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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001

(Q4) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Franco Neto - 1st	Roberto Lopes - 1st
1996	Franco Neto - 9th	Roberto Lopes - 9th
1997	Franco Neto - 2nd	Roberto Lopes - 2nd
2000	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	19, Q9	17th	90	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	24, Q10	7th	180	US$7,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 2	Yoyi Rodriguez / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (Q36)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:36
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 3	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (Q20)	Won 21-14, 17-21, 15-11	0:51
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 4	Rob Heidger / Chip McCaw, United States (Q5)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 20-18	1:07
Thu, 7/26/2001		Jefferson Bellaguarda / Paulao Moreira, Brazil (12, Q1)	Lost 21-14, 16-21, 17-19	1:00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	$13,500.00	22	7	75.9 %
Total	FIVB	33	3	3	1	4	2	2	7	0	4	0	7	$308,200.00	26	11	70.3 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$6,750.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$6,750.00
77	15	7	10	6	15	10	4	1	9	$419,075.00	Total	Total	71	13	7	10	6	13	9	4	0	9	$390,325.00

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	28	77.8%	5	13.9%	3	8.3%	33-3	91.7%	7	28.0%	4	16.0%	14	56.0%	7-18	28.0%	56-28	66.7%	24-14	63.2%	0	0	40-21	65.6%

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 17-7 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 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 # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	3	Lopes/Neto	19, Q9	21-18, 21-16	0:44
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		Bellaguarda/Moreira	12, Q1	Lopes/Neto	Q4	14-21, 21-16, 19-17	1:00
Lead the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 17, Q2 Holdren/Rogers, United States 1-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Holdren/Rogers	20, Q1	Lopes/Neto	19, Q9	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	19, Q9	Holdren/Rogers	20, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lopes/Neto	19, Q9	Henkel/Smith	14	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 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
Series tied with # 27 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 # 28, Q3 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Neto	19, Q9	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	22-20, 21-17	0:39
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 # 31, Q7 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 # Q5 Heidger/McCaw, United States 2-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	Q4	Heidger/McCaw	Q5	19-21, 21-15, 20-18	1:07
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 # Q16 Heath/Macau, United States 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Neto	19, Q9	Heath/Macau	Q24	21-18, 27-29, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # Q17 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 # Q19 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 # Q20 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Neto	Q4	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q20	21-14, 17-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # Q31 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
Lead the series against # Q33 Soga/Yano, Japan 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lopes/Neto	19, Q9	Soga/Yano	Q56	21-14, 21-8	0:32
Lead the series against # Q36 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Neto	Q4	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	Q36	21-17, 21-16	0:36