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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Italy Open
July 11 - 15, 2001

(24, Q10) Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, Brazil

Roberto Lopes da Costa
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bacabal

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$636,285.00

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

Awards

Tour Champion 1993 (with Franco Neto), 1995 (with Franco Neto)

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	33	Money
FIVB	82	13	7	11	7	10	5	10	2	5	3	9	US$838,970.00

Previous Lignano Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1990	Franco Neto - 5th	Roberto Lopes - 5th
1995	Franco Neto - 3rd	Roberto Lopes - 3rd
1996	Franco Neto - 9th	Roberto Lopes - 9th
1997	Franco Neto - 4th	Roberto Lopes - 4th
1999	Franco Neto - 33rd	Roberto Lopes - 33rd
2000	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	24, Q11	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	Q1	33rd	28	US$0.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 2	Eden Sequeira / Miguel Xisto, Portugal (Q55)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:37
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 3	Gil Ferrer Cutino / Lazaro Milian Carvajal, Cuba (Q23)	Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-5	0:46
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 4	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (21, Q7)	Won 31-29, 21-16	0:43
Thu, 7/12/2001	Qualifier 5	Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (16, Q2)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:41
Thu, 7/12/2001		Marcio Araujo / Luizao Correa, Brazil (Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:29
Fri, 7/13/2001	Winner 1	Maurizio Pimponi / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (9)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:35
Fri, 7/13/2001	Winner 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (25)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:59
Sat, 7/14/2001	Winner 3	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:42
Sat, 7/14/2001	Contender 4	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (30, Q12)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:41
Sat, 7/14/2001	Contender 5	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (4)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:39

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$216,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	10	6	10	7	9	5	6	1	4	2	0	$616,770.00
Total	82	13	7	11	7	10	5	10	2	5	3	0	$838,970.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Roberto Lopes												Franco Neto
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$18,850.00
13	3	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$110,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	4	3	1	1	5	11	6	3	0	$242,200.00
81	12	6	10	8	17	9	4	3	0	$349,885.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	128	12	12	19	13	30	16	8	2	0	$599,185.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Satellite
98	15	8	11	8	18	14	6	4	0	$464,635.00	Total	172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	0	$860,235.00

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
1996	FIVB	13	3	2	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	$193,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
1997	FIVB	11	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	$84,200.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$17,500.00	2	1	66.7 %
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$10,000.00	13	4	76.5 %
Total	FIVB	31	3	3	1	4	2	2	7	0	3	0	6	$304,700.00	17	8	68.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Roberto Lopes													Franco Neto
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	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00
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	$3,750.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,725.00	1992	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,725.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00	1993	FIVB	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00
5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$61,500.00	1994	FIVB	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,500.00
16	7	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00	1995	FIVB	16	7	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00
14	3	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$99,500.00	1996	FIVB	14	3	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$101,000.00
11	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	$42,100.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	$42,100.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1998	FIVB	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00
10	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	$23,750.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	$15,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
75	15	7	10	6	15	10	3	1	8	$417,325.00	Total	Total	69	13	7	10	6	13	9	3	0	8	$388,575.00

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	48	77.4%	8	12.9%	6	9.7%	56-6	90.3%	8	24.2%	6	18.2%	19	57.6%	8-25	24.2%	48-19	71.6%	16-12	57.1%	2	0	69-34	67.0%
2000-2001	31	83.8%	4	10.8%	2	5.4%	35-2	94.6%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	9	56.3%	5-11	31.3%	31-9	77.5%	9-4	69.2%	2	0	42-13	76.4%
Against the Field	32	78.0%	5	12.2%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	7	25.0%	4	14.3%	17	60.7%	7-21	25.0%	64-30	68.1%	24-16	60.0%	2	0	46-23	66.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	0	3	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	21	1	13	8	0	0	9	8	0	2	1	1	0	0	54	24
Total	1	0	28	2	16	11	0	0	13	11	0	2	1	1	0	0	69	34

Head to Head Results
Lopes/Neto lead the series against the field 13-4 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Ramos/Rego	1	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Pimponi/Raffaelli	9	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	9	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 16, Q2 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 5	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Novosel/Slack	16, Q2	21-14, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 21, Q7 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	31-29, 21-16	0:43
Series tied with # 25 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Horrem/Maaseide	25	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:59
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	23	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 27 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	Correa/Diez	25, Q8	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	21-17, 21-10	0:41
Lead the series against # Q1 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q3 Araujo/Correa, Brazil 2-0
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open		Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Araujo/Correa	Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:29
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open		Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	Araujo/Correa	Q4	21-13, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q5 Heidger/McCaw, United States 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	Heidger/McCaw	Q6	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q23 Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal, Cuba 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal	Q23	14-21, 21-19, 15-5	0:46
Lead the series against # Q28 Rodriguez/Vasquez A., Venezuela 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	Rodriguez/Vasquez A.	Q22	21-12, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # Q55 Sequeira/Xisto, Portugal 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Sequeira/Xisto	Q55	21-13, 21-16	0:37