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June 25 - July 4, 2009

(2) Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil

Maria Elisa Mendes Ticon Antonelli
Brazil

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1984 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Resende

Resides:

Rio de Janerio

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

17

Tournaments:

162

Career Wins:

14

Career FIVB WT Wins:

12

Career Winnings:

US$1,035,250.00

Talita Da Rocha Antunes
Brazil

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Resides:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

21

Tournaments:

207

Career Wins:

37

Career FIVB WT Wins:

36

Career Winnings:

US$1,665,475.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	52	8	6	11	8	10	0	6	1	2	0	US$915,050.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Renata Ribeiro - Country Quota
2006	Did not play	Renata Ribeiro - 5th
2007	Did not play	Renata Ribeiro - 17th
2008	Vanilda Leao - 9th	Renata Ribeiro - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	4	1	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	5	2	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	7	1	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	7	13	180	US$4,250.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool B

Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (47)

Won 23-25, 21-18, 15-10

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	35	18	9	0.257	0	9	3	5
	1	14	7	5	0.143	0	4	0	1
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	4	2	3
	3	8	5	2	0.375	0	1	1	1
Talita Antunes	Total	29	19	4	0.517	2	9	0	2
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	2	0	1
	2	8	5	2	0.375	1	3	0	1
	3	9	6	1	0.556	0	4	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool B

Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (26)

Won 18-21, 21-17, 20-18

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	60	32	8	0.400	0	22	2	3
	1	19	11	0	0.579	0	5	0	2
	2	20	10	5	0.250	0	9	1	0
	3	21	11	3	0.381	0	8	1	1
Talita Antunes	Total	24	15	2	0.542	0	9	1	4
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	0	2
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	2	0	2
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	2	1	0

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool B

Chen Xue / Ying Zhang, China (23)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	26	12	8	0.154	0	9	0	4
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	4	0	2
	2	17	8	7	0.059	0	5	0	2
Talita Antunes	Total	35	19	2	0.486	0	17	1	1
	1	21	12	1	0.524	0	11	1	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	0	6	0	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Merel Mooren / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (41)

Won 21-12, 21-13

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	29	15	4	0.379	0	12	5	4
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	5	2	2
	2	16	8	2	0.375	0	7	3	2
Talita Antunes	Total	11	10	0	0.909	1	4	1	2
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	2	0	1
	2	4	4	0	1.000	1	2	1	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (17)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	21	13	4	0.429	0	11	0	3
	1	14	10	3	0.500	0	7	0	3
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	4	0	0
Talita Antunes	Total	21	14	3	0.524	2	7	2	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	2	0	1
	2	14	9	3	0.429	2	5	2	2

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 3

Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (12)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	31	16	4	0.387	0	7	2	3
	1	16	9	2	0.438	0	3	1	2
	2	15	7	2	0.333	0	4	1	1
Talita Antunes	Total	15	7	3	0.267	1	8	2	1
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	6	0	1
	2	5	3	2	0.200	1	2	2	0

Sat, 7/4/2009

Semi-Finals

Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)

Lost 17-21, 21-18, 13-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	33	18	6	0.364	1	11	0	5
	1	14	5	2	0.214	0	2	0	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	5	0	2
	3	6	4	2	0.333	1	4	0	2
Talita Antunes	Total	27	12	4	0.296	5	3	2	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	2	3	1	1
	2	7	3	0	0.429	3	0	0	1
	3	8	2	2	0.000	0	0	1	0

Sat, 7/4/2009

Bronze Medal

Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (5)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	Total	25	15	2	0.520	0	9	1	1
	1	12	6	0	0.500	0	7	0	0
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	2	1	1
Talita Antunes	Total	15	13	1	0.800	4	3	1	0
	1	9	8	1	0.778	2	2	0	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	2	1	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Antonelli	260	139	45	0.362	1	90	13	28
Talita Antunes	177	109	19	0.508	15	60	10	15

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Gstaad	Did not play	Renata Ribeiro - 9th
2011	Rome	Talita Antunes - 5th	Maria Antonelli - 5th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Agatha Bednarczuk - 17th	Taiana Lima - 17th
2015	The Hague	Juliana Felisberta - 3rd	Larissa Maestrini - 9th
2017	Vienna	Carol Salgado - 5th	Larissa Maestrini - 3rd
2019	Hamburg	Carol Salgado - 17th	Did not play
2022	Rome	Did not play	Rebecca Cavalcanti - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	2	3	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	2	5	600	US$18,000.00

Head to Head Results
Antonelli/Antunes lead the series against the field 21-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-0
5/31/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Kessy/Ross	1	22-20, 21-16	0:45
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Kessy/Ross	1	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	5	26-24, 19-21, 18-16	1:05
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Antonelli/Antunes	5	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 1-0
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Bronze Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Bede/Connelly	5	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Akers/Turner, United States 1-0
5/24/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Akers/Turner	26	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-0
5/23/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Salgado/Salgado	2	22-20, 23-25, 15-12	1:07
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:08
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Hakedal/Torlen	8	21-19, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	25-23, 30-32, 15-8	1:10
Lead the series against # 12 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Keizer/Van Iersel	12	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-0
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	21-15, 21-15	0:38
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Antonelli/Antunes	7	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:01
Lead the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	21-12, 21-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Xue/Zhang	23	21-14, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 26 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Remmers/Stiekema	26	18-21, 21-17, 20-18	1:09
Trail the series against # 27 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Antonelli/Antunes	7	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 33 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Martins/Santanna	20, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:34
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Martins/Santanna	10	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 41 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Mooren/Wesselink	41	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 44 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Boulton/Johns	26, Q2	28-30, 21-13, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 47 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	47	23-25, 21-18, 15-10	0:59