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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Roberto Lopes - 1st	Did not play
1996	Roberto Lopes - 9th	Did not play
1997	Roberto Lopes - 2nd	Did not play
1998	Did not play	Giovane Gavio - 9th
1999	Did not play	Giovane Gavio - 7th
2001	Roberto Lopes - 33rd	Emanuel Rego - 3rd
2002	Roberto Lopes - 17th	Emanuel Rego - 9th
2003	Harley Marques - 9th	Did not play
2004	Tande Ramos - 9th	Franco Neto - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	5	3rd	320	US$16,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	5	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	3	13th	300	US$10,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	2	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	2	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	2	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	7	2nd	486	US$27,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/12/2005	Country Quota	Alex Acco / Luizao Correa, Brazil	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:38
Tue, 7/12/2005	Country Quota	Pedro Cunha / Luiz Dulinski, Brazil (21, Q11)	Lost 9-21, 20-22	0:46

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	13	1	2	2	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	$158,250.00	50	23	68.5 %
2005	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$53,250.00	18	11	62.1 %
Total	FIVB	19	1	2	3	1	3	1	4	1	2	0	1	$211,500.00	68	34	66.7 %

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
13	1	2	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$79,125.00	2004	FIVB	13	1	2	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$79,125.00
6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	$26,625.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	$26,625.00
112	15	9	14	9	22	22	7	4	10	$580,485.00	Total	Total	66	7	4	10	1	12	15	8	2	7	$312,570.00

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%
2004-2005	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%
Against the Field	18	72.0%	4	16.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	4	16.7%	3	12.5%	17	70.8%	4-20	16.7%	36-30	54.5%	16-12	57.1%	1	1	27-22	55.1%

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 23-16 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-6
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Neto/Ramos	5	21-16, 21-12	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
6/19/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Neto/Ramos	2	21-15, 20-19 Retired	0:48
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Neto/Ramos	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	1:05
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	Neto/Ramos	2	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-2
7/10/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Bronze Medal	Neto/Ramos	5	Insfran/Marques	3	21-10, 21-16	0:48
6/19/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Marques	5	Neto/Ramos	2	21-18, 21-15	0:52
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	5	Neto/Ramos	2	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	12	Neto/Ramos	5	23-21, 23-21	0:48
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	2	Egger/Laciga	11	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 7 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Neto/Ramos	5	Brink/Schneider	6	21-16, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Neto/Ramos	5	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	21-17, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	5	Pedrosa/Rosas	28, Q10	21-11, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-11, 21-17	0:48
Trail the series against # 14 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-2
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Neto/Ramos	3	26-24, 26-24	1:01
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	Neto/Ramos	2	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Neto/Ramos	3	Engvik/Goranson	34	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 21, Q11 Cunha/Dulinski, Brazil 0-1
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Cunha/Dulinski	21, Q11	Neto/Ramos		21-9, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 23, Q12 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 27 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 3-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	5	Gartmayer/Nowotny	28	26-24, 21-18	0:46
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 # 28, 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 Acco/Correa, Brazil 1-0
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Neto/Ramos		Acco/Correa		21-19, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q9 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	3	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	35	21-13, 21-19	0:42