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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(16, Q15) Nelson Brizida/Jose Pedrosa, Portugal

Nelson Brizida
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guimaraes

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$6,850.00

José Filipe Pedrosa Simões Moreira
Portugal

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 28, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Castilo da Maia

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$70,660.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	1	9	2	US$10,700.00

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	24	13th	180	US$3,900.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 2	Alexei Strasser / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (Q18)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:41
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 3	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (Q2)	Won 12-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:58
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 1	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (17)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:46
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 2	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (1)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:34
Fri, 8/28/2009	Contender 2	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (18)	Lost 20-22, 21-17, 13-15	1:11

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$10,700.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$10,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nelson Brizida												Jose Pedrosa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	$13,675.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$6,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	0	0	0	0	1	8	13	15	0	$53,535.00
											Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$1,750.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$6,850.00	Total	119	0	0	0	0	1	12	16	21	0	$70,660.00

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
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	5	0.0 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	4	9	30.8 %
2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$2,000.00	6	10	37.5 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,900.00	2	2	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	17	$10,700.00	15	28	34.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nelson Brizida													Jose Pedrosa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$800.00
											1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,250.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00
											2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	5	$6,000.00
											2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	$5,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$7,625.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00
											2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	4	$12,450.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	6	$12,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	5	$14,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,400.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	20	$6,850.00	Total	Total	109	0	0	0	0	1	12	16	21	59	$70,660.00

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	10	76.9%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	5	16.7%	4	13.3%	21	70.0%	5-25	16.7%	10-21	32.3%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	15-28	34.9%
2008-2009	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	3-2	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	4-6	40.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	11	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	20
Total	0	0	12	16	0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	28

Head to Head Results
Brizida/Pedrosa trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Brizida/Pedrosa	16, Q15	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	25, Q2	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q18	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	Brizida/Pedrosa	9	21-11, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Brizida/Pedrosa	16, Q15	Lario/Mesa	17	21-16, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 18 Ingrosso/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Ingrosso/Nicolai	18	Brizida/Pedrosa	16, Q15	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	1:11
Trail the series against # 21 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	Q16	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q17	22-20, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # Q2 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Brizida/Pedrosa	16, Q15	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q2	12-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q18 Strasser/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Brizida/Pedrosa	16, Q15	Strasser/Weingart	Q18	21-19, 21-17	0:41