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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
August 29 - September 2, 2007

(14) Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, Portugal

João Carlos Brenha Alves Pereira
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Espinho

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$265,957.50

Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranhos

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

162

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$281,932.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	27	33	41	Money
FIVB	134	2	0	0	6	7	5	27	28	30	20	1	4	4	US$531,915.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	13	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	22	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	16	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	21	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q14	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	10	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	30, Q12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	28	25th	60	US$2,000.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2007	Winner 1	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy (19)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 8/30/2007	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost By Forfeit
Fri, 8/31/2007	Contender 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (29, Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 8/31/2007	Contender 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (6)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:35

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	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$49,900.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	7	0	$86,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	102	2	0	0	3	5	4	22	24	26	13	0	$396,015.00
Total	134	2	0	0	6	7	5	27	28	30	20	0	$531,915.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joao Brenha												Miguel Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	$24,950.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	$24,950.00
23	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	7	0	$43,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	9	0	$47,400.00
102	2	0	0	3	9	46	26	13	0	$198,007.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	115	2	0	0	3	10	48	27	15	0	$209,582.50
134	2	0	0	6	12	55	30	20	0	$265,957.50	Total	162	2	0	0	6	13	57	31	24	0	$281,932.50

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
1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	3	0	0	$33,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	3	0	$36,100.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	2	1	0	$78,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	2	1	0	$37,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	0	$37,000.00	14	20	41.2 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	$22,390.00	11	16	40.7 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	$55,000.00	18	15	54.5 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$5,000.00	1	7	12.5 %
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	$27,500.00	14	13	51.9 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	$24,300.00	7	15	31.8 %
2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	2	$35,000.00	16	17	48.5 %
Total	FIVB	100	1	0	0	5	3	3	22	23	21	15	7	$391,290.00	92	111	45.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joao Brenha													Miguel Maia
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	0	1	0	0	0	$1,562.50	1994	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,562.50
14	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	0	$16,500.00	1995	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	0	$16,500.00
13	0	0	0	1	1	8	3	0	0	$16,750.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	1	8	3	0	0	$16,750.00
11	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	3	0	$18,050.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	3	0	$18,050.00
12	1	0	0	0	5	1	3	2	0	$43,850.00	1998	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	5	1	3	2	0	$43,850.00
12	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	1	0	$39,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	2	0	$40,000.00
11	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	1	0	$18,750.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	6	2	1	0	$20,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	$18,500.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	$18,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	$11,195.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	$11,195.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	$27,500.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	$27,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,500.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$13,750.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	5	$13,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	$12,150.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	$12,150.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	$17,500.00	2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	$17,500.00
127	2	0	0	6	12	53	28	19	7	$257,557.50	Total	Total	131	2	0	0	6	12	54	28	20	9	$260,057.50

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	64	69.6%	8	8.7%	20	21.7%	72-20	78.3%	16	15.2%	14	13.3%	75	71.4%	16-89	15.2%	64-75	46.0%	24-34	41.4%	0	10	99-124	44.4%
2006-2007	16	72.7%	1	4.5%	5	22.7%	17-5	77.3%	7	20.6%	3	8.8%	24	70.6%	7-27	20.6%	16-24	40.0%	8-8	50.0%	0	2	24-34	41.4%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	0	0.0%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	5	14.3%	3	8.6%	27	77.1%	5-30	14.3%	22-46	32.4%	10-16	38.5%	0	4	16-35	31.4%

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	1	2	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	10	8
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	12
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	5	10	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	25
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	3	11	16	0	0	15	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	79
Total	0	0	10	8	27	32	0	0	24	43	0	3	0	3	0	0	99	124

Head to Head Results
Brenha/Maia trail the series against the field 13-28 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-4
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-14, 21-17	0:39
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Rego/Santos	1	Brenha/Maia	10	21-13, 21-19	0:37
10/18/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Brenha/Maia	13	By Forfeit
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Brenha/Maia	16, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brenha/Maia	14	By Forfeit
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brenha/Maia	22	19-21, 21-10, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Marques/Solberg	2	Brenha/Maia	21	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-7
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	5	Brenha/Maia	28	21-17, 26-24	0:49
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	18	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:54
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Baracetti/Conde	7	Brenha/Maia	18	13-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:55
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Baracetti/Conde	11	Brenha/Maia	6	By Forfeit
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Brenha/Maia	19	21-17, 21-12	0:36
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	4	Brenha/Maia	19	21-15, 21-12	0:44
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Brenha/Maia	22	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Brenha/Maia	14	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-15, 21-12	0:37
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	Brenha/Maia	13	21-16, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	17-21, 21-18, 23-21	1:02
Lead the series against # 10 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	21	Gosch/Horst	12	21-16, 21-19	0:50
Series tied with # 11 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Brenha/Maia	22	Asahi/Shiratori	27	21-13, 21-18	0:42
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	Brenha/Maia	10	22-20, 25-23	0:51
Lead the series against # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brenha/Maia	Q15	Boersma/Ronnes	Q18	21-16, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	10	Horrem/Maaseide	24, Q3	21-15, 21-15	0:45
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	10	Horrem/Maaseide	23	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Brenha/Maia	21	21-15, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 18 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-2
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Cadieux/Heese	17	Brenha/Maia	10	21-12, 21-9	0:34
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Cadieux/Heese	22	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Brenha/Maia	24	Cadieux/Heese	25	31-33, 21-15, 15-12	1:09
Lead the series against # 19 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 2-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	14	Amore/Bizzotto	19	21-16, 21-17	0:34
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	13	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 22 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	Brenha/Maia	16	18-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:13
Trail the series against # 23 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-2
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	19	Brenha/Maia	13	15-21, 21-16, 18-16	1:02
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Brenha/Maia	16	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 29, Q14 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	14	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-2
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Lochhead/Pitman	46	Brenha/Maia	22	21-16, 21-18	0:42
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Lochhead/Pitman	Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:47
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q3	Brenha/Maia	9	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # Q4 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-2
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Pedrosa/Rosas	10	Brenha/Maia	9	21-15, 16-21, 15-9	1:05
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Pedrosa/Rosas	17	Brenha/Maia	16	21-15, 21-19	0:40
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	10	Pedrosa/Rosas	9	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q7 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	16	Rovkin/Saulko	31, Q16	22-20, 21-16	0:44