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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South Africa Open
November 23 - 27, 2005

(3) Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, 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

Harley Marques Silva
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brasilia, DF

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$732,187.50

Awards

Most Outstanding 2008, 2009
Team of the Year 2008 (with Pedro Solberg)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Pedro Solberg)
Most Inspirational 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	28	2	2	5	3	3	4	2	1	1	0	5	US$322,950.00

Previous Cape Town Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Harley Marques - 3rd	Benjamin Insfran - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	4	3rd	320	US$16,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	5	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	3	3rd	320	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	3	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	6	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	3	5th	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	3	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	3	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	3, Q1	2nd	504	US$27,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	4	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	5	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	5	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	4	4th	280	US$12,000.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/24/2005	Pool C	Igor Hernandez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (30, Q9)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06
Thu, 11/24/2005	Pool C	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (19)	Won 21-16, 21-13	1:14
Fri, 11/25/2005	Pool C	Javier Bosma / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (14)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:52
Fri, 11/25/2005	Winner 2	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (12, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:43
Sat, 11/26/2005	Winner 3	Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger, United States (4)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 13-15	1:11

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	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$71,950.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	1	4	3	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	$237,500.00
Total	28	2	2	5	3	3	4	2	1	1	0	0	$322,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benjamin Insfran												Harley Marques
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	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$41,250.00
49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	2	2	1	1	9	12	3	2	0	$207,275.00
97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	14	3	10	11	16	13	7	4	0	$482,462.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$950.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50	Total	147	16	7	11	12	25	28	13	7	0	$732,187.50

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00	9	4	69.2 %
2005	FIVB	14	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	$206,850.00	61	27	69.3 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	$227,850.00	70	31	69.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benjamin Insfran													Harley Marques
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	0	1	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	FIVB
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,750.00
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	$28,137.50
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	11	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	4	$26,900.00
14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00	2005	FIVB	14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00
65	9	9	6	8	16	7	2	1	7	$396,337.50	Total	Total	47	3	2	3	6	10	11	3	1	8	$212,962.50

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	69	70.4%	15	15.3%	14	14.3%	84-14	85.7%	16	32.0%	11	22.0%	23	46.0%	16-34	32.0%	69-23	75.0%	31-25	55.4%	4	1	104-49	68.0%
2004-2005	46	69.7%	11	16.7%	9	13.6%	57-9	86.4%	9	30.0%	8	26.7%	13	43.3%	9-21	30.0%	46-13	78.0%	20-17	54.1%	4	1	70-31	69.3%
Against the Field	20	66.7%	5	16.7%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	5	19.2%	8	30.8%	13	50.0%	5-21	19.2%	40-24	62.5%	20-26	43.5%	0	1	30-26	53.6%

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	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	9	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	20	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	37	16	3	7	4	3	2	1	81	36
Total	1	5	5	0	5	1	0	0	47	20	4	8	5	3	2	2	104	49

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Marques trail the series against the field 19-20 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-9
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	4	21-16, 23-25, 15-13	1:23
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	2	Insfran/Marques	3	21-15, 21-13	0:44
7/3/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:47
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	22-20, 21-14	0:48
6/19/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	21-19, 21-13	0:44
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	21-14, 25-27, 15-12	1:08
6/12/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	4	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:01
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	3	23-21, 20-22, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 3-2
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:08
8/28/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Gold Medal	Insfran/Marques	3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	15-21, 21-17, 18-16	1:11
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 4	Insfran/Marques	3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	1:05
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Insfran/Marques	3	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:08
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	Insfran/Marques	5	26-24, 21-17	0:57
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Metzger, United States 2-3
11/26/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Metzger	4	Insfran/Marques	3	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	1:11
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	4	Gibb/Metzger	5	21-19, 36-34	1:20
10/22/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Metzger	8	Insfran/Marques	5	21-17, 14-21, 16-14	1:04
7/30/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	Gibb/Metzger	15	Insfran/Marques	3	21-19, 21-14	0:48
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	4	Gibb/Metzger	38	21-15, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
10/29/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Bronze Medal	Insfran/Marques	4	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	21-19, 21-19	0:55
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	4	Insfran/Marques	5	16-21, 21-15, 17-15	1:01
5/22/05	FIVB	China Open	Bronze Medal	Egger/Laciga	6	Insfran/Marques	4	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:03
Series tied with # 7 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Rogers/Scott	5	Insfran/Marques	3	21-13 Retired	0:21
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	2	Rogers/Scott	12	28-26, 21-17	0:52
Series tied with # 8 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-1
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Insfran/Marques	4	21-18, 21-16	0:45
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Marques	3	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:58
Lead the series against # 10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Kais/Vesik	13	19-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:55
Trail the series against # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	11	Insfran/Marques	2	21-16, 21-19	0:56
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Asahi/Watanabe	12, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Bosma/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Insfran/Marques	3	Bosma/Garcia-Thompson	14	21-17, 21-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 15 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	21-14, 21-15	0:40
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Polte/Schoen, Germany 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	5	Polte/Schoen	28	21-15, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 2-1
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Insfran/Marques	3	Cadieux/Heese	19	21-16, 21-13	1:14
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	5	Cadieux/Heese	21, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:44
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Cadieux/Heese	21	Insfran/Marques	4	22-20, 15-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	4	Ces/Dugrip	29, Q12	21-14, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Hernandez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Insfran/Marques	3	Hernandez/Mussa	30, Q9	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06