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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(Q39) Ricardo Fonseca/Rui Guedes, Portugal

Ricardo Fonseca
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lisboa

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (FIVB Espinho 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$1,000.00

Rui Guedes
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (FIVB Espinho 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$1,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	US$2,000.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Ricardo Santos - 49th	Did not play
2000	Miguel Xisto - 49th	Did not play
2002	Andre Cabacinha - 57th	Rui Castro - 57th
2003	Rui Guedes - 41st	Ricardo Fonseca - 41st

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/12/2005	Country Quota	Rui Pinto / Pedro Simoes, Portugal	Won 21-15, 21-8	0:29
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 1	Denis Rovkin / Sergey Sinkevich, Kazakhstan (Q26)	Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 2	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (Q7)	Won 22-20, 21-7	0:35
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 3	Javier Bosma / Alex Ortiz, Spain (25, Q10)	Lost 11-21, 18-21	0:32

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ricardo Fonseca												Rui Guedes
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00

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
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ricardo Fonseca													Rui Guedes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00

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	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
2004-2005	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-1	75.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4

Head to Head Results
Fonseca/Guedes lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 25, Q10 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Bosma/Ortiz	25, Q10	Fonseca/Guedes	Q39	21-11, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 27 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	27, Q9	Fonseca/Guedes	Q41	21-17, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against Pinto/Simoes, Portugal 1-0
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Fonseca/Guedes	Q39	Pinto/Simoes		21-15, 21-8	0:29
Lead the series against # Q7 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Fonseca/Guedes	Q39	Gosch/Strauss	Q7	22-20, 21-7	0:35
Lead the series against # Q26 Rovkin/Sinkevich, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 1	Fonseca/Guedes	Q39	Rovkin/Sinkevich	Q26	21-13, 17-21, 15-13	0:46