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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 28 - July 2, 2006

Roberto Lopes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil

Roberto Lopes da Costa
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1966 (58 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

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,121,562.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	US$21,400.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 7th	Did not play
2001	Franco Neto - 17th	Did not play
2002	Franco Neto - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	16, Q15	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	18, Q15	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	26, Q20	13th	180	US$4,500.00

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/27/2006	Country Quota	Nalbert Bitencourt / Luizao Correa, Brazil	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:57

Head to Head Results
Lopes/Solberg lead the series against the field 14-7 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Lopes/Solberg	16, Q15	24-22, 21-14	0:50
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	16-21, 22-20, 18-16	1:02
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Lopes/Solberg	26, Q20	18-21, 21-11, 15-6	0:50
Lead the series against # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-0
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Country Quota	Lopes/Solberg	16, Q15	Insfran/Marques		21-14, 15-21, 24-22	1:12
Lead the series against # 5 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 3	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Schacht/Slack	7	21-18, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # 12 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Solberg	26, Q20	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lopes/Solberg	16, Q15	Doppler/Gartmayer	17	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 21 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Solberg	16, Q15	Cadieux/Leinemann	Q2	21-17, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 23 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Amore/Fenili	15	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-0
5/30/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Cunha/Neto		21-19, 26-24	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q9 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Lopes/Solberg	26, Q20	Koreng/Matysik	25	21-16, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 2-3
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa		Lopes/Solberg		21-19, 23-21	0:57
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Country Quota	Lopes/Solberg	16, Q15	Bitencourt/Correa		21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/13/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Lopes/Solberg		19-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:02
6/6/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Lopes/Solberg		21-18, 23-21	0:49
5/30/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Bitencourt/Correa		18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	Lopes/Solberg	16, Q15	21-16, 21-19	0:56
Lead the series against # Q7 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Solberg	26, Q20	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	16-21, 21-14, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # Q15 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Solberg	16, Q15	Ces/Dugrip	Q18	21-17, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q18	21-17, 21-16	0:42