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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Foro Italico Open presented by Skipper
May 12 - 17, 2009

Franco Neto/Roberto Pitta, 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

Roberto Lustosa Pitta
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 15, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Sanya 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$16,300.00

Awards

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$0.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Rome Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/12/2009	Country Quota	Benjamin Insfran / Hevaldo Moreira, Brazil	Lost 26-24, 19-21, 12-15	1:18

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Franco Neto												Roberto Pitta
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
38	4	3	1	1	5	11	6	3	0	$242,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
128	12	12	19	13	30	16	8	2	0	$599,185.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,700.00
											Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	0	$860,235.00	Total	14	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	$16,300.00

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Franco Neto													Roberto Pitta
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
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1998	FIVB
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB
6	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	$15,500.00	2000	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$18,660.00	2002	FIVB
10	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	$50,750.00	2003	FIVB
13	1	2	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$79,125.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	4	$59,125.00	2005	FIVB
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00	2006	FIVB
12	1	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	$89,950.00	2007	FIVB
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	2	0	4	6	2	1	0	$57,600.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,700.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
163	16	15	20	14	34	31	11	5	17	$847,335.00	Total	Total	10	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	1	$16,300.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2008-2009	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Head to Head Results
Neto/Pitta trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Insfran/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
5/12/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Country Quota	Insfran/Moreira		Neto/Pitta		24-26, 21-19, 15-12	1:18