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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004

(12) Franco Neto/Tande Ramos, 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

Tande Samuel Ramos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 20, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Resende-Rio de Janeiro

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$326,570.00

Awards

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

Awards

Tour Champion 2001 (with Emanuel Rego)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	23	1	2	3	2	4	1	4	1	2	0	1	2	US$233,500.00

Previous Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	14	5th	216	US$9,000.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (21)	Won 26-24, 21-10	0:45
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 2	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (5)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Fri, 3/26/2004	Winner 3	Katsuhiro Shiratori / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (29, Q12)	Won 23-25, 21-16, 15-7	0:52
Fri, 3/26/2004	Winner 4	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 20-22	0:49
Sat, 3/27/2004	Contender 6	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (9)	Won 21-14, 24-22	0:39
Sat, 3/27/2004	Semi-Finals	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (26, Q11)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:42
Sun, 3/28/2004	Gold Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Won 27-25, 14-21, 15-12	1:00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$54,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	1	1	3	2	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	$168,500.00
Total	23	1	2	3	2	4	1	4	1	2	0	0	$233,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Franco Neto												Tande Ramos
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$18,850.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$14,250.00
38	4	3	1	1	5	11	6	3	0	$242,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$51,400.00
128	12	12	19	13	30	16	8	2	0	$599,185.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	7	2	9	2	11	12	6	1	0	$260,920.00
172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	0	$860,235.00	Total	71	7	4	10	2	13	16	8	2	0	$326,570.00

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
2004	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00	10	3	76.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Franco Neto													Tande Ramos
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
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	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	$9,700.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	3	3	4	1	1	$28,500.00
6	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	$15,500.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	5	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$111,500.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$18,660.00	2002	FIVB	8	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	$37,120.00
10	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	$50,750.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$6,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	2004	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
95	15	7	11	8	19	17	5	4	9	$492,735.00	Total	Total	49	7	2	7	0	9	10	6	2	6	$224,820.00

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	55	76.4%	9	12.5%	8	11.1%	64-8	88.9%	13	28.9%	8	17.8%	24	53.3%	13-32	28.9%	55-24	69.6%	22-16	57.9%	2	1	79-41	65.8%
2003-2004	33	67.3%	8	16.3%	8	16.3%	41-8	83.7%	8	34.8%	3	13.0%	12	52.2%	8-15	34.8%	33-12	73.3%	16-11	59.3%	1	0	50-23	68.5%
Against the Field	29	69.0%	7	16.7%	6	14.3%	36-6	85.7%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	14	58.3%	6-18	25.0%	58-28	67.4%	26-20	56.5%	0	0	42-24	63.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	12	2	5	3	2	1	1	59	29
Total	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	43	17	3	5	3	2	1	2	79	41

Head to Head Results
Neto/Ramos lead the series against the field 9-2 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
3/28/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Gold Medal	Neto/Ramos	12	Rego/Santos	1	27-25, 14-21, 15-12	1:00
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Neto/Ramos	12	21-15, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Neto/Ramos	14	19-21, 22-20, 23-21	1:11
Lead the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	12	Baracetti/Conde	5	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 8 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	14	Laciga/Laciga	3	22-20, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 6	Neto/Ramos	12	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	21-14, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	14	Schacht/Slack	17	21-16, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 2-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	12	Canet/Hamel	21	26-24, 21-10	0:45
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	14	Canet/Hamel	19	21-19, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Semi-Finals	Neto/Ramos	12	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	12	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	23-25, 21-16, 15-7	0:52