Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 28 - July 2, 2006
(25, Q1) Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil
 
Pedro Henrique de Miranda D'Araújo da Cunha
Brazil
Photo: Mauricio Kaye
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 10, 1983 (41 yrs old)
Home Town: Rio de Janeiro
Height: 189 cm (6'2")
Weight: 91 kg (200 lb)
Seasons: 14
Tournaments: 98
Career Wins: 10
Career FIVB WT Wins: 7
Career Winnings: US$493,000.00
Franco José Vieira Neto
Brazil
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 11, 1966 (58 yrs old)
Home Town: Fortaleza
Height: 192 cm (6'4")
Weight: 92 kg (202 lb)
Seasons: 22
Tournaments: 172
Career Wins: 16
Career Winnings: US$971,885.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172533CQMoney
FIVB35165443414012 US$427,500.00
Previous Stavanger Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2001 Did not play Roberto Lopes - 17th
2002 Did not play Roberto Lopes - 25th
2003 Did not play Harley Marques - 5th
2004 Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - Country Quota Tande Ramos - 3rd
2005 Luiz Dulinski - Country Quota Tande Ramos - 17th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/21-25/2006 Switzerland Grand Slam 4 4th 560 US$17,700.00
FIVB 6/14-18/2006 Portugal Open 3 3rd 480 US$16,000.00
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
Norway Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 6/27/2006 Country Quota Nalbert Bitencourt / Luizao Correa, Brazil Won 21-12, 15-21, 19-17 1:00
Wed, 6/28/2006 Qualifier 2 Daniele Desiderio / Giuseppe Patriarca, Italy (Q32) Won 21-14, 21-14 0:35
Wed, 6/28/2006 Qualifier 3 Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (Q16) Won 21-10, 21-17 0:39
Thu, 6/29/2006 Pool H Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (8) Won 21-19, 21-19 0:44
Fri, 6/30/2006 Pool H Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (9) Won 21-13, 21-13 0:42
Fri, 6/30/2006 Pool H Simon Dahl / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (24) Won 21-17, 23-21 0:48
Sat, 7/1/2006 Winner 2 David Klemperer / Kjell Schneider, Germany (11) Lost 18-21, 21-15, 11-15 1:04
Head to Head Results
Cunha/Neto lead the series against the field 30-14 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-5
6/24/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Winner 4 Rego/Santos 1 Cunha/Neto 4 21-16, 21-16 0:49
5/25/06FIVBChina Open Winner 4 Rego/Santos 1 Cunha/Neto 5 21-11, 10-21, 15-13 1:00
10/29/05FIVBAcapulco Open Gold Medal Rego/Santos 1 Cunha/Neto 10, Q1 21-12, 21-19 0:42
8/28/05FIVBCanada Open Bronze Medal Rego/Santos 1 Cunha/Neto 4, Q1 21-14, 21-19 0:47
8/26/05FIVBCanada 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 1-3
6/25/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Semi-Finals Araujo/Magalhaes 3 Cunha/Neto 4 21-23, 22-20, 15-13 1:20
5/27/06FIVBChina Open Gold Medal Araujo/Magalhaes 2 Cunha/Neto 5 21-19, 21-18 0:42
11/26/05FIVBSouth Africa Open Winner 3 Araujo/Magalhaes 2 Cunha/Neto 8 22-20, 22-20 0:53
10/27/05FIVBAcapulco Open Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 10, Q1 Araujo/Magalhaes 2 21-17, 21-17 1:02
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-2
6/25/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Bronze Medal Brink/Dieckmann 2 Cunha/Neto 4 21-17, 16-21, 15-13 1:08
6/17/06FIVBPortugal Open Semi-Finals Brink/Dieckmann 4 Cunha/Neto 3 21-18, 12-21, 15-12 1:01
5/26/06FIVBChina Open Semi-Finals Cunha/Neto 5 Brink/Dieckmann 6 21-15, 21-18 0:46
Series tied with # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-1
10/28/05FIVBAcapulco Open Semi-Finals Cunha/Neto 10, Q1 Insfran/Marques 4 21-18, 21-16 0:45
8/27/05FIVBCanada Open Semi-Finals Insfran/Marques 3 Cunha/Neto 4, Q1 21-17, 21-18 0:58
Lead the series against # 6 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
10/27/05FIVBAcapulco Open Winner 4 Cunha/Neto 10, Q1 Kais/Vesik 14 21-16, 21-17 0:36
Lead the series against # 7 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
5/25/06FIVBChina Open Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 5 Egger/Laciga 4 21-17, 23-21 0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
6/29/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool H Cunha/Neto 25, Q1 Heuscher/Kobel 8 21-19, 21-19 0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 3-0
6/30/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool H Cunha/Neto 25, Q1 Horrem/Pettersen 9 21-13, 21-13 0:42
6/16/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 3 Horrem/Pettersen 11 21-17, 17-21, 15-13 1:10
8/26/05FIVBCanada Open Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 4, Q1 Horrem/Pettersen 12 21-14, 17-21, 16-14 1:00
Series tied with # 11 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-1
7/1/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Winner 2 Klemperer/Schneider 11 Cunha/Neto 25, Q1 21-18, 15-21, 15-11 1:04
11/25/05FIVBSouth Africa Open Pool H Cunha/Neto 8 Klemperer/Schneider 9 21-17, 23-25, 15-10 1:08
Lead the series against # 12 Lione/Varnier, Italy 4-0
6/23/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 4 Lione/Varnier 12 21-11, 21-17 0:47
6/18/06FIVBPortugal Open Bronze Medal Cunha/Neto 3 Lione/Varnier 7 21-19, 21-15 0:44
6/16/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 4 Cunha/Neto 3 Lione/Varnier 7 21-19, 21-15 0:51
10/26/05FIVBAcapulco Open Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 10, Q1 Lione/Varnier 7, Q14 15-21, 21-17, 15-12 0:59
Lead the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 4-0
6/24/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Contender 6 Cunha/Neto 4 Baracetti/Conde 13 21-15, 21-19 0:43
6/22/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 4 Baracetti/Conde 13 23-21, 21-17 0:49
5/26/06FIVBChina Open Contender 6 Cunha/Neto 5 Baracetti/Conde 13 By Forfeit  
11/25/05FIVBSouth Africa Open Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 8 Baracetti/Conde 11 21-16, 21-19 0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
8/25/05FIVBCanada Open Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 4, Q1 Brenha/Maia 13 21-16, 22-20 0:46
Lead the series against # 18 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
10/26/05FIVBAcapulco Open Winner 1 Cunha/Neto 10, Q1 Wu/Xu 23, Q13 21-18, 21-15 0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
5/24/06FIVBChina Open Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 5 Cadieux/Leinemann 21, Q3 21-12, 21-15 0:47
Lead the series against # 23 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
6/22/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Winner 1 Cunha/Neto 4 Amore/Fenili 29 21-14, 21-10 0:38
Lead the series against # 24 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
6/30/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool H Cunha/Neto 25, Q1 Dahl/Gunnarsson 24 21-17, 23-21 0:48
Lead the series against Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 1-0
6/27/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Country Quota Cunha/Neto 25, Q1 Bitencourt/Correa 21-12, 15-21, 19-17 1:00
Trail the series against Lopes/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/30/06FIVBCroatia Open Country Quota Lopes/Solberg 18, Q15 Cunha/Neto 21-19, 26-24 0:48
Lead the series against # Q3 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 3 Heese/VanHuizen 14 21-17, 21-15 1:22
Lead the series against # Q15 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
11/24/05FIVBSouth Africa Open Pool H Cunha/Neto 8 Ces/Dugrip 25, Q2 21-12, 21-17 0:36
Lead the series against # Q16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
6/28/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Qualifier 3 Cunha/Neto 25, Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro Q16 21-10, 21-17 0:39
Lead the series against # Q17 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
5/24/06FIVBChina Open Winner 1 Cunha/Neto 5 Nishimura/Shiratori 28, Q12 21-12, 21-19 0:42
10/25/05FIVBAcapulco Open Qualifier 2 Cunha/Neto 10, Q1 Nishimura/Shiratori 30, Q16 23-21, 21-17 0:54
Trail the series against # Q26 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 0-1
8/31/05FIVBGreece Open Qualifier 2 Correa/Ruiz Nunez 30, Q16 Cunha/Neto Q1 21-14, 18-21, 17-15 1:03
Lead the series against # Q32 Desiderio/Patriarca, Italy 1-0
6/28/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Cunha/Neto 25, Q1 Desiderio/Patriarca Q32 21-14, 21-14 0:35