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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Brasilia Open
April 18 - 23, 2011

(31, Q37) Franco Neto/Lipe Rodrigues, 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

Francisco Felipe Martins Rodrigues
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Brno 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Guarujá 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$8,500.00

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	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$2,800.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Nalbert Bitencourt - Country Quota	Did not play
2010	Jan Ferreira - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 4/18/2011	Country Quota	Joao Maciel / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:36
Tue, 4/19/2011	Qualifier 1	Murat Giginoglu / Hakan Gogtepe, Türkiye (Q28)	Won 21-13, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Tue, 4/19/2011	Qualifier 2	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (Q5)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
Tue, 4/19/2011	Qualifier 3	Oivind Hordvik / Iver Horrem, Norway (Q12)	Won 14-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
Wed, 4/20/2011	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (2)	Lost 12-21, 13-21	0:34
Wed, 4/20/2011	Contender 1	Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (15)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:38
Thu, 4/21/2011	Contender 2	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (16)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:45

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Franco Neto												Lipe Rodrigues
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	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$3,900.00
											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
172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	0	$860,235.00	Total	9	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	$8,500.00

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
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Franco Neto													Lipe Rodrigues
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
14	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	4	$59,125.00	2005	FIVB
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
15	0	0	2	0	4	6	2	1	0	$57,600.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,600.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	$11,500.00	2009	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	21	$860,235.00	Total	Total	6	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,950.00

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	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2010-2011	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Total	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2

Head to Head Results
Neto/Rodrigues lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	2	Neto/Rodrigues	31, Q37	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Neto/Rodrigues	31, Q37	Boersma/Spijkers	15	21-15, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	16	Neto/Rodrigues	31, Q37	23-21, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against Maciel/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
4/18/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Country Quota	Neto/Rodrigues	31, Q37	Maciel/Magalhaes		21-11, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q5 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Neto/Rodrigues	31, Q37	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	Q5	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q12 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 3	Neto/Rodrigues	31, Q37	Hordvik/Horrem	Q12	14-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q28 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 1	Neto/Rodrigues	31, Q37	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	Q28	21-13, 15-21, 15-13	0:48