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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Grand Slam Moscow 2009 presented by SEAT
July 14 - 19, 2009

(4) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Franco Neto - 5th	Harley Marques - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/16/2009	Pool D	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (29, Q20)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:48
Thu, 7/16/2009	Pool D	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (20, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:43
Fri, 7/17/2009	Pool D	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (13)	Won 21-15, 24-26, 18-16	1:10
Sat, 7/18/2009	Winner 2	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (8, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:46
Sat, 7/18/2009	Winner 3	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (5)	Lost 19-21, 30-32	1:18

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,200.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,200.00	6	4	60.0 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	$16,150.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$42,650.00
110	11	9	9	8	26	14	5	3	25	$518,887.50	Total	Total	58	12	3	6	7	6	12	6	1	5	$308,600.00

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	13	81.3%	2	12.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2-6	25.0%	26-4	86.7%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	17-7	70.8%

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 lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Insfran/Solberg	4	21-19, 32-30	1:18
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8, Q1 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Solberg	4	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	21-18, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Insfran/Solberg	4	Heuscher/Heyer	13	21-15, 24-26, 18-16	1:10
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 20, Q2 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Insfran/Solberg	4	Lario/Mesa	20, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 29, Q20 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Insfran/Solberg	4	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	29, Q20	21-15, 21-19	0:48
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Insfran/Solberg	6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	21-13, 18-21, 15-9	0:51