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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Vitória Open
September 27 - October 1, 2006

(6, Q1) Benjamin Insfran/Tande Ramos, 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

Tande Samuel Ramos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 20, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Resende-Rio de Janeiro

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$326,570.00

Awards

Tour Champion 2001 (with Emanuel Rego)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$6,000.00

Previous Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Alemao Guerra - 33rd	Did not play
1999	Marcio Araujo - 7th	Giovane Gavio - 13th
2000	Marcio Araujo - 1st	Emanuel Rego - 2nd
2001	Marcio Araujo - 33rd	Emanuel Rego - 1st

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/27/2006	Country Quota	Thiago Barbosa / Ricardo Brandao, Brazil	Won 21-13, 21-23, 15-12	0:58
Wed, 9/27/2006	Qualifier 2	Jose Barrionuevo / Hernan Lopez, Argentina (Q16)	Won 21-10, 21-8	0:31
Thu, 9/28/2006	Winner 1	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (27, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:48
Thu, 9/28/2006	Contender 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (22)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:45
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 2	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (5)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (13)	Won 25-23, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 4	Sean Scott / Kevin Wong, United States (10)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 8-15	1:02

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benjamin Insfran												Tande Ramos
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
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$14,250.00
49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$51,400.00
97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	7	2	9	2	11	12	6	1	0	$260,920.00
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	71	7	4	10	2	13	16	8	2	0	$326,570.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benjamin Insfran													Tande Ramos
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	$9,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	3	3	4	1	1	$28,500.00
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	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	11	5	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$111,500.00
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB	8	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	$37,120.00
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$6,500.00
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	10	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	3	$37,625.00
11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
76	9	9	8	8	19	8	3	1	11	$432,887.50	Total	Total	71	7	4	10	2	13	16	8	2	9	$326,570.00

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	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2005-2006	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Total	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Ramos lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Ramos	6, Q1	Baracetti/Conde	5	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 10 Scott/Wong, United States 0-1
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 4	Scott/Wong	10	Insfran/Ramos	6, Q1	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	1:02
Lead the series against # 13 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Ramos	6, Q1	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	25-23, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 22 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Insfran/Ramos	6, Q1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22	21-18, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 27, Q2 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	27, Q2	Insfran/Ramos	6, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against Barbosa/Brandao, Brazil 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Country Quota	Insfran/Ramos	6, Q1	Barbosa/Brandao		21-13, 21-23, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q16 Barrionuevo/Lopez, Argentina 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Ramos	6, Q1	Barrionuevo/Lopez	Q16	21-10, 21-8	0:31