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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(8) Benjamin Insfran/Franco Neto, Brazil

Benjamin Insfran
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Porto Murtinho-MS

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$704,037.50

Franco José Vieira Neto
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

172

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$971,885.00

Awards

Tour Champion 1993 (with Roberto Lopes), 1995 (with Roberto Lopes)
Most Inspirational 2006, 2007
Sportsperson 2006, 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	0	1	1	US$96,100.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Marcio Araujo - 2nd	Roberto Lopes - 4th
2003	Marcio Araujo - 1st	Harley Marques - 9th
2004	Marcio Araujo - 4th	Tande Ramos - 9th
2005	Harley Marques - 2nd	Tande Ramos - 4th
2006	Harley Marques - Country Quota	Pedro Cunha - 4th
2007	Did not play	Pedro Cunha - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	5	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	19, Q2	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	22	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	19	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	7	7th	300	US$7,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool H	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (25, Q2)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool H	Olivier Conte / Fabien Dugrip, France (24)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:36
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool H	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (9)	Won 21-18, 26-24	0:55
Sat, 7/26/2008	Winner 2	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (13)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 12-15	0:54

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	$40,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$55,400.00
Total	12	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	0	1	1	0	$96,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benjamin Insfran												Franco Neto
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$18,850.00
49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	4	3	1	1	5	11	6	3	0	$242,200.00
97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	128	12	12	19	13	30	16	8	2	0	$599,185.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Challenger
152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50	Total	172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	0	$860,235.00

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
2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	$48,200.00	17	12	58.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	$48,200.00	17	12	58.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benjamin Insfran													Franco Neto
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1990	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00
											1991	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
											1992	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,725.00
											1993	FIVB	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00
											1994	FIVB	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,500.00
											1995	FIVB	16	7	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00
											1996	FIVB	14	3	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$101,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	$42,100.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB C&S
13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	$15,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$18,660.00
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	$50,750.00
12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00	2004	FIVB	13	1	2	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$79,125.00
14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	4	$59,125.00
11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00	2006	FIVB	14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	$8,000.00	2007	FIVB	12	1	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	$89,950.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	5	$24,100.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	1	0	$39,600.00
98	10	9	8	8	23	10	5	2	23	$467,987.50	Total	Total	157	16	15	19	14	33	29	11	5	15	$829,335.00

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	22	61.1%	8	22.2%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	7	29.2%	6	25.0%	11	45.8%	7-17	29.2%	22-11	66.7%	15-12	55.6%	1	0	38-23	62.3%
2007-2008	17	58.6%	7	24.1%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	6	30.0%	5	25.0%	9	45.0%	6-14	30.0%	17-9	65.4%	13-10	56.5%	1	0	31-19	62.0%
Against the Field	10	55.6%	5	27.8%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	5	29.4%	4	23.5%	8	47.1%	5-12	29.4%	20-16	55.6%	20-14	58.8%	0	0	20-15	57.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	10	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	14
Total	1	0	3	0	10	5	0	0	19	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	38	23

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Neto lead the series against the field 12-7 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Insfran/Neto	19, Q2	22-20, 21-19	0:59
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Insfran/Neto	22	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	1	Insfran/Neto	5	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
7/5/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	4	Insfran/Neto	19, Q2	15-21, 21-16, 15-8	1:01
Trail the series against # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	14	Insfran/Neto	19	21-15, 24-22	0:55
Lead the series against # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 2-0
7/5/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Neto	19, Q2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	7	15-21, 21-12, 15-11	1:03
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Neto	7	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	22-20, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Insfran/Neto	22	Marques/Solberg	6	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # 9 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Insfran/Neto	8	Heuscher/Heyer	9	21-18, 26-24	0:55
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Insfran/Neto	19, Q2	Heuscher/Heyer	17	21-18, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Neto	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	4	14-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:12
Trail the series against # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Boersma/Ronnes	13	Insfran/Neto	8	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 18, Q4 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Neto	19, Q2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q15	21-19, 21-13
Lead the series against # 20 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Neto	5	Ces/Ces	21	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	1:12
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Insfran/Neto	22	Ces/Ces	27, Q12	21-18, 24-22	0:50
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Li/Zhou	30, Q6	Insfran/Neto	19	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Lead the series against # 24 Conte/Dugrip, France 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Insfran/Neto	8	Conte/Dugrip	24	21-11, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Insfran/Neto	8	Pedrosa/Rosas	25, Q2	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q8 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Neto	5	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	28, Q6	21-16, 21-11	0:39