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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Mazury Open
August 4 - 9, 2009

(7) Franco Neto/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

Franco José Vieira Neto
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

172

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$971,885.00

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (50 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

Awards

Tour Champion 1993 (with Roberto Lopes), 1995 (with Roberto Lopes)
Most Inspirational 2006, 2007
Sportsperson 2006, 2007

Awards

Tour Champion 2000 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 2003 (with Emanuel Rego), 2004 (with Emanuel Rego), 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Best Hitter 2005
Best Offensive Player 2005, 2006, 2007
Most Outstanding 2005, 2007
Team of the Year 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$6,000.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Tande Ramos - 2nd	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2005	Tande Ramos - 4th	Emanuel Rego - 3rd
2006	Pedro Cunha - 2nd	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2007	Pedro Cunha - 4th	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2008	Benjamin Insfran - 7th	Emanuel Rego - 1st

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2009	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (26, Q13)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
Thu, 8/6/2009	Winner 2	Daniel Hupfer / Paul Schroffenegger, Austria (23, Q8)	Lost 22-24, 21-17, 15-17	1:06
Fri, 8/7/2009	Contender 2	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (24)	Won 21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:58
Fri, 8/7/2009	Contender 3	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (15)	Won 27-25, 21-19	1:09
Sat, 8/8/2009	Contender 4	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:49

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Franco Neto												Ricardo Santos
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	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$18,850.00	World Championships	9	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$127,000.00
38	4	3	1	1	5	11	6	3	0	$242,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	14	7	8	2	16	20	8	5	0	$727,750.00
128	12	12	19	13	30	16	8	2	0	$599,185.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	138	38	20	14	15	18	17	6	5	0	$1,050,432.50
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	0	$860,235.00	Total	238	56	31	23	18	36	38	16	10	0	$1,921,182.50

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	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Franco Neto													Ricardo Santos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	1990	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	1991	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,725.00	1992	FIVB
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00	1993	FIVB
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,500.00	1994	FIVB
16	7	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	3	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$101,000.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	$42,100.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1998	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00
6	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	$15,500.00	2000	FIVB	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00
7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	2	4	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$90,000.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$18,660.00	2002	FIVB	10	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	$70,695.00
10	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	$50,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$118,500.00
13	1	2	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$79,125.00	2004	FIVB	13	7	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	$130,250.00
14	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	4	$59,125.00	2005	FIVB	15	6	2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	$163,175.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00	2006	FIVB	14	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	$177,500.00
12	1	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	$89,950.00	2007	FIVB	15	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	$173,850.00
15	0	0	2	0	4	6	2	1	0	$57,600.00	2008	FIVB	11	2	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	$84,100.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$5,550.00	2009	FIVB	9	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	$70,950.00
166	16	15	20	14	34	32	12	5	18	$852,885.00	Total	Total	151	50	25	17	13	19	13	7	3	4	$1,392,520.00

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	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2008-2009	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Head to Head Results
Neto/Santos lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	13	Neto/Santos	7	22-20, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Neto/Santos	7	Ces/Ces	15	27-25, 21-19	1:09
Trail the series against # 23, Q8 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	23, Q8	Neto/Santos	7	24-22, 17-21, 17-15	1:06
Lead the series against # 24 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Neto/Santos	7	Benes/Kubala	24	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 26, Q13 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Neto/Santos	7	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q13	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	1:03