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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(20) 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 Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/1997	Spain Open	Q1	33rd	24	US$0.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	7	4th	210	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	Q1	33rd	24	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	16	2nd	540	US$42,000.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	Q1	33rd	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	8	5th	165	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/18-20/1997	Italian Open	7	4th	210	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	3	17th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/20-23/1997	Brazil Open	3	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	10/24-27/1996	Brazil Open	6	9th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/18-20/1996	Puerto Rico Open	6	4th	210	US$12,000.00
FIVB	10/4-6/1996	Indonesia Open	6	1st	300	US$31,000.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/1997		Martin Conde / Eduardo Martinez, Argentina (13)	Won 12-11, 12-8	1:31
Fri, 9/12/1997		Paulao Moreira / Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (4)	Lost 9-12, 10-12	2:00

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Franco Neto - 9th	Roberto Lopes - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Franco Neto - 33rd	Roberto Lopes - 33rd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Harley Marques - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Tande Ramos - 13th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Pedro Cunha - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	20	9th	210	US$6,200.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	Q17	33rd	42	US$0.00

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	10	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	$79,700.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	3	3	0	4	1	1	7	0	1	0	3	$272,700.00	2	3	40.0 %

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
10	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	$39,850.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	$39,850.00
55	15	6	7	5	11	7	1	0	3	$358,575.00	Total	Total	53	13	6	7	5	11	7	1	0	3	$338,075.00

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%
1996-1997	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0		0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	14-8	63.6%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	10-9	52.6%

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 trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Moreira/Silva, Brazil 0-1
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Moreira/Silva	4	Lopes/Neto	20	12-9, 12-10	2:00
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 13 Conde/Martinez, Argentina 1-0
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Lopes/Neto	20	Conde/Martinez	13	12-11, 12-8	1:31