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AVP Tour
$175,000 Belmar Open Presented by Bud Light
July 8 - 11, 2004

(29, Q8) Gaston Macau/Andre Melo

Gaston Macau

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 28, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Miami, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Rutgers-Newark

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Xylokastro 2001)

Career AVP Best:

13th (Belmar 2004)

Career Winnings:

$12,577.50

Andre Melo

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

George Mason

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (AVP Belmar 2004)

Career Winnings:

$1,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	Money
AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$1,500.00

Previous Belmar Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Jason Wight - 33rd
2001	Did not play	Jason Wight - 37th
2002	Jason Lee - 17th	Did not play
2003	Steve Delaney - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Belmar Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 7/8/2004

Qualifier 2

Mark Kavulak / Tony Yates (Q25)

Won 21-9, 21-12

0:42

Thu, 7/8/2004

Qualifier 3

Mike Dauernheim / Jason Kepner (Q24)

Won 21-16, 21-13

0:44

Fri, 7/9/2004

Winner 1

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard (4)

Lost 16-21, 18-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gaston Macau	Total	23	14	4	0.435	1	7	1	3
	1	6	3	2	0.167	1	2	0	2
	2	17	11	2	0.529	0	5	1	1
Andre Melo	Total	12	8	1	0.583	1	11	2	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	1	4	0	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	7	2	0

Fri, 7/9/2004

Contender 1

Anthony Medel / Brad Torsone (20)

Won 25-23, 16-21, 15-13

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gaston Macau	Total	29	17	8	0.310	1	9	1	5
	1	13	9	4	0.385	0	4	0	2
	2	9	4	3	0.111	0	2	0	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	1	3	1	2
Andre Melo	Total	34	21	9	0.353	1	2	8	7
	1	13	8	3	0.385	1	0	4	3
	2	13	6	5	0.077	0	1	3	3
	3	8	7	1	0.750	0	1	1	1

Sat, 7/10/2004

Contender 2

Matt Heath / Adam Roberts (14)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gaston Macau	Total	35	19	5	0.400	0	17	0	3
	1	23	13	4	0.391	0	9	0	2
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	8	0	1
Andre Melo	Total	30	10	6	0.133	4	6	3	4
	1	8	1	1	0.000	3	4	1	2
	2	22	9	5	0.182	1	2	2	2

Sat, 7/10/2004

Contender 3

Albert Hannemann / Chip McCaw (21)

Lost 21-23, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gaston Macau	Total	16	7	4	0.188	1	2	2	2
	1	9	3	2	0.111	1	1	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	1	2	1
Andre Melo	Total	26	9	8	0.038	7	3	2	3
	1	14	5	3	0.143	4	2	0	3
	2	12	4	5	-0.083	3	1	2	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Gaston Macau	103	57	21	0.350	3	35	4	13
Andre Melo	102	48	24	0.235	13	22	15	15
Total	205	105	45	0.293	16	57	19	28
Opponents	182	87	25	0.341	16	60	8	17

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,500.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gaston Macau												Andre Melo
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	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
62	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	21	0	$6,690.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	$1,100.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00	Challenger
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$125.00	Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$450.00	Tour Championships
72	0	1	0	0	0	1	12	22	0	$9,265.00	Total	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	$1,100.00

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
2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gaston Macau													Andre Melo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$247.50	1998	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$200.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
											2001	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2001	BVA
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,500.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2001	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$750.00	2002	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	$200.00	2003	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$700.00	2004	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$700.00
41	0	1	0	0	2	1	7	8	22	$8,597.50	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$950.00

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	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	1	9-7	56.3%
2003-2004	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	1	4-3	57.1%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Total	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7

Head to Head Results
Macau/Melo lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Blanton/Nygaard 0-1
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	4	Macau/Melo	29, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Heath/Roberts 1-0
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Macau/Melo	29, Q8	Heath/Roberts	14	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Medel/Torsone 1-0
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 1	Macau/Melo	29, Q8	Medel/Torsone	20	25-23, 16-21, 15-13	1:09
Trail the series against # 21 Hannemann/McCaw 0-1
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 3	Hannemann/McCaw	21	Macau/Melo	29, Q8	23-21, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # Q24 Dauernheim/Kepner 1-0
7/8/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Qualifier 3	Macau/Melo	29, Q8	Dauernheim/Kepner	Q24	21-16, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # Q25 Kavulak/Yates 1-0
7/8/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Qualifier 2	Macau/Melo	29, Q8	Kavulak/Yates	Q25	21-9, 21-12	0:42