	3	-0.200	0	3	4	0

Sat, 4/1/2006

Contender 4

Nicole Branagh / Holly McPeak (7)

Won By Forfeit

Sun, 4/2/2006

Contender 5

Jennifer Kessy / Nancy Reynolds (8)

Lost 0-21, 18-21

0:23

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	4	2	1	0.250	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	0	0	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	17	10	2	0.471	0	8	1	0
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	8	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	97	52	8	0.454	10	18	7	8
Tatiana Minello	112	46	25	0.188	0	56	18	12

Head to Head Results
Amaral/Minello lead the series against the field 17-13

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 0-3
10/2/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	4	21-19, 21-13	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 5 DeNecochea/Leibl 3-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	4	DeNecochea/Leibl	5	21-18, 21-16	0:46
9/8/05	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Pool B	Amaral/Minello	Q6	DeNecochea/Leibl	8, Q10	24-22, 25-23	0:45
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 Branagh/McPeak 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Branagh/McPeak	7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 8 Kessy/Reynolds 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Reynolds	8	Amaral/Minello	4	21-0, 21-18	0:23
Lead the series against # 9 Niles/Straton 2-1
10/1/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	4	Niles/Straton	8	21-13, 21-16	0:33
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 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 # 14 Ivy Swift/Koester 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	Amaral/Minello	4	Ivy Swift/Koester	14	21-15, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 19 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 # 20 Barnes/Williams 2-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Barnes/Williams	20	Amaral/Minello	4	15-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:54
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 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 # 24 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, Q24 D'Amore/Rodriguez 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Amaral/Minello	4	D'Amore/Rodriguez	29, Q24	21-16, 21-11	0:32