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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal
June 14 - 18, 2006

(3) Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil

Pedro Henrique de Miranda D'Araújo da Cunha
Brazil

Photo: Mauricio Kaye

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$493,000.00

Franco José Vieira Neto
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

172

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$971,885.00

Awards

Tour Champion 1993 (with Roberto Lopes), 1995 (with Roberto Lopes)
Most Inspirational 2006, 2007
Sportsperson 2006, 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	35	1	6	5	4	4	3	4	1	4	0	1	2	US$427,500.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 1st
1996	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 9th
1997	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 2nd
2001	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 33rd
2002	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 17th
2003	Did not play	Harley Marques - 9th
2004	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 9th	Tande Ramos - 9th
2005	Luiz Dulinski - 9th	Tande Ramos - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	5	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	8	5th	220	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	10, Q1	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	Q1	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	4, Q1	4th	280	US$12,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/15/2006	Winner 1	Michal Biza / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (30, Q20)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 6/15/2006	Winner 2	Mark Heese / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (14)	Won 21-17, 21-15	1:22
Fri, 6/16/2006	Winner 3	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (11)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:10
Fri, 6/16/2006	Winner 4	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (7)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:51
Sat, 6/17/2006	Semi-Finals	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (4)	Lost 18-21, 21-12, 12-15	1:01
Sun, 6/18/2006	Bronze Medal	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (7)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:44

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	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	$105,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	1	5	5	3	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	$310,900.00
Total	35	1	6	5	4	4	3	4	1	4	0	0	$427,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pedro Cunha												Franco Neto
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$18,850.00
28	1	1	1	1	8	6	5	1	0	$148,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	4	3	1	1	5	11	6	3	0	$242,200.00
62	6	8	7	5	8	12	8	1	0	$332,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	128	12	12	19	13	30	16	8	2	0	$599,185.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
98	10	10	8	6	17	19	15	2	0	$493,000.00	Total	172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	0	$860,235.00

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
2005	FIVB	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$43,000.00	15	6	71.4 %
2006	FIVB	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$38,000.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	$81,000.00	25	11	69.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pedro Cunha													Franco Neto
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1990	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00
											1991	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
											1992	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,725.00
											1993	FIVB	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00
											1994	FIVB	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,500.00
											1995	FIVB	16	7	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00
											1996	FIVB	14	3	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$101,000.00
											1997	FIVB	11	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	$42,100.00
											1998	FIVB	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00
											1999	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00
											2000	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	$15,500.00
											2001	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$18,660.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	$50,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
12	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	3	$33,750.00	2004	FIVB	13	1	2	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$79,125.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2004	FIVB C&S
11	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	$27,500.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	4	$59,125.00
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$19,000.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$19,000.00
32	4	3	2	1	1	3	7	1	10	$84,000.00	Total	Total	124	15	11	15	11	24	22	7	4	15	$631,985.00

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	101	78.9%	16	12.5%	11	8.6%	117-11	91.4%	18	28.1%	11	17.2%	35	54.7%	18-46	28.1%	101-35	74.3%	34-22	60.7%	4	3	139-60	69.8%
2005-2006	48	78.7%	9	14.8%	4	6.6%	57-4	93.4%	7	23.3%	8	26.7%	15	50.0%	7-23	23.3%	48-15	76.2%	16-12	57.1%	3	2	67-29	69.8%
Against the Field	46	73.0%	10	15.9%	7	11.1%	56-7	88.9%	7	15.9%	8	18.2%	29	65.9%	7-37	15.9%	92-46	66.7%	34-30	53.1%	4	2	67-40	62.6%

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	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	3	1	16	5	0	0	11	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	33	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	2	7	1	3	0	0	0	60	15	6	8	5	3	1	5	102	41
Total	6	2	10	2	22	5	0	0	72	24	7	9	5	4	1	6	139	60

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Neto lead the series against the field 18-9 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-4
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	5	21-11, 10-21, 15-13	1:00
10/29/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	21-12, 21-19	0:42
8/28/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	21-14, 21-19	0:47
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Cunha/Neto	5	21-19, 21-18	0:42
11/26/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Cunha/Neto	8	22-20, 22-20	0:53
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-17, 21-17	1:02
Series tied with # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-1
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Cunha/Neto	3	21-18, 12-21, 15-12	1:01
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	5	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-15, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 6 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Kais/Vesik	14	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 3-0
6/18/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Neto	3	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:44
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	3	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:51
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Neto	5	Baracetti/Conde	13	By Forfeit
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	8	Baracetti/Conde	11	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 9 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
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 # 11 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 2-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	3	Horrem/Pettersen	11	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:10
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	Horrem/Pettersen	12	21-14, 17-21, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 14 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	Heese/VanHuizen	14	21-17, 21-15	1:22
Lead the series against # 17 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	21-18, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	5	Cadieux/Leinemann	21, Q3	21-12, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 30, Q20 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Biza/Kubala	30, Q20	21-17, 21-16	0:44
Series tied with Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-1
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Insfran/Marques	4	21-18, 21-16	0:45
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Insfran/Marques	3	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:58
Trail the series against Lopes/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/30/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Cunha/Neto		21-19, 26-24	0:48
Lead the series against # Q8 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	5	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q12	21-12, 21-19	0:42
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	23-21, 21-17	0:54