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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 7 - 12, 2009

(6) Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Solberg, 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

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,121,562.50

Awards

Team of the Year 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Best Blocker 2013

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	US$73,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Marcio Araujo - 2nd	Did not play
2003	Marcio Araujo - 1st	Did not play
2004	Marcio Araujo - 4th	Did not play
2005	Harley Marques - 2nd	Did not play
2006	Harley Marques - Country Quota	Roberto Lopes - 17th
2007	Did not play	Harley Marques - 17th
2008	Franco Neto - 9th	Harley Marques - 1st

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool F	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (27, Q24)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-9	0:51
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool F	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (22, Q10)	Lost 23-25, 21-13, 14-16	1:18
Fri, 7/10/2009	Pool F	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (11)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:46
Fri, 7/10/2009	Winner 1	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (16)	Won 21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:05
Sat, 7/11/2009	Winner 2	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (4)	Lost 19-21, 10-21	0:45

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	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$34,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,100.00
Total	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benjamin Insfran												Pedro Solberg
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	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$60,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	87	8	6	3	5	15	31	10	3	0	$617,150.00
97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	10	5	6	9	10	30	9	6	0	$399,062.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											U21 World Championships	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50	Total	200	21	13	14	15	29	64	23	9	0	$1,121,562.50

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benjamin Insfran													Pedro Solberg
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
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	2001	FIVB
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,350.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	$12,200.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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	18	6	0	1	4	1	5	0	1	0	$146,800.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	$9,550.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$36,050.00
109	11	9	9	8	25	14	5	3	25	$512,287.50	Total	Total	57	12	3	6	7	5	12	6	1	5	$302,000.00

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	15	75.0%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2-8	20.0%	15-3	83.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	21-9	70.0%
2008-2009	15	75.0%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2-8	20.0%	15-3	83.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	21-9	70.0%
Against the Field	14	73.7%	4	21.1%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2-8	20.0%	28-6	82.4%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	20-9	69.0%

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	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	2
Total	0	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	8	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	9

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Solberg trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Insfran/Solberg	6	21-19, 21-10	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Insfran/Solberg	6	23-21, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Insfran/Solberg	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:05
Trail the series against # 22, Q10 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q10	Insfran/Solberg	6	25-23, 13-21, 16-14	1:18
Lead the series against # 27, Q24 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Insfran/Solberg	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	21-13, 18-21, 15-9	0:51