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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(5, Q1) 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Harley Marques - 4th	Benjamin Insfran - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	4, Q1	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	4	3rd	640	US$22,100.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	3	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	4	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	3	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	3	5th	220	US$9,000.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 2	Valeri Aleksejev / Anton Gussev, Estonia (Q32)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:36
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 3	Janis Smedins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (Q16)	Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-6	0:55
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (28, Q7)	Won 21-23, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 2	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (12)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	1:00
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (11)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:56
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 3	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (13)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:00
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 4	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (10)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 5	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (27)	Lost 17-21, 24-26	0:52

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 %
2006	FIVB	9	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	$67,100.00	28	15	65.1 %
Total	FIVB	25	1	2	5	3	3	4	2	1	1	0	3	$294,950.00	98	46	68.1 %

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
9	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	3	$33,550.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	3	$33,550.00
74	9	9	8	8	19	7	3	1	10	$429,887.50	Total	Total	56	3	2	5	6	13	11	4	1	11	$246,512.50

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%
2005-2006	56	67.5%	13	15.7%	14	16.9%	69-14	83.1%	16	36.4%	10	22.7%	18	40.9%	16-28	36.4%	56-18	75.7%	29-24	54.7%	4	1	89-43	67.4%
Against the Field	21	63.6%	6	18.2%	6	18.2%	27-6	81.8%	9	32.1%	6	21.4%	13	46.4%	9-19	32.1%	42-24	63.6%	30-24	55.6%	1	0	37-24	60.7%

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 lead the series against the field 37-24 (Lead 18 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-11
7/2/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	4	21-13, 21-19	0:52
6/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	3	21-15, 21-17	0:43
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 4-2
6/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Bronze Medal	Insfran/Marques	3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	25-23, 21-13	0:49
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
Series tied with # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	4	Brink/Dieckmann	3	21-17, 21-18	0:44
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Insfran/Marques	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-2
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Neto	3	Insfran/Marques	4, Q1	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:04
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 # 7 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Kais/Vesik	6	21-19, 21-11	0:42
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	3	Kais/Vesik	8	21-11, 21-12	0:34
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Kais/Vesik	13	19-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:55
Series tied with # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-2
7/2/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Insfran/Marques	4	Baracetti/Conde	13	21-9, 21-19	0:43
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Insfran/Marques	4	Baracetti/Conde	13	21-18, 23-21	0:49
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	13	Insfran/Marques	3	23-21, 20-22, 19-17	1:11
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	11	Insfran/Marques	2	21-16, 21-19	0:56
Lead the series against # 9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 2-0
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Insfran/Marques	6	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Insfran/Marques	3	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 10 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	10	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 4-0
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	17-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:56
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Marques	4, Q1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	21-13, 17-21, 15-4	0:56
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 # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	12	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	21-19, 21-14	1:00
9/4/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Bronze Medal	Insfran/Marques	3	Schacht/Slack	7	24-22, 21-19	0:59
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 4	Insfran/Marques	3	Schacht/Slack	7	21-18, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 2-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	Horrem/Pettersen	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:00
6/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	3	Horrem/Pettersen	14	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:10
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Horrem/Pettersen	14	Insfran/Marques	3	22-24, 21-19, 15-10	1:08
Series tied with # 15 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 2-2
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Heyer/Laciga	20	Insfran/Marques	4	22-20, 21-15	0:44
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Heyer/Laciga	13	21-13, 21-16	0:35
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Heyer/Laciga	7	Insfran/Marques	3	23-25, 21-14, 15-13	1:10
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	5	Heyer/Laciga	9	21-17, 14-8 Retired	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4, Q1	Prosser/Richardson	20	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	4, Q1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	21-19, 21-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 21 Bosma/Lario, Spain 2-0
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	4	Bosma/Lario	16	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	1:08
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Marques	3	Bosma/Lario	21	21-18, 21-10	0:39
Lead the series against # 22, 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 # 23 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Berg/Svensson	20, Q10	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 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 # 26, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # 27 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	21-17, 26-24	0:52
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 # 28, Q7 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	21-23, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Insfran/Marques	4	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 31, Q20 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	3	Karasev/Zaitsev	30, Q19	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:09
Lead the series against # Q16 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	Smedins/Smedins	Q16	17-21, 22-20, 15-6	0:55
Lead the series against # Q32 Aleksejev/Gussev, Estonia 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	Aleksejev/Gussev	Q32	21-16, 21-13	0:36