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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Paf Open
August 16 - 21, 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 (50 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 Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Pedro Solberg - 4th
2010	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	4	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00

Åland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/18/2011	Winner 1	Oivind Hordvik / Iver Horrem, Norway (29, Q15)	Won 18-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:54
Thu, 8/18/2011	Winner 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (13)	Lost 21-23, 21-23	0:45
Fri, 8/19/2011	Contender 2	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (19)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:37

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	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$59,500.00	10	7	58.8 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$59,500.00	10	7	58.8 %

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
7	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	$42,300.00	2011	FIVB	10	2	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$98,750.00
84	7	10	6	6	14	13	15	2	11	$399,675.00	Total	Total	174	52	27	19	17	24	18	8	3	6	$1,564,570.00

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	24	66.7%	11	30.6%	1	2.8%	35-1	97.2%	6	28.6%	5	23.8%	10	47.6%	6-15	28.6%	48-20	70.6%	34-12	73.9%	0	0	41-16	71.9%

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
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 9-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Cunha/Santos	4	23-21, 23-21	0:45
Trail the series against # 19 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	19	Cunha/Santos	4	21-14, 21-18	0:37
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 # 20 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 # 24, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q4 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 # 29, Q15 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-0
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	4	Hordvik/Horrem	29, Q15	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against 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 # Q12 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