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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Carolina Open presented by GlaxoSmithKline
June 9 - 13, 2004

(2) 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 Carolina Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Roberto Lopes - 7th	Did not play
1996	Roberto Lopes - 4th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	5	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	8	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	12	1st	360	US$27,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	14	5th	216	US$9,000.00

Puerto Rico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 1	Mark VanZwieten / Steve VanZwieten, United States (31, Q11)	Won 21-8, 21-11	0:29
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 2	Katsuhiro Shiratori / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (18)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:50
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 3	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (7)	Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:06
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 4	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (11)	Won 12-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:15
Sun, 6/13/2004	Semi-Finals	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (7)	Lost 26-28, 18-21	1:10
Sun, 6/13/2004	Bronze Medal	Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (6)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:54

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	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$65,500.00	21	10	67.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$65,500.00	21	10	67.7 %

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
6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$32,750.00	2004	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$32,750.00
99	15	7	12	8	20	18	6	4	9	$507,485.00	Total	Total	53	7	2	8	0	10	11	7	2	6	$239,570.00

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	19	79.2%	3	12.5%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	5	35.7%	1	7.1%	8	57.1%	5-9	35.7%	38-14	73.1%	16-6	72.7%	1	0	28-10	73.7%

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 12-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Prosser/Williams	15	Neto/Ramos	5	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Metzger, United States 1-0
6/13/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Bronze Medal	Neto/Ramos	2	Holdren/Metzger	6	22-20, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-1
6/13/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	7	Neto/Ramos	2	28-26, 21-18	1:10
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	2	Baracetti/Conde	7	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:06
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 # 9 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	8	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	23-21, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 4	Neto/Ramos	2	Schacht/Slack	11	12-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:15
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	5	Schacht/Slack	12	21-11, 21-16	0:37
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	15	Neto/Ramos	2	21-14, 21-19	0:46
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	14	Schacht/Slack	17	21-16, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 17 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Child/Heese	29, Q2	Neto/Ramos	5	34-32, 21-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 3-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	2	Shiratori/Watanabe	18	21-16, 21-16	0:50
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	5	Shiratori/Watanabe	28, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:41
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	12	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	23-25, 21-16, 15-7	0:52
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 VanZwieten/VanZwieten, United States 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	2	VanZwieten/VanZwieten	31, Q11	21-8, 21-11	0:29