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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(2) 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
2006	Franco Neto - 3rd	Pedro Cunha - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	5	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	4	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	3	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	3	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	3	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$14,400.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	4	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	3	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	4	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	25, Q1	9th	320	US$7,750.00
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

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Paul Podstawka / Chris Simek, Canada (31, Q28)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:44
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 2	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (18)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:44
Fri, 6/15/2007	Winner 3	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (7)	Won 24-22, 17-21, 15-10	1:15
Fri, 6/15/2007	Winner 4	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (6, Q1)	Won 20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:15
Sat, 6/16/2007	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (7)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:49
Sun, 6/17/2007	Gold Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 17-19	1:09

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	14	0	2	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	$173,600.00	52	23	69.3 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$52,000.00	13	4	76.5 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	5	4	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	$268,600.00	80	33	70.8 %

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
14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00	2006	FIVB	14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00
45	4	6	5	2	5	5	7	1	10	$177,800.00	Total	Total	137	15	14	18	12	28	24	7	4	15	$725,785.00

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%
2006-2007	72	79.1%	11	12.1%	8	8.8%	83-8	91.2%	13	28.9%	7	15.6%	25	55.6%	13-32	28.9%	72-25	74.2%	24-15	61.5%	4	3	100-43	69.9%
Against the Field	54	75.0%	9	12.5%	9	12.5%	63-9	87.5%	10	20.8%	8	16.7%	30	62.5%	10-38	20.8%	108-48	69.2%	38-34	52.8%	3	3	76-44	63.3%

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 39-27 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-13
6/17/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	2	18-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:09
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4	21-18, 21-17	0:47
10/1/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Neto	3	Rego/Santos	2	21-18, 21-19	0:34
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	3	Rego/Santos	2	34-32, 15-21, 15-9	1:15
8/13/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Cunha/Neto	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-9	1:06
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	2	Cunha/Neto	3	21-16, 21-10	0:35
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4	21-18, 21-18	0:45
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4	21-16, 7-4 Retired	0:33
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	3	25-23, 20-22, 17-15	1:19
7/9/06	FIVB	France Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4	21-18, 21-14	0:49
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	4	21-16, 21-16	0:49
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 # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 3-4
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	5	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-16, 23-21	0:51
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Neto	4	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-16, 21-18	0:42
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Cunha/Neto	3	20-22, 22-20, 15-11	1:03
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Cunha/Neto	4	21-18, 21-13	0:42
6/25/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Cunha/Neto	4	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	1:08
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
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 2-3
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	5	Wu/Xu	4	21-19, 21-19	0:42
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	5	Cunha/Neto	4	21-16, 21-18	0:54
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	6	Cunha/Neto	3	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:13
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Wu/Xu	13	Cunha/Neto	4	21-19, 21-17	0:45
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 # 5 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	27, Q2	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 6, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	2	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:15
Trail the series against # 7 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 4-5
6/16/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	21-18, 21-16	0:49
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	24-22, 17-21, 15-10	1:15
8/12/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	3	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	1:00
7/29/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 6	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Cunha/Neto	4	21-10, 13-21, 16-14	1:04
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Cunha/Neto	3	21-14, 21-13	0:33
6/25/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Cunha/Neto	4	21-23, 22-20, 15-13	1:20
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 # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-1
5/12/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Cunha/Neto	5	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:08
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	5	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	21-14, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-0
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Cunha/Neto	4	Schacht/Slack	20	19-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:12
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	4	Schacht/Slack	12	21-18, 21-14	0:44
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	3	Schacht/Slack	6	21-16, 22-20	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 6-0
8/12/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Neto	3	Baracetti/Conde	4	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:03
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	4	Baracetti/Conde	5	By Forfeit
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 6	Cunha/Neto	4	Baracetti/Conde	13	21-15, 21-19	0:43
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	4	Baracetti/Conde	13	23-21, 21-17	0:49
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 # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	5	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Lione/Varnier, Italy 4-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	4	Lione/Varnier	12	21-11, 21-17	0:47
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 # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 4-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	21-14, 21-16	0:44
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19, Q4	21-14, 21-14	0:34
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	21-6, 21-15	0:37
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Cunha/Neto	25, Q1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q16	21-10, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	4	Leinemann/VanHuizen	20	31-29, 21-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	Cunha/Neto	4	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Gscheidle/Schnider	30	21-17, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 27, Q15 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Henriquez/Hernandez	30, Q10	20-22, 21-14, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 31, Q28 Podstawka/Simek, Canada 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	2	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	21-15, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # Q17 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	21-15, 21-10	0:40
Lead the series against # Q27 Beck/Bleiker, Switzerland 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4, Q1	Beck/Bleiker	29, Q12	21-12, 21-17	0:39