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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$170,000 Brazil Open
February 12 - 15, 1998

(5) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1990	Franco Neto - 3rd	Roberto Lopes - 3rd
1991	Franco Neto - 5th	Roberto Lopes - 5th
1992	Franco Neto - 7th	Roberto Lopes - 7th
1993	Franco Neto - 4th	Roberto Lopes - 4th
1994	Franco Neto - 1st	Roberto Lopes - 1st
1995	Franco Neto - 3rd	Roberto Lopes - 3rd
1996	Franco Neto - 1st	Roberto Lopes - 1st
1997	Franco Neto - 9th	Roberto Lopes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/4-7/1997	Brazil Open	8	5th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	20	9th	210	US$6,200.00
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

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 %
Total	FIVB	24	3	3	0	4	2	1	7	0	1	0	3	$277,200.00	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
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	1998	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
57	15	6	8	5	12	7	1	0	3	$368,325.00	Total	Total	55	13	6	8	5	12	7	1	0	3	$347,825.00

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%
1997-1998	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	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	10-4	71.4%	6-8	42.9%	1	0	9-8	52.9%

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 # 7 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 # 9 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