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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Volksbank
August 2 - 7, 2011

(4) Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, 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

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

238

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,921,182.50

Awards

Tour Champion 2000 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 2003 (with Emanuel Rego), 2004 (with Emanuel Rego), 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Best Hitter 2005
Best Offensive Player 2005, 2006, 2007
Most Outstanding 2005, 2007
Team of the Year 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	15	4	0	2	0	4	0	3	1	1	0	US$242,150.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 5th
1999	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 2nd
2000	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 2nd
2001	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 2nd
2002	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 1st
2003	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 5th
2004	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 17th	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2005	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 2nd
2006	Franco Neto - 9th	Emanuel Rego - 2nd
2007	Franco Neto - 17th	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2008	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 3rd
2009	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 17th
2010	Thiago Barbosa - 9th	Marcio Araujo - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/4/2011	Pool M	Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (29, Q3)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:45
Thu, 8/4/2011	Pool M	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (20)	Lost 16-21, 22-20, 13-15	0:55
Fri, 8/5/2011	Pool M	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (13)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 8/5/2011	Winner 1	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (10)	Won 21-11, 20-22, 15-11	0:58
Sat, 8/6/2011	Winner 2	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 8/6/2011	Winner 3	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (19)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Sun, 8/7/2011	Semi-Finals	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)	Won 21-19, 33-31	0:54
Sun, 8/7/2011	Gold Medal	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-9	1:05

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$130,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$112,050.00
Total	15	4	0	2	0	4	0	3	1	1	0	0	$242,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pedro Cunha												Ricardo Santos
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	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,500.00	World Championships	9	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$127,000.00
28	1	1	1	1	8	6	5	1	0	$148,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	14	7	8	2	16	20	8	5	0	$727,750.00
62	6	8	7	5	8	12	8	1	0	$332,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	138	38	20	14	15	18	17	6	5	0	$1,050,432.50
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
98	10	10	8	6	17	19	15	2	0	$493,000.00	Total	238	56	31	23	18	36	38	16	10	0	$1,921,182.50

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
2011	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$56,700.00	9	5	64.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$56,700.00	9	5	64.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pedro Cunha													Ricardo Santos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
											1998	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00
											1999	FIVB	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00
											2000	FIVB	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00
											2001	FIVB	11	2	4	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$90,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
											2002	FIVB	10	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	$70,695.00
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	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$118,500.00
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	7	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	$130,250.00
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	15	6	2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	$163,175.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00	2006	FIVB	14	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	$177,500.00
12	1	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	$89,950.00	2007	FIVB	15	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	$173,850.00
8	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$43,500.00	2008	FIVB	11	2	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	$84,100.00
5	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$32,050.00	2009	FIVB	11	1	2	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$78,675.00
10	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	1	$40,075.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	$65,575.00
6	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$40,900.00	2011	FIVB	9	2	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$97,350.00
83	7	10	6	6	14	13	14	2	11	$398,275.00	Total	Total	173	52	27	19	17	24	18	7	3	6	$1,563,170.00

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	40	69.0%	15	25.9%	3	5.2%	55-3	94.8%	8	30.8%	5	19.2%	13	50.0%	8-18	30.8%	40-13	75.5%	23-8	74.2%	0	0	63-21	75.0%
2010-2011	10	66.7%	3	20.0%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	5	41.7%	1	8.3%	6	50.0%	5-7	41.7%	10-6	62.5%	8-3	72.7%	0	0	18-9	66.7%
Against the Field	25	62.5%	12	30.0%	3	7.5%	37-3	92.5%	6	28.6%	5	23.8%	10	47.6%	6-15	28.6%	50-20	71.4%	36-16	69.2%	0	0	43-18	70.5%

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
Olympic Games	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	0	0	0	0	17	7	0	0	11	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	31	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	28	6
Total	0	0	0	0	20	7	0	0	26	10	4	2	2	0	4	0	63	21

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Santos lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-1
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Santos	4	Cerutti/Rego	1	21-12, 21-18	0:38
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	1	Cunha/Santos	11	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-0
8/7/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Santos	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-19, 33-31	0:54
Lead the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
8/7/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cunha/Santos	4	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	1:05
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool O	Wu/Xu	6	Cunha/Santos	11	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 10 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	4	Doppler/Mellitzer	10	21-11, 20-22, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 13 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 1-0
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Cunha/Santos	4	Koshkarev/Semenov	13	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Barbosa/Marques, Brazil 1-0
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	11	Barbosa/Marques	17, Q1	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	4	Benes/Kubala	19	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 20 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Cunha/Santos	4	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 25 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Santos	11	Chevallier/Heyer	24	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 28, Q10 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool O	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q11	Cunha/Santos	11	25-23, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 29, Q3 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	Cunha/Santos	4	22-20, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # Q15 McHugh/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool O	Cunha/Santos	11	McHugh/Slack	22, Q13	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:49