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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal
June 14 - 18, 2006

(32) 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
2005	Rui Guedes - 33rd	Ricardo Fonseca - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q39	33rd	20	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/15/2006	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 8-21	0:30
Thu, 6/15/2006	Contender 1	John Garcia-Thompson / Alex Ortiz, Spain (16)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:45

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 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	5	4	55.6 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00

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%
2005-2006	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%	2-3	40.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%

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 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 # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Fonseca/Guedes	32	21-12, 21-8	0:30
Trail the series against # 16 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz, Spain 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	16	Fonseca/Guedes	32	23-21, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 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