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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 28 - August 1, 2004

(7) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Roberto Lopes - 33rd	Did not play
1998	Did not play	Giovane Gavio - 33rd
1999	Did not play	Giovane Gavio - 17th
2001	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 5th
2002	Roberto Lopes - 5th	Emanuel Rego - 9th
2003	Harley Marques - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	7	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	8, Q1	5th	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	3	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	7	9th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	5	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	2	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/29/2004	Winner 1	Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (26)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:50
Thu, 7/29/2004	Winner 2	Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (23)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 13-15	0:52
Fri, 7/30/2004	Contender 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (25, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:33
Fri, 7/30/2004	Contender 3	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (1)	Won 21-18, 24-26, 15-12	1:03
Sat, 7/31/2004	Contender 4	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (5)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:41
Sat, 7/31/2004	Contender 5	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 7/31/2004	Contender 6	Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (23)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:44
Sun, 8/1/2004	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (4)	Won By Forfeit
Sun, 8/1/2004	Gold Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-17, 16-21, 10-15	1:01

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	12	1	2	2	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	$152,750.00	48	21	69.6 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	2	2	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	$152,750.00	48	21	69.6 %

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
12	1	2	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$76,375.00	2004	FIVB	12	1	2	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$76,375.00
105	15	9	13	8	21	20	6	4	9	$551,110.00	Total	Total	59	7	4	9	0	11	13	7	2	6	$283,195.00

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	30	68.2%	7	15.9%	7	15.9%	37-7	84.1%	6	20.7%	5	17.2%	18	62.1%	6-23	20.7%	60-34	63.8%	26-24	52.0%	1	0	44-29	60.3%

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 37-20 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 4 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-2
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Neto/Ramos	7	Heuscher/Kobel	1	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	1:03
7/25/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Semi-Finals	Neto/Ramos	7	Heuscher/Kobel	1	21-15, 21-18	0:38
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Neto/Ramos	8	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Neto/Ramos	14	19-21, 22-20, 23-21	1:11
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-5
8/1/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Neto/Ramos	7	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:01
7/25/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Neto/Ramos	7	21-18, 21-16	0:48
7/4/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Neto/Ramos	3	22-20, 21-18	0:49
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Neto/Ramos	8	21-15, 21-19	0:33
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
Lead the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 2-2
8/1/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Neto/Ramos	7	Araujo/Insfran	4	By Forfeit
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 4	Neto/Ramos	7	Araujo/Insfran	3	15-21, 21-13, 15-12	1:02
7/17/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Araujo/Insfran	4	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	21-14, 13-21, 15-13	1:06
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	4	Neto/Ramos	5	21-17, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-1
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	21-18, 21-16	0:41
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	1	26-24, 21-13	0:55
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Neto/Ramos	14	20-22, 21-16, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 3-1
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 5	Neto/Ramos	7	Baracetti/Conde	6	21-17, 21-17	0:39
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 # 8 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	8	Egger/Heyer	13	21-19, 15-21, 21-19	1:04
Lead the series against # 9 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 3	Neto/Ramos	7	Gartmayer/Nowotny	16	21-16, 21-19	0:45
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 # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-0
7/4/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Bronze Medal	Neto/Ramos	3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:54
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 # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 4-2
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	11	Neto/Ramos	7	21-23, 22-20, 15-10	1:15
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	5	Schacht/Slack	12	21-17, 21-16	0:51
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
Series tied with # 13 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
7/17/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	Rogers/Scott	14	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	21-19, 27-25	0:54
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 6	Neto/Ramos	3	Rogers/Scott	5	24-22, 21-14	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 4	Klemperer/Rademacher	26	Neto/Ramos	3	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Country Quota	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	Cunha/Ferreira		21-16, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 19 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-1
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	7	Alvarez/Rossell	15	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:55
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	26	Neto/Ramos	7	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
Series tied with # 20, Q1 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Neto/Ramos	7	Horrem/Maaseide	24	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:11
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Neto/Ramos	2	21-14, 24-22	0:44
Trail the series against # 23 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-2
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 6	Neto/Ramos	7	Prosser/Williams	23	24-22, 21-15	0:44
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Prosser/Williams	23	Neto/Ramos	7	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Prosser/Williams	15	Neto/Ramos	5	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 25, Q2 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Neto/Ramos	7	Kais/Vesik	25, Q2	21-16, 21-11	0:33
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	Kais/Vesik	25	27-25, 21-16	0:50
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	3	Kais/Vesik	14	21-18, 18-21, 31-29	1:12
Lead the series against # 26 Holdren/Metzger, United States 3-0
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	7	Holdren/Metzger	26	21-18, 21-19	0:50
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	3	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:47
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 # 30, Q5 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 1	Neto/Ramos	7	Berg/Dahl	23	21-16, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q3 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 # Q6 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 # Q14 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	7	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q6	25-27, 21-13, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # Q18 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q17	21-18, 21-19	0:45