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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Open
May 23 - 27, 2006

(1) Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

Emanuel Fernando Scheffer Rego
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 15, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Curitiba

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$2,562,272.50

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

238

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,921,182.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	100	33	13	12	8	12	0	17	0	4	1	US$2,019,530.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	101	34	13	12	8	12	0	17	0	4	1	US$2,021,530.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Ricardo Santos - 2nd	Emanuel Rego - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	1	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	1	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	1	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB C&S	10/12-16/2005	Argentina Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	2	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	1	3rd	320	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	3	2nd	504	US$27,500.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	2	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	2	3rd	320	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	1	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	1	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	2	1st	560	US$41,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	1	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	1	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	1	3rd	320	US$16,000.00

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/24/2006	Winner 1	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (32)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:33
Wed, 5/24/2006	Winner 2	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (16)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:38
Thu, 5/25/2006	Winner 3	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (9)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Thu, 5/25/2006	Winner 4	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (5)	Won 21-11, 10-21, 15-13	1:00
Fri, 5/26/2006	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:40
Sat, 5/27/2006	Bronze Medal	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (6)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 14-16	0:56

Head to Head Results
Rego/Santos lead the series against the field 48-9 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 4-2
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Rego/Santos	1	21-17, 21-14	0:40
10/23/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:09
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	21-15, 21-14	0:39
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Rego/Santos	1	23-21, 21-14	0:47
7/10/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-19, 22-24, 18-16	1:12
6/19/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	18-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 9-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	4	21-16, 23-25, 15-13	1:23
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	2	Insfran/Marques	3	21-15, 21-13	0:44
7/3/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:47
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	22-20, 21-14	0:48
6/19/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	21-19, 21-13	0:44
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	21-14, 25-27, 15-12	1:08
6/12/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	5	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	4	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:01
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Insfran/Marques	3	23-21, 20-22, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 3-1
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Laciga	4	23-21, 21-18	0:54
9/4/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Egger/Laciga	4	21-14, 26-24	0:43
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	6	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 21-14	0:42
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Laciga	8	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 4-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	5	21-11, 10-21, 15-13	1:00
10/29/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	21-12, 21-19	0:42
8/28/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	21-14, 21-19	0:47
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Rego/Santos	1	19-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 8 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Kais/Vesik	15	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 9 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Wu/Xu	9	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 6-2
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	7	Rego/Santos	2	21-16, 21-18	0:51
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	8	27-25, 17-21, 15-8	1:08
7/23/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	2	Schacht/Slack	17	21-11, 21-19	0:47
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	8	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:14
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	13	21-17, 21-17	0:44
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	17	30-32, 21-17, 15-12	1:14
7/27/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	16	23-21, 21-16	0:48
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	16	Rego/Santos	1	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Series tied with # 12 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Heyer/Laciga	7	Rego/Santos	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:54
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	1	Heyer/Laciga	13	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 4-1
10/16/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Baracetti/Conde	2	21-11, 21-12	0:31
6/27/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Baracetti/Conde	14	Rego/Santos	1	21-12, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
3/20/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Baracetti/Conde	11	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	1:01
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Baracetti/Conde	7	31-29, 21-17	0:57
7/6/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	5	Baracetti/Conde	2	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 15 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 3-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Horrem/Pettersen	16	21-15, 21-15	0:38
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	2	Horrem/Pettersen	13	29-27, 17-21, 15-12	1:12
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	2	Horrem/Pettersen	10	21-10, 21-18	0:42
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Horrem/Pettersen	18	Rego/Santos	1	21-16, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 17 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 3-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-15, 21-16	0:39
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	2	Herrera/Mesa	20	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:53
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 3-0
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	15	21-11, 21-14	0:30
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Rego/Santos	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	16	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
10/16/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	4	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 32 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Li/Zhou	32	21-14, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # Q8 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Berg/Svensson	17	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q9 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	2	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	31	21-9, 21-11	0:34