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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 11 - 15, 2008

(1) 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 Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 1	Damon Haenga / Sam Wallace-Boyd, New Zealand (32)	Won 21-9, 21-9	0:31
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 2	Ahren Cadieux / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (16)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:59
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 3	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (24)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:43
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 4	Pedro Cunha / Roberto Pitta, Brazil (5)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:49
Fri, 11/14/2008	Contender 6	Ahren Cadieux / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (16)	Won 24-22, 21-16	0:59
Fri, 11/14/2008	Semi-Finals	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (6)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:42
Sat, 11/15/2008	Gold Medal	Pedro Cunha / Roberto Pitta, Brazil (5)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:49

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	10	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	4	$67,100.00	28	16	63.6 %
2008	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	27	2	2	5	3	3	4	2	1	1	0	4	$322,950.00	104	48	68.4 %

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
11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	5	$36,550.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	$8,000.00	2007	FIVB	16	3	0	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	$103,100.00
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	19	7	0	1	4	1	5	0	1	0	$160,800.00
104	11	9	9	8	24	13	5	2	23	$502,737.50	Total	Total	94	13	2	8	11	17	21	5	2	15	$513,412.50

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%
2007-2008	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	0-0		0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	14-2	87.5%	0-0		0	0	7-1	87.5%

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 7-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 5 Cunha/Pitta, Brazil 1-1
11/15/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Insfran/Marques	1	Cunha/Pitta	5	21-17, 21-19	0:49
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Pitta	5	Insfran/Marques	1	21-19, 22-20	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Marques	1	Baracetti/Salema	6	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Marques	2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	21-17, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 16 Cadieux/VanHuizen, Canada 2-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	1	Cadieux/VanHuizen	16	24-22, 21-16	0:59
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	1	Cadieux/VanHuizen	16	21-17, 21-18	0:59
Lead the series against # 24 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	21-12, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 32 Haenga/Wallace-Boyd, New Zealand 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	1	Haenga/Wallace-Boyd	32	21-9, 21-9	0:31