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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
March 11 - 15, 2026

(9) Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Talita Da Rocha Antunes
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

218

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,681,575.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

144

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$619,650.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2005
Best Blocker 2013
Best Hitter 2013, 2014, 2015
Best Offensive Player 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Taiana Lima), 2015 (with Larissa Maestrini), 2017 (with Larissa Maestrini)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Taiana Lima), 2015 (with Larissa Maestrini), 2017 (with Larissa Maestrini)

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Talita Antunes)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Talita Antunes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	48	6	5	2	3	7	0	11	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	US$521,950.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Thamela Coradello - 9th	Hegeile Almeida - 17th
2024	Taiana Lima - 2nd	Talita Antunes - 2nd
2025	Taiana Lima - 9th	Talita Antunes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	6	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	7	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	11	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool D	Hailey Harward / Xolani Hodel, United States (16)	Won 21-16, 13-21, 15-13
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Giuliana Corrales / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (21, Q7)	Lost 17-21, 18-21
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool D	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (4)	Lost 15-21, 12-21
Fri, 3/13/2026	Lucky Loser	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (14)	Won 21-18, 21-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (2)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 9-1 Retired

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	5	4	1	2	2	0	6	3	3	0	0	$409,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	4	1	0	$105,750.00
Total	48	6	5	2	3	7	0	11	3	8	1	0	$521,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Talita Antunes												Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
7	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	$64,000.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$38,500.00
4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
98	17	10	7	9	18	27	7	1	0	$938,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	79	6	7	2	5	6	21	19	2	0	$455,250.00
102	17	11	9	8	26	19	6	3	0	$588,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	1	3	2	3	8	17	12	2	0	$123,550.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
218	36	22	20	20	46	50	14	4	0	$1,681,575.00	Total	143	9	12	4	8	15	39	34	4	0	$619,250.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	61	10	85.9 %
2014	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$90,750.00	23	7	76.7 %
2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	$68,000.00	38	20	65.5 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$35,000.00	13	5	72.2 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	$36,000.00	14	11	56.0 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$47,000.00	9	13	40.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	48	6	5	2	3	7	0	11	3	8	1	2	$521,950.00	164	71	69.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Talita Antunes													Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	2004	FIVB C&S
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	$83,375.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
14	0	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	$78,050.00	2006	FIVB
16	2	0	2	1	7	2	1	1	0	$104,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
13	1	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	$78,900.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
14	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	$154,475.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	2	1	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	$116,150.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00
14	1	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	$105,350.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
10	1	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$79,550.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$23,750.00
12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00
11	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$150,375.00	2014	FIVB	11	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	0	$112,375.00
10	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$217,500.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00
11	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	$120,500.00	2016	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$46,500.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$104,000.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
											2018	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$27,500.00
11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
7	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$22,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$25,500.00
8	1	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$48,250.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	$22,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$15,500.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$2,500.00
7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$18,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$18,000.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$23,500.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$23,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
218	36	22	20	20	46	50	14	4	6	$1,681,575.00	Total	Total	144	9	12	5	8	15	39	34	4	18	$619,650.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	116	72.5%	27	16.9%	17	10.6%	143-17	89.4%	21	28.8%	18	24.7%	34	46.6%	21-52	28.8%	116-34	77.3%	48-35	57.8%	0	2	164-71	69.8%
2025-2026	9	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	11	91.7%	0-12	0.0%	9-11	45.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	11-16	40.7%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	8-10	44.4%	8-4	66.7%	0	1	8-8	50.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	49	16	1	0	30	10	9	3	1	2	5	4	99	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	12	2	28	12	0	0	18	13	2	2	1	1	1	1	63	31
Total	1	1	16	4	79	29	1	0	48	24	11	5	2	3	6	5	164	71

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Cruz, United States 0-2
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Brasher/Cruz	2	Antunes/Lima	9	19-21, 21-15, 9-1 Retired
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B	Brasher/Cruz	2	Antunes/Lima	11	21-14, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Cheng/Kraft, United States 0-1
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Cheng/Kraft	4	Antunes/Lima	9	21-15, 21-12
Trail the series against # 5 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 1-3
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	6	Coradello/Lopes	2	23-21, 19-21, 15-7	0:53
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool C	Coradello/Lopes	3	Antunes/Lima	11	20-22, 21-15, 15-8	0:46
11/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool A	Coradello/Lopes	1	Antunes/Lima	8	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:48
10/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Gold Medal	Coradello/Lopes	3	Antunes/Lima	12	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 14 Feitosa/Figueira, Brazil 1-0
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Lucky Loser	Antunes/Lima	9	Feitosa/Figueira	14	21-18, 21-15
Lead the series against # 16 Harward/Hodel, United States 1-0
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Antunes/Lima	9	Harward/Hodel	16	21-16, 13-21, 15-13
Series tied with # 17, Q1 Chamereau/Vieira, France 1-1
9/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Chamereau/Vieira	10	Antunes/Lima	7	21-18, 21-17	0:36
9/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	7	Chamereau/Vieira	10	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Series tied with # 21, Q7 Corrales/Valiente, Paraguay 1-1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Corrales/Valiente	21, Q7	Antunes/Lima	9	21-17, 21-18
11/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	8	Corrales/Valiente	10	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q5 Almeida/De Souza, Brazil 2-0
12/5/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	6	Almeida/De Souza	9	21-14, 21-11	0:30
3/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Bronze Medal	Antunes/Lima	21, Q7	Almeida/De Souza	20, Q5	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # Q11 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-0
10/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	12	Cavalcanti/Silva	7	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:52