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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 28 - August 2, 2009

(7) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Marcio Araujo - 13th	Did not play
2002	Marcio Araujo - 4th	Did not play
2003	Marcio Araujo - 1st	Did not play
2004	Marcio Araujo - 4th	Did not play
2005	Harley Marques - 9th	Did not play
2007	Bruno de Paula - Country Quota	Harley Marques - 5th
2008	Franco Neto - 9th	Harley Marques - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool G	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (26, Q7)	Lost 17-21, 22-20, 13-15	1:07
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool G	Stefan Uhmann / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (23)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:49
Fri, 7/31/2009	Pool G	Daniel Hupfer / Paul Schroffenegger, Austria (10)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:38
Fri, 7/31/2009	Winner 1	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (19, Q19)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:45
Sat, 8/1/2009	Winner 2	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (11)	Won 21-11, 18-21, 15-9	1:06
Sat, 8/1/2009	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (2)	Lost 25-27, 21-18, 7-15	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	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	$34,400.00	10	7	58.8 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	$34,400.00	10	7	58.8 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	3	$22,750.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	$49,250.00
112	11	9	9	8	27	14	5	3	26	$525,487.50	Total	Total	60	12	3	6	7	7	12	6	1	6	$315,200.00

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	15	75.0%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	2-7	22.2%	30-6	83.3%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	21-8	72.4%

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 10-6 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Marques	2	Insfran/Solberg	7	27-25, 18-21, 15-7	1:18
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 10 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Insfran/Solberg	7	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	10	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 11 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-0
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Solberg	7	Fuerbringer/Jennings	11	21-11, 18-21, 15-9	1:06
Lead the series against # 14 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
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
Lead the series against # 19, Q19 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Insfran/Solberg	7	Asahi/Shiratori	19, Q19	21-19, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Uhmann/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Insfran/Solberg	7	Uhmann/Windscheif	23	21-18, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q7	Insfran/Solberg	7	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 30 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 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 # Q3 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 # Q22 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