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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Mazury Open Presented by Hotel Anders
September 5 - 9, 2007

(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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 9th	Tande Ramos - 2nd
2005	Pedro Solberg - 17th	Tande Ramos - 4th
2006	Franco Neto - 2nd	Pedro Cunha - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	7	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	3	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	2	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	1	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	2	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	3	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	3	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	2	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
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

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/6/2007	Winner 1	Janis Smedins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (30, Q12)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 9/6/2007	Winner 2	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (14)	Won 30-28, 21-18	0:55
Fri, 9/7/2007	Winner 3	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (6)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:42
Fri, 9/7/2007	Winner 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:55
Sat, 9/8/2007	Contender 6	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (4)	Won 20-22, 21-12, 15-10	1:08
Sat, 9/8/2007	Semi-Finals	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 20-22	0:45
Sun, 9/9/2007	Bronze Medal	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:51

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	11	1	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	$171,900.00	45	18	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	29	1	6	4	4	4	2	3	0	2	0	3	$388,500.00	112	47	70.4 %

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
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
11	1	3	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	$85,950.00	2007	FIVB	11	1	3	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	$85,950.00
53	5	7	5	4	6	6	9	1	10	$237,750.00	Total	Total	145	16	15	18	14	29	25	9	4	15	$785,735.00

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	37	72.5%	9	17.6%	5	9.8%	46-5	90.2%	4	11.1%	9	25.0%	23	63.9%	4-32	11.1%	74-34	68.5%	26-28	48.1%	3	3	53-34	60.9%

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 43-30 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-15
9/8/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Cunha/Neto	3	21-14, 22-20	0:45
6/24/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	2	Cunha/Neto	3	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:11
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 # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 4-9
9/9/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Cunha/Neto	3	21-16, 21-15	0:51
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Cunha/Neto	3	21-18, 21-19	0:55
9/2/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Cunha/Neto	7	21-11, 21-13	0:38
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Cunha/Neto	7	21-19, 21-10	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 5-4
9/8/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Neto	3	Brink/Dieckmann	4	20-22, 21-12, 15-10	1:08
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-18, 21-18	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 9-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	12	Cunha/Neto	3	By Forfeit
7/22/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Gold Medal	Cunha/Neto	1	Baracetti/Conde	6	21-9, 17-21, 15-7	0:53
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	2	Baracetti/Conde	16	By Forfeit
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Cunha/Neto	3	Baracetti/Conde	19	21-23, 21-18, 15-10	1:00
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 # 6 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 2-0
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	3	Doppler/Gartmayer	6	21-18, 21-17	0:42
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	5	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 8 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	7	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 11 "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 # 12 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 2-0
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Cunha/Neto	3	Deulofeu/Salvetti	30, Q8	19-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:51
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	4	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28	21-8, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/22/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-13, 19-21, 15-7	0:57
Lead the series against # 14 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	Boersma/Ronnes	14	30-28, 21-18	0:55
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Boersma/Ronnes	29, Q11	21-14, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Dugrip/Gagliano	10	21-14, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 22 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 3-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Cunha/Neto	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-17, 24-22	0:44
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool O	Cunha/Neto	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-18, 21-13	0:37
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Cunha/Neto	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	18, Q2	21-16, 22-20	0:49
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	Cunha/Neto	4	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 24, Q13 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 # 26, Q7 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	7	Kubala/Pavlas	26, Q9	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Cunha/Neto	2	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	21-12, 21-15	0:34
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	5	Ces/Ces	28, Q8	21-11, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Smedins/Smedins	30, Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q4 Arkaev/Kuzmichev, Russia 1-0
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool O	Cunha/Neto	2	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	47	21-18, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # Q11 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Gabathuler/Wenger	30, Q13	21-19, 21-11	0:36