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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Brazil Open
November 28 - December 3, 2000

(1) Ze Marco de Melo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

José Marco "Zé Marco" Nóbrega Ferreira de Melo
Brazil

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 19, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

João Pessoa, PB

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$850,350.00

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

238

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,921,182.50

Awards

Tour Champion 1996 (with Emanuel Rego), 1997 (with Emanuel Rego), 2000 (with Ricardo Santos)

Awards

Tour Champion 2000 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 2003 (with Emanuel Rego), 2004 (with Emanuel Rego), 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Best Hitter 2005
Best Offensive Player 2005, 2006, 2007
Most Outstanding 2005, 2007
Team of the Year 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	57	Money
FIVB	40	11	8	4	4	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	US$623,500.00

Previous Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Ricardo Santos - 7th	Ze Marco de Melo - 7th
1999	Ricardo Santos - 1st	Ze Marco de Melo - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	3	2nd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	1	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	1	2nd	306	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	2	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	1	4th	238	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	2	4th	238	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	1	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2000	Macau Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	1	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	1	2nd	306	US$18,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/5/1999	Brazil Open	3	1st	340	US$30,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	11	6	4	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	$597,000.00
Total	40	11	8	4	4	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	$623,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ze Marco de Melo												Ricardo Santos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Championships	9	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$127,000.00
10	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$115,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	14	7	8	2	16	20	8	5	0	$727,750.00
79	25	11	13	6	16	3	3	0	0	$631,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	138	38	20	14	15	18	17	6	5	0	$1,050,432.50
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
94	26	16	14	6	17	7	5	0	0	$758,350.00	Total	238	56	31	23	18	36	38	16	10	0	$1,921,182.50

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
1999	FIVB	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$248,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2000	FIVB	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	28	9	7	3	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	$479,500.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ze Marco de Melo													Ricardo Santos
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	1	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	1992	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1993	FIVB
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,750.00	1994	FIVB
15	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$119,500.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	5	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	$166,000.00	1996	FIVB
11	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$112,700.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00	1998	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00
13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00	1999	FIVB	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00
15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2000	FIVB	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00
85	26	16	13	6	14	4	3	0	3	$729,600.00	Total	Total	42	11	8	4	4	8	0	3	0	4	$312,500.00

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	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	5-3	62.5%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		0-0	0	0	2-1	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3

Head to Head Results
Santos/de Melo lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 10 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Santos/de Melo	3	Berg/Dahl	22	15-5	0:38
Trail the series against # 18 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Santos/de Melo	1	15-6	0:20
Lead the series against # 21 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Santos/de Melo	3	Berger/Stamm	17	16-14	0:56