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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(5) 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	6, Q1	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	6	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	8	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	3	9th	240	US$5,500.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (28)	Won 19-21, 27-25, 15-13	1:16
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (12)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:49
Fri, 8/28/2009	Winner 3	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:36
Sat, 8/29/2009	Winner 4	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (1)	Lost 21-23, 16-21	0:52
Sat, 8/29/2009	Contender 6	Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (2)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 8-15	1:03

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	10	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	$84,200.00	31	19	62.0 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$11,900.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	0	1	1	0	$96,100.00	38	23	62.3 %

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
17	1	0	1	0	4	5	0	1	5	$58,850.00	2008	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	4	6	2	1	0	$57,600.00
12	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	3	$48,250.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	$11,500.00
116	12	9	9	8	29	14	6	3	26	$550,987.50	Total	Total	168	16	15	20	14	35	32	13	5	18	$858,835.00

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%
2008-2009	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%
Against the Field	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	3-6	33.3%	14-8	63.6%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	11-7	61.1%

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 11-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
8/29/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Insfran/Neto	5	23-21, 21-16	0:52
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
8/29/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Marques	2	Insfran/Neto	5	21-15, 16-21, 15-8	1:03
Lead the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-3
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	11	Insfran/Neto	6, Q1	21-17, 21-9	0:51
9/20/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 6	Maciel/Schmidt	5	Insfran/Neto	6	21-14, 21-17	0:57
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Insfran/Neto	3	21-16, 21-17	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 12 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Neto	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	21-16, 22-20	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Neto	5	Gosch/Horst	13	21-11, 21-13	0:36
Series tied with # 14 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	Insfran/Neto	6, Q1	15-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:56
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Neto	7	Fijalek/Prudel	10	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:03
Lead the series against # 19 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
Series tied with # 21 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Neto	6, Q1	Lochhead/Pitman	27	21-17, 26-28, 17-15	1:12
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Insfran/Neto	3	21-18, 21-23, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 28 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Neto	5	Hoyer/Soderberg	28	19-21, 27-25, 15-13	1:16
Lead the series against Barbosa/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Country Quota	Insfran/Neto	6, Q1	Barbosa/Ferreira		21-19, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # Q10 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-0
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Insfran/Neto	6, Q1	Hordvik/Horrem	Q16	21-14, 21-15	0:42