Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$170,000 Portugal Open
August 4 - 8, 1999
(3) 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 (53 yrs old)
Home Town: João Pessoa, PB
Height: 191 cm (6'3")
Weight: 82 kg (180 lb)
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 94
Career Wins: 26
Career Winnings: US$850,350.00
Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jan 6, 1975 (49 yrs old)
Home Town: Salvador, Brazil
Height: 200 cm (6'7")
Weight: 103 kg (227 lb)
Seasons: 24
Tournaments: 238
Career Wins: 56
Career FIVB WT Wins: 55
Career Winnings: US$1,921,182.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253357Money
FIVB401184462002021 US$623,500.00
Previous Espinho Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1995 Emanuel Rego - 2nd Did not play
1996 Emanuel Rego - 9th Did not play
1997 Emanuel Rego - 13th Did not play
1998 Ricardo Santos - 33rd Ze Marco de Melo - 33rd
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/28-8/1/1999 Open of Austria 3 2nd 306 US$20,000.00
FIVB 7/20-25/1999 Marseille World Championships 1 17th 120 US$4,500.00
FIVB 7/14-18/1999 Italian Open 1 5th 204 US$8,000.00
FIVB 7/7-11/1999 Norway Open 1 3rd 272 US$15,000.00
FIVB 6/30-7/4/1999 German Open 1 1st 340 US$30,000.00
FIVB 6/23-27/1999 Russian Open 3 2nd 306 US$20,000.00
FIVB 6/16-20/1999 Toronto Open 4 1st 340 US$30,000.00
FIVB 4/7-11/1999 Mexico Open 4 3rd 272 US$15,000.00
FIVB 1/13-17/1999 Argentina Open 2 4th 238 US$11,000.00
FIVB 12/3-6/1998 Brazil Open 2 7th 170 US$6,000.00
FIVB 9/11-13/1998 Turkey Open 2 4th 238 US$12,000.00
FIVB 9/3-6/1998 Spain Open 1 5th 204 US$9,000.00
FIVB 8/14-16/1998 Belgium Open 1 2nd 306 US$23,000.00
FIVB 8/7-9/1998 Portugal Grand Slam Q1 33rd 32 US$0.00
Head to Head Results
Santos/de Melo trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 15 Henkel/Smith, United States 0-1
7/22/99FIVBMarseille World Championships Henkel/Smith 16 Santos/de Melo 1 16-14 0:50
Trail the series against # Q3 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
7/23/99FIVBMarseille World Championships Pimponi/Raffaelli 31 Santos/de Melo 1 15-6 0:20