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June 25 - July 4, 2009

(28) Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada

Marie-Andrée Lessard
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 6, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bolton-Est, QC

Resides:

Laval, QC

Height:

167 cm (5'6")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

142

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Dubai 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$150,270.00

Annie Martin
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lachine

Resides:

Sherbrooke

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Eboli 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Stavanger 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$141,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	44	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	5	9	1	5	12	1	4	US$124,550.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Nancy Gougeon - 17th	Did not play
2003	Sarah Maxwell - 33rd	Guylaine Dumont - 41st
2004	Sarah Maxwell - 41st	Guylaine Dumont - 4th
2005	Sarah Maxwell - 17th	Marie-Christine Pruneau - 25th
2006	Sarah Maxwell - 17th	Katherine Zakrzewski - 41st
2007	Sarah Maxwell - 33rd	Dana Cooke - 17th
2008	Sarah Maxwell - 41st	Dana Cooke - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	Q4	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	18	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	19	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	18	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	17	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/5-11/2008	Dubai Open	21	5	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	21	17	120	US$2,500.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool D

Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (21)

Lost 21-16, 19-21, 20-22

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	19	10	4	0.316	0	6	2	4
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	0	2	2
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	1
	3	12	5	3	0.167	0	4	0	1
Annie Martin	Total	42	30	2	0.667	1	9	2	3
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	0	0	1
	2	16	11	1	0.625	1	4	0	1
	3	13	10	1	0.692	0	5	2	1

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool D

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4)

Lost 18-21, 21-17, 16-18

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	40	21	8	0.325	1	12	1	6
	1	13	5	4	0.077	0	3	1	2
	2	14	8	2	0.429	1	3	0	2
	3	13	8	2	0.462	0	6	0	2
Annie Martin	Total	31	19	1	0.581	0	5	2	5
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	0	0	1
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	3	1	3
	3	13	4	1	0.231	0	2	1	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool D

Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin, England (45)

Won 21-12, 21-17

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	19	12	1	0.579	1	11	1	2
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	1	1	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	1	10	0	1
Annie Martin	Total	26	14	1	0.500	1	5	1	3
	1	10	8	1	0.700	1	3	1	1
	2	16	6	0	0.375	0	2	0	2

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Angie Akers / Tyra Turner, United States (6)

Lost 21-18, 22-24, 15-17

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	43	20	6	0.326	1	7	1	2
	1	11	5	4	0.091	1	3	1	1
	2	15	7	0	0.467	0	2	0	0
	3	17	8	2	0.353	0	2	0	1
Annie Martin	Total	32	15	1	0.438	0	9	2	4
	1	13	7	0	0.538	0	4	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	2	1	3
	3	9	1	0	0.111	0	3	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	121	63	19	0.364	3	36	5	14
Annie Martin	131	78	5	0.557	2	28	7	15

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Klagenfurt	Nancy Gougeon - 17th	Did not play
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Guylaine Dumont - 9th
2005	Berlin	Sarah Maxwell - 17th	Marie-Christine Pruneau - 33rd
2007	Gstaad	Sarah Maxwell - 37th	Dana Cooke - 17th
2011	Rome	Annie Martin - 37th	Marie-Andree Lessard - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	28	17	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	16	37	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Lessard/Martin trail the series against the field 5-11

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Branagh/Youngs	4	Lessard/Martin	28	21-18, 17-21, 18-16	1:06
Trail the series against # 6 Akers/Turner, United States 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Akers/Turner	6	Lessard/Martin	28	18-21, 24-22, 17-15	1:01
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	2	Lessard/Martin	18	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Lessard/Martin	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	18	Huang/Zhang	15	21-19, 17-21, 20-18	1:01
Trail the series against # 18 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	16	Lessard/Martin	17	22-20, 21-13	0:44
Series tied with # 19 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	18	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	15	21-19, 24-22	0:48
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	14	Lessard/Martin	19	21-15, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 21 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Banck/Gunther	21	Lessard/Martin	28	16-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:05
Trail the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	Lessard/Martin	21	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 23 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	17	Lessard/Martin	18	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 25 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 0-1
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	5	Lessard/Martin	18	21-13, 29-27	0:48
Lead the series against # 26 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Lessard/Martin	18	Remmers/Stiekema	7	21-23, 21-15, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 33 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Lessard/Martin	21	Martins/Santanna	5	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 39 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	Lessard/Martin	17	25-23, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
Lead the series against # 45 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Lessard/Martin	28	Dampney/Mullin	45	21-12, 21-17	0:36