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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Swiss Open
June 20 - 24, 2001

(12) Ze Marco de Melo/Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, 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

Rogério 'Pará' de Souza Ferreira
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belém

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$599,137.50

Awards

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

Awards

Tour Champion 1998 (with Guilherme Marques)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	US$57,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	6	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/22/2001	Winner 1	Dax Holdren / Todd Rogers, United States (21)	Lost 11-21, 20-22	0:34
Fri, 6/22/2001	Contender 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland (28, Q21)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:30
Fri, 6/22/2001	Contender 2	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany (22)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Sat, 6/23/2001	Contender 3	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (19)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:46
Sat, 6/23/2001	Contender 4	Nikolas Berger / Oliver Stamm, Austria (25)	Won 21-12, 26-24	1:23
Sat, 6/23/2001	Contender 5	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (8)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:34

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	$48,000.00
Total	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	$57,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ze Marco de Melo												Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira
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
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Championships	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$47,500.00
10	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$115,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	1	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	$79,150.00
79	25	11	13	6	16	3	3	0	0	$631,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	91	7	13	7	4	18	16	11	4	0	$414,987.50
											Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,150.00
											Goodwill Games	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$19,750.00
94	26	16	14	6	17	7	5	0	0	$758,350.00	Total	121	10	14	9	4	24	18	15	5	0	$564,537.50

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
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$11,000.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$11,000.00	6	4	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ze Marco de Melo													Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
15	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$119,500.00	1995	FIVB	9	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	$27,250.00
14	5	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	$166,000.00	1996	FIVB	14	1	4	0	1	5	2	0	0	1	$121,500.00
11	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$112,700.00	1997	FIVB	10	2	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	$83,100.00
12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00	1998	FIVB	13	4	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	$105,200.00
13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	5	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	$90,750.00
15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	$20,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
87	26	16	13	6	15	5	3	0	3	$735,100.00	Total	Total	74	7	14	7	2	18	11	7	3	5	$459,050.00

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	19	76.0%	5	20.0%	1	4.0%	24-1	96.0%	1	5.9%	3	17.6%	13	76.5%	1-16	5.9%	19-13	59.4%	6-4	60.0%	1	0	26-17	60.5%
2000-2001	19	76.0%	5	20.0%	1	4.0%	24-1	96.0%	1	5.9%	3	17.6%	13	76.5%	1-16	5.9%	19-13	59.4%	6-4	60.0%	1	0	26-17	60.5%
Against the Field	18	78.3%	4	17.4%	1	4.3%	22-1	95.7%	1	6.3%	3	18.8%	12	75.0%	1-15	6.3%	36-22	62.1%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	24-15	61.5%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	14
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	17

Head to Head Results
Ferreira/de Melo lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	3	Ferreira/de Melo	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 5	Child/Heese	8	Ferreira/de Melo	12	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Ferreira/de Melo	12	Holden/Leinemann	19	21-18, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	22	Ferreira/de Melo	6	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 21 Holdren/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Rogers	21	Ferreira/de Melo	12	21-11, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Ferreira/de Melo	12	Ahmann/Hager	22	21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 25 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Ferreira/de Melo	12	Berger/Stamm	25	21-12, 26-24	1:23
Lead the series against # 28, Q21 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Ferreira/de Melo	12	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q21	21-13, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # Q5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	21-14, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # Q10 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Ferreira/de Melo	6	Canet/Hamel	28, Q8	21-13, 21-8	0:33