Rio de Janeiro, August 8, 2016 - Switzerland's Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre and Australia's Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird will both try to recover from opening-match losses in a must-win match for both teams to start off day three. Both teams lost their opener and will need a win if they hope to advance to the elimination stage.
Head to Head
The two teams have never met in FIVB World Tour competition
Historically the #10 seed has won two of the three matches against the #22 seed in Olympic Game pool play, with a three-set win in London (2012) and a straight-set win in Beijing (2008). The #22 seed won in three sets in Athens (2004), and the #10 seed won in a second-round match in Sydney (2000).
Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, Seed #10, Pool C, 0-1, 0.500 Set Ratio, 0.9649 Point Ratio, Qualified 12th with 4,640 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Isabelle: March 28, 1982 (34y4m9d), 178 cm (5'10"), 64 kg (142 lbs.), Hometown St. Gallen, 116th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 33rd), one gold medal, $199,975 career winnings (ranks 90th)
• Anouk: February 11, 1992 (24y5m26d), 185 cm (6'1"), 69 kg (153 lbs.), Hometown Bern, 58th FIVB World Tour event, one gold medal, $161,825 career winnings
• Isabelle and Anouk have been playing together since 2011. They are playing in their 58th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together (ranks 38th), one gold medal, $323,650 career winnings (ranks 52nd).
• Isabelle has played in five FIVB World Tour final fours with one gold, one silver, one bronze medal and two 4th place finishes.
• Anouk has played in five FIVB World Tour final fours with one gold, one silver, one bronze medal and two 4th place finishes.
• Isabelle and Anouk have played in five Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Silver Sochi Open 2015, Bronze Xiamen Open 2015, 4th Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam 2016, Gold Xiamen Open 2016, 4th Fuzhou Open 2016).
• Isabelle and Anouk finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki) and 17th in 2015 (The Hague).
• Isabelle finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships with Sarah Schmocker in 2009 (Stavanger).
• Isabelle and Anouk are currently ranked 8th in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 4,110 points and 11th in winnings with $97,700.
• Isabelle and Anouk have a career 122-124 (49.6%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events and a 76-54 (58.5%) record in 2015-16.
• Isabelle and Anouk won one gold medal and two silver medals on the European (CEV) Continental Tour from 2012-15.
• Isabelle won the silver medal at the U21 World Championships with Melanie Schonenberger in 2002 (Catania, Italy).
• Anouk won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships with Nina Betschart in 2012 (Halifax, Canada).
• Lost to Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (15), 22-24, 21-18, and 12-15 in 66 minutes.
Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia, Seed #22, Pool C, 0-1, 0.000 Set Ratio, 0.6429 Point Ratio, Qualified through Asian Confederation (AVC) Continental Cup
• Mariafe: October 24, 1993 (22y9m13d), 175 cm (5'9"), 67 kg (149 lbs.), Hometown Peru, 21st FIVB World Tour event, $28,975 career winnings
• Nicole: February 18, 1993 (23y5m19d), 190 cm (6'3"), 69 kg (153 lbs.), Hometown Sydney, 14th FIVB World Tour event, $22,400 career winnings
• Mariafe and Nicole have been playing together since 2012. They are playing in their 14th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, $44,800 career winnings.
• Neither player has played in an FIVB World Tour final four. Each of their best finishes are a 9th-place together in the 2014 Shanghai Open.
• Mariafe and Nicole finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague).
• Mariafe finished 37th in the FIVB World Championships with Jessyka Ngauamo in 2013 (Stare Jablonki).
• Mariafe and Nicole are currently ranked 55th in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 720 points and 40th in winnings with $19,000.
• Mariafe and Nicole have a career 18-25 (41.9%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events and a 12-21 (36.4%) record in 2015-16.
• Mariafe and Nicole won the gold medal at the U23 World Championships in 2014 (Myslowice, Poland).
• Mariafe won the bronze medal at the U21 World Championships with Taliqua Clancy in 2012 (Halifax, Canada).
• Mariafe and Nicole won the bronze medal at the AVC Continental Championships in 2015 (Hong Kong) and the silver medal in 2016 (Australia).
• Mariafe and Nicole have won five gold, three silver, and three bronze medals on the AVC Continental Tour from 2013-16.
• Mariafe and Jessyka Ngauamo won the U21 AVC Continental Championships in 2013 (India).
• Mariafe and Nicole won the Asian Continental Cup where the pair teamed with Phoebe Bell/Becchara Palmer to post wins over Chinese Taipei (2-0), Japan (2-1) and Vanuatu (2-0).
• Lost to April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (3), 14-21 and 13-21 in 34 minutes.