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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Brazil Open
November 27 - December 2, 2001

(9) 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 Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Ricardo Santos - 7th	Guilherme Marques - 1st
1999	Ricardo Santos - 1st	Guilherme Marques - 17th
2000	Ricardo Santos - 5th	Paulo Emilio Silva - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	7	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	7	9th	200	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	5	17th	90	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	8	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	8	5th	216	US$9,000.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/29/2001	Winner 1	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (24)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
Thu, 11/29/2001	Winner 2	Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (8)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:41
Thu, 11/29/2001	Contender 2	Eduardo Bacil / Pedro Brazao, Brazil (23, Q14)	Lost 22-24, 12-21	0:41

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	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	$57,500.00	26	17	60.5 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	$57,500.00	26	17	60.5 %

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
9	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	0	$28,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$36,250.00
94	26	16	14	6	17	7	5	0	3	$758,350.00	Total	Total	83	7	14	8	2	21	14	9	3	5	$489,800.00

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	7	63.6%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	10	76.9%	1-12	7.7%	14-20	41.2%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	11-13	45.8%

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 trail the series against the field 11-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-4
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 5	Ramos/Rego	1	Ferreira/de Melo	7	21-13, 26-24	0:39
7/8/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Ramos/Rego	1	Ferreira/de Melo	8	21-13, 21-14	0:35
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 3	Ramos/Rego	1	Ferreira/de Melo	8	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:49
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 # 2 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	10	Ferreira/de Melo	7	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	12	Ferreira/de Melo	5	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Series tied with # 3 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 # 5 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ferreira/de Melo	7	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 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 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Lopes/Neto	8	Ferreira/de Melo	9	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 4	Ferreira/de Melo	7	Heuscher/Kobel	14	21-16, 21-12	0:34
Series tied with # 12 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Prosser/Zahner	9	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	1:01
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Prosser/Zahner	14	Ferreira/de Melo	8	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Bosma/Cotrino	22, Q2	Ferreira/de Melo	5	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Correa/Diez	25, Q8	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	7	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 2	Ferreira/de Melo	7	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-19, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 2-0
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	7	Ljubicic/Slean	37	21-15, 21-17	0:41
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	5	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	26-24, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 23, Q14 Bacil/Brazao, Brazil 0-1
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Bacil/Brazao	23, Q14	Ferreira/de Melo	9	24-22, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 24 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	9	Rogers/Scott	24	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:50