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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Germany Open
June 27 - July 1, 2001

(8) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Emanuel Rego - 3rd	Did not play
1996	Did not play	Guilherme Marques - 2nd
1997	Emanuel Rego - 1st	Guilherme Marques - 2nd
1998	Ricardo Santos - 3rd	Guilherme Marques - 2nd
1999	Ricardo Santos - 1st	Guilherme Marques - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	12	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	6	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Germany Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/29/2001	Winner 1	Eduardo Martinez / Jose Salema, Argentina (25)	Won 21-16, 23-21	0:44
Fri, 6/29/2001	Winner 2	Rob Heidger / Chip McCaw, United States (24, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:44
Sat, 6/30/2001	Winner 3	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 21-16, 6-15	0:51
Sat, 6/30/2001	Contender 4	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (29)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:38
Sat, 6/30/2001	Contender 5	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (13)	Won 17-21, 23-21, 15-9	1:03
Sat, 6/30/2001	Contender 6	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (14)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:40

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$20,000.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$20,000.00	10	6	62.5 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$10,000.00
88	26	16	13	6	16	5	3	0	3	$739,600.00	Total	Total	75	7	14	7	2	19	11	7	3	5	$463,550.00

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	17	77.3%	4	18.2%	1	4.5%	21-1	95.5%	1	6.3%	3	18.8%	12	75.0%	1-15	6.3%	34-22	60.7%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	23-15	60.5%

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 9-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 3	Ramos/Rego	1	Ferreira/de Melo	8	21-14, 16-21, 15-6	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 10 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
Series tied with # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-1
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 5	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Baracetti/Conde	13	17-21, 23-21, 15-9	1:03
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 # 14 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Prosser/Zahner	14	Ferreira/de Melo	8	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 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 # 21 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 # 22 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 # 24, Q5 Heidger/McCaw, United States 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 25 Martinez/Salema, Argentina 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Martinez/Salema	25	21-16, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 29 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 4	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q8 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