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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Swiss Open
June 19 - 23, 2001

(12) Adriana Bento Buczmiejuk/Patricia Melo, Brazil

Adriana Bento Rodrigues Buczmiejuk
Brazil

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 20, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

São Paulo

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Portici 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$77,425.00

Patricia Juliana Santos Melo
Brazil

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 5, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aracaju, SE

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Cagliari 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$6,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	US$12,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	13	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	19	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/21/2001	Winner 1	Danalee Bragado-Corso / Ali Wood, United States (21, Q1)	Lost 24-22, 17-21, 8-15	0:52
Thu, 6/21/2001	Contender 1	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (28)	Won 16-21, 21-9, 15-7	0:42
Thu, 6/21/2001	Contender 2	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (11)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:34

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$12,500.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$12,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Adriana Bento Buczmiejuk												Patricia Melo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,850.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
31	0	0	0	0	8	17	2	1	0	$58,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger
35	1	0	0	0	9	19	2	1	0	$77,425.00	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,250.00

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
2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$12,500.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$12,500.00	6	6	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Adriana Bento Buczmiejuk													Patricia Melo
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	1	0	$0.00	1995	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$24,125.00	1996	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$9,900.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	$12,400.00	1998	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	$6,750.00	1999	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$11,500.00	2000	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,250.00	2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,250.00
34	1	0	0	0	8	19	2	1	3	$72,925.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,250.00

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	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
2000-2001	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	6-8	42.9%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6

Head to Head Results
Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo trail the series against the field 5-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	3	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	19	21-14, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Fontana/Youngs, United States 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Youngs	4	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	13	21-9, 21-14	0:27
Trail the series against # 8 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	13	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 11 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Tian/Wang	11	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	12	22-20, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	13	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	13	Galindo/Huerta	12	21-18, 23-21	0:50
Trail the series against # 21, Q1 Bragado-Corso/Wood, United States 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Bragado-Corso/Wood	21, Q1	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	12	22-24, 21-17, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 24 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	13	Kusuhara/Tokuno	20	10-21, 21-18, 21-19	1:03
Series tied with # 28 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	28	16-21, 21-9, 15-7	0:42
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	19	21-19, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # Q10 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 2	Bento Buczmiejuk/Melo	19	Gougeon/Lessard	13	22-20, 21-18	0:42