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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(17) 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
2001	Franco Neto - 33rd	Roberto Lopes - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	5	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	4	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	5	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	7	4th	210	US$9,300.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	4	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	8	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	8, Q2	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	16, Q4	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	Q4	33rd	28	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool A	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:35
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool A	Hugo Madruga / Joao Santos, Portugal (32)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 7/27/2002	Pool A	Eric Fonoimoana / Dax Holdren, United States (16)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 10-15	0:49

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	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	$43,500.00	42	13	76.4 %
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$21,020.00	12	11	52.2 %
Total	FIVB	42	3	3	2	5	3	3	8	0	5	3	7	$359,220.00	58	28	67.4 %

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
7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	$10,510.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	$10,510.00
86	15	7	11	7	17	11	5	4	9	$444,585.00	Total	Total	80	13	7	11	7	15	10	5	3	9	$415,835.00

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%
2001-2002	47	77.0%	8	13.1%	6	9.8%	55-6	90.2%	8	25.0%	6	18.8%	18	56.3%	8-24	25.0%	47-18	72.3%	16-12	57.1%	2	0	65-30	68.4%
Against the Field	24	75.0%	3	9.4%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	4	16.0%	6	24.0%	15	60.0%	4-21	16.0%	48-28	63.2%	14-22	38.9%	1	0	32-25	56.1%

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
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 25-20 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 1-4
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool A	Ramos/Rego	1	Lopes/Neto	17	21-15, 21-14	0:35
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Lopes/Neto	8	Ramos/Rego	1	21-19, 15-21, 17-15	0:56
9/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Ramos/Rego	1	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	21-15, 18-21, 16-14	0:56
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Ramos/Rego	1	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	22-20, 23-21	0:43
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 # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-4
6/23/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	3	Lopes/Neto	7	21-18, 21-14	0:57
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	3	Lopes/Neto	4	21-18, 28-26	0:47
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 # 3 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-1
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Loiola/Santos	2	Lopes/Neto	8	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Lopes/Neto	7	Child/Heese	16	21-19, 24-22	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-2
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	17	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	9	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-2
6/23/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Bronze Medal	Metzger/Wong	5	Lopes/Neto	7	21-18, 21-14	0:45
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 5	Metzger/Wong	6	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	21-19, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 11 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	Pedrosa/Teixeira	25, Q6	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	5	Lopes/Neto	8	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Neto	7	Heuscher/Kobel	8	27-25, 21-16	0:49
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	Heuscher/Kobel	14	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Lopes/Neto	5	23-21, 21-12	0:45
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Lopes/Neto	5	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	29-31, 21-18, 15-10	1:04
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	4	16-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 15 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Lopes/Neto	4	Berger/Doppler	13	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 16 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool A	Fonoimoana/Holdren	16	Lopes/Neto	17	21-19, 15-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 18 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Lopes/Neto	7	Rogers/Scott	10, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 19, Q11 Hyden/McCaw, United States 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Hyden/McCaw	44	Lopes/Neto	5	21-23, 21-19, 16-14	1:07
Lead the series against # 20 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool D	Lopes/Neto	4	Berg/Dahl	13	21-15, 23-21	0:36
Trail the series against # 21 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Schacht/Slack	20, Q2	Lopes/Neto	4	21-18, 21-18	0:49
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Schacht/Slack	28, Q4	Lopes/Neto	5	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 22 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 3-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool D	Lopes/Neto	4	Egger/Heyer	20	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
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 # 28, Q2 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 2-0
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	Bosma/Cotrino	9	21-12, 23-21	0:38
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 4	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	Bosma/Cotrino	21, Q2	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 31 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Lopes/Neto	7	Canet/Hamel	23	21-16, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 32 Madruga/Santos, Portugal 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool A	Lopes/Neto	17	Madruga/Santos	32	21-14, 21-14	0:32
Series tied with # Q4 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-1
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	Lopes/Neto	4	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	31-29, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q8 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 2-0
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	By Forfeit
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Pimponi/Raffaelli	9	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q10 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
8/9/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	Ljubicic/Slean	Q5	21-17, 21-12	0:43
Lead the series against # Q18 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 1	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	Kogel/Mulder	32, Q41	26-24, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q21 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
Lead the series against # Q33 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