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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Stadium Court 12:00

Match #22: Pool D

(9) Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia
vs.
(21) Giuliana Poletti/Michelle Valiente, Paraguay

Tina Graudina
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 9, 1998 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

10

Tournaments:

64

Career Wins:

2

Career Winnings:

US$182,150.00

Anastasija Kravcenoka Samoilova
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Daugavpils

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

8

Tournaments:

62

Career Wins:

2

Career Winnings:

US$183,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	57	2	3	3	6	6	2	14	3	12	1	2	3	US$364,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	59	2	3	3	6	7	2	15	3	12	1	2	3	US$364,300.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Anastasija Samoilova - 2nd	Tina Graudina - 2nd
2023	Anastasija Samoilova - 21st	Tina Graudina - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-13/2024	Elite16 Vienna	1	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	6	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	8	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	1	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	2	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	13, Q1	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	10	7th	0	US$15,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	5	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	3	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	18	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool D

Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (16)

Lost 15-21, 14-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tina Graudina	Total	34	15	9	0.176	1	2	2	1
	1	15	7	3	0.267	0	1	0	0
	2	19	8	6	0.105	1	1	2	1
Anastasija Samoilova	Total	4	2	0	0.500	0	3	1	2
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	1	0
	2	1	0	0	0.000	0	1	0	2

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool D

Giuliana Poletti / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (21)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tina Graudina	Total	27	20	1	0.704	1	5	1	3
	1	17	12	0	0.706	0	3	0	0
	2	10	8	1	0.700	1	2	1	3
Anastasija Samoilova	Total	15	9	1	0.533	0	10	1	2
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	7	0	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	3	1	2

Sat, 8/3/2024

Pool D

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)

Won 21-14, 22-20

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tina Graudina	Total	29	16	1	0.517	6	1	0	3
	1	12	8	0	0.667	1	0	0	1
	2	17	8	1	0.412	5	1	0	2
Anastasija Samoilova	Total	19	9	2	0.368	0	9	2	3
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	2	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	5	0	2

Mon, 8/5/2024

Winner 1

Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (10)

Won 21-13, 17-21, 18-16

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tina Graudina	Total	30	17	3	0.467	7	3	3	1
	1	8	6	0	0.750	4	1	1	1
	2	12	5	2	0.250	1	1	2	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	2	1	0	0
Anastasija Samoilova	Total	32	15	3	0.375	1	13	2	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	1	4	2	0
	2	15	5	2	0.200	0	5	0	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	4	0	0

Wed, 8/7/2024

Winner 2

Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)

Lost 16-21, 10-21

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tina Graudina	Total	15	6	2	0.267	3	0	0	2
	1	7	3	2	0.143	2	0	0	1
	2	8	3	0	0.375	1	0	0	1
Anastasija Samoilova	Total	28	11	6	0.179	0	5	3	2
	1	15	7	4	0.200	0	4	2	1
	2	13	4	2	0.154	0	1	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tina Graudina	135	74	16	0.430	18	11	6	10
Anastasija Samoilova	98	46	12	0.347	1	40	9	10
Total	233	120	28	0.395	19	51	15	20
Opponents	242	129	39	0.372	14	58	19	21

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Anastasija Samoilova - 9th	Tina Graudina - 9th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Anastasija Samoilova - 9th	Tina Graudina - 9th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Anastasija Samoilova - 4th	Tina Graudina - 4th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Anastasija Samoilova - 9th	Tina Graudina - 9th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Anastasija Samoilova - 7th	Tina Graudina - 7th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Anastasija Samoilova - 9th	Tina Graudina - 9th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Anastasija Samoilova - 7th	Tina Graudina - 7th

Giuliana Poletti Corrales
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 30, 2000 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Asuncion

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

6

Tournaments:

10

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Battipaglia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$3,721.65

Michelle Sharon Valiente Amarilla
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1998 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fernando de la Mora

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

10

Tournaments:

34

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Battipaglia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$15,682.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$1,845.43
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	US$1,845.43

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-26/2024	Futures Battipaglia	3	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/16-19/2024	Futures Cervia	3	2nd	360	€ 700.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool D

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)

Lost 16-21, 12-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Giuliana Poletti	Total	24	10	3	0.292	0	3	2	6
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	0	2	3
	2	11	3	1	0.182	0	3	0	3
Michelle Valiente	Total	27	9	3	0.222	0	5	0	1
	1	16	4	2	0.125	0	4	0	1
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	1	0	0

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool D

Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (9)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Giuliana Poletti	Total	25	11	4	0.280	1	2	1	5
	1	12	5	2	0.250	1	1	1	3
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	1	0	2
Michelle Valiente	Total	19	10	2	0.421	0	5	3	0
	1	17	9	1	0.471	0	5	2	0
	2	2	1	1	0.000	0	0	1	0

Sat, 8/3/2024

Pool D

Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (16)

Lost 21-23, 21-18, 12-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Giuliana Poletti	Total	41	19	5	0.341	3	4	1	6
	1	19	10	2	0.421	0	2	1	4
	2	11	4	0	0.364	1	1	0	1
	3	11	5	3	0.182	2	1	0	1
Michelle Valiente	Total	22	12	2	0.455	0	8	2	2
	1	8	2	2	0.000	0	2	2	0
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	5	0	2
	3	3	2	0	0.667	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Giuliana Poletti	90	40	12	0.311	4	9	4	17
Michelle Valiente	68	31	7	0.353	0	18	5	3
Total	158	71	19	0.329	4	27	9	20
Opponents	144	88	14	0.514	4	45	12	15

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Patricia Caballero - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Gabriela Filippo - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Patricia Caballero - 37th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Erika Bobadilla - 33rd	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Erika Bobadilla - 33rd

Head to Head Results
Graudina/Samoilova lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/31/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Graudina/Samoilova	9	Poletti/Valiente	21	21-19, 21-15	0:37