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AVP Tour
$183,000 Tempe Open presented by Bud Light
May 5 - 7, 2006

(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 Tempe Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	4	7	180	$4,250.00
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

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/6/2006

Winner 2

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (11)

Lost 16-21, 24-26

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	12	6	2	0.333	0	3	1	5
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	1	1	4
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	28	18	3	0.536	0	8	3	3
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	3	1	3
	2	15	11	1	0.667	0	5	2	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 1

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (12)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	17	6	3	0.176	0	4	2	1
	1	10	3	1	0.200	0	2	1	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	2	1	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	38	24	2	0.579	0	14	0	3
	1	13	10	1	0.692	0	4	0	2
	2	25	14	1	0.520	0	10	0	1

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 2

Brittany Hochevar / Logan Tom (20)

Won 19-21, 21-11, 15-8

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	22	9	3	0.273	1	5	3	3
	1	8	2	2	0.000	1	1	1	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	1	0	1
	3	5	2	0	0.400	0	3	2	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	21	14	1	0.619	0	12	2	2
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	0	0
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	1	2	2
	3	8	6	0	0.750	0	6	0	0

Sat, 5/6/2006

Contender 3

Nicole Branagh / Holly McPeak (8)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	33	20	2	0.545	1	11	1	4
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	6	0	2
	2	21	12	1	0.524	1	5	1	2
Tatiana Minello	Total	14	8	3	0.357	0	10	1	1
	1	9	6	3	0.333	0	6	1	1
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	4	0	0

Sun, 5/7/2006

Contender 4

Brooke Niles / Sarah Straton (10)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	21	14	2	0.571	0	3	1	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	0	0	3
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	1	0
Tatiana Minello	Total	25	12	5	0.280	0	7	4	2
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	4	3	0
	2	15	6	3	0.200	0	3	1	2

Sun, 5/7/2006

Contender 5

Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 21-23, 21-19, 11-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	Total	31	17	7	0.323	4	5	2	4
	1	10	4	4	0.000	3	0	2	0
	2	13	9	3	0.462	1	2	0	3
	3	8	4	0	0.500	0	3	0	1
Tatiana Minello	Total	36	16	9	0.194	0	13	2	4
	1	15	5	4	0.067	0	3	1	1
	2	15	8	3	0.333	0	9	0	2
	3	6	3	2	0.167	0	1	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mimi Amaral	136	72	19	0.390	6	31	10	20
Tatiana Minello	162	92	23	0.426	0	64	12	15

Head to Head Results
Amaral/Minello lead the series against the field 21-17

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 0-4
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Scott/Youngs	2	Amaral/Minello	6	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	1:02
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
Trail the series against # 4 Turner/Wilson 1-2
10/1/05	AVP	Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Turner/Wilson	5	Amaral/Minello	4	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:57
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
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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Branagh/McPeak 2-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Amaral/Minello	6	Branagh/McPeak	8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	4	Branagh/McPeak	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 10 Niles/Straton 3-1
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 4	Amaral/Minello	6	Niles/Straton	10	21-16, 21-16	0:36
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 # 11 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 3-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	11	Amaral/Minello	6	21-16, 26-24	0:45
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 # 12 Lewis/Lima 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 1	Amaral/Minello	6	Lewis/Lima	12	21-19, 22-20	0:51
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 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 # 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 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 # 20 Hochevar/Tom 1-0
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Amaral/Minello	6	Hochevar/Tom	20	19-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # Q13 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