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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Italian Open
August 23 - 25, 1996

(7) 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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-18/1996	Portugal Open	5	9th	320	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/9-11/1996	French Open	2	9th	320	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/23-28/1996	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	1	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-30/1996	French Open	3	1st	300	US$31,000.00
FIVB	6/21-23/1996	United States Open	2	2nd	270	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/2/1996	Turkey Open	2	4th	210	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/9-12/1996	Brazil Open	1	7th	150	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/5-7/1996	Spain Open	1	2nd	270	US$23,000.00
FIVB	2/8-11/1996	Brazil Open		1st	50	US$40,000.00
FIVB	11/10-12/1995	Puerto Rico Open		7th	20	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/22-24/1995	Indonesia Open		2nd	42	US$15,000.00
FIVB	9/15-17/1995	Brazil Open		1st	50	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/3/1995	Spain Open		3rd	36	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/24-26/1995	French Open		1st	50	US$40,000.00

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	10	2	2	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$147,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	2	2	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$147,500.00	1	2	33.3 %

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
10	2	2	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	$73,750.00	1996	FIVB	10	2	2	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	$73,750.00
41	14	5	7	2	9	4	0	0	0	$292,975.00	Total	Total	39	12	5	7	2	9	4	0	0	0	$270,975.00

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%
1995-1996	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	8-6	57.1%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	8-8	50.0%

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
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
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Kvalheim/Maaseide	6	Lopes/Neto	1	15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 11 Pakosta/Palinek, Czech Republic 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Lopes/Neto	1	Pakosta/Palinek	16	15-5	0:34