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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Patria Direct Prague Open
May 22 - 27, 2012

(8) 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 Prague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Franco Neto - 17th	Emanuel Rego - 3rd
2010	Thiago Barbosa - 7th	Marcio Araujo - 13th
2011	Pedro Solberg - 4th	Marcio Araujo - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	2	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	1	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	2	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	2	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	4	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/24/2012	Winner 1	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (25, Q5)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:42
Thu, 5/24/2012	Contender 1	Josh Binstock / Martin Reader, Canada (24, Q16)	Won 21-15, 21-23, 15-10	0:56
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 2	Jan Dumek / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (10)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:36
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 3	Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (15)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:43
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 4	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (21)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:38
Sat, 5/26/2012	Contender 5	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (9)	Won 21-11, 26-24	0:43
Sat, 5/26/2012	Contender 6	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:45
Sat, 5/26/2012	Semi-Finals	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:44
Sun, 5/27/2012	Gold Medal	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (5)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:55

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	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$93,750.00	18	9	66.7 %
2012	FIVB	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$91,000.00	25	5	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$184,750.00	43	14	75.4 %

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
9	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	$59,425.00	2011	FIVB	12	3	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	$115,875.00
5	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$45,500.00	2012	FIVB	5	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$45,500.00
91	10	10	7	6	14	16	15	2	11	$462,300.00	Total	Total	181	55	27	20	17	24	21	8	3	6	$1,627,195.00

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%
2011-2012	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%
Against the Field	31	73.8%	10	23.8%	1	2.4%	41-1	97.6%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	9	50.0%	4-14	22.2%	62-18	77.5%	28-12	70.0%	0	0	45-15	75.0%

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 31-10 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 3 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 2-1
5/26/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Santos	8	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-17, 21-19	0:44
4/21/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Cunha/Santos	3	24-26, 21-13, 15-10	0:59
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 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-2
5/26/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Santos	8	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	21-19, 21-18	0:45
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Cunha/Santos	2	21-13, 22-24, 15-13	0:58
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Cunha/Santos	2	25-23, 21-18	0:43
8/28/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Gold Medal	Cunha/Santos	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
4/22/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Santos	3	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 2-1
5/27/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Gold Medal	Cunha/Santos	8	Cerutti/Rego	5	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:55
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 # 6 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
4/29/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Gold Medal	Cunha/Santos	1	Araujo/Solberg	6	21-8, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	3	Araujo/Solberg	6	21-14, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-1
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Cunha/Santos	4	23-21, 21-19	0:47
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Santos	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 4-0
5/26/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Santos	8	Benes/Kubala	9	21-11, 26-24	0:43
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Cunha/Santos	4	Benes/Kubala	13	21-17, 20-22, 15-9	0:53
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Santos	2	Benes/Kubala	6	21-11, 21-17	0:35
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	4	Benes/Kubala	19	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 10 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Santos	8	Dumek/Tichy	10	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Santos	3	Erdmann/Matysik	7	21-19, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-2
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Boersma/Spijkers	18	Cunha/Santos	2	24-22, 21-12	0:44
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Santos	3	Boersma/Spijkers	14	18-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:03
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 # 15 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Santos	8	Dollinger/Windscheif	15	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	1	Ces/Ces	24, Q5	21-14, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Cunha/Santos	4	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
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 # 21 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Santos	8	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	21	21-11, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 2-0
8/28/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Santos	2	Koshkarev/Semenov	5	17-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:48
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 # 23 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 3-0
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	2	Chevallier/Heyer	21	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Santos	1	Chevallier/Heyer	17	21-18, 21-18	0:39
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Santos	11	Chevallier/Heyer	24	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 24, Q16 Binstock/Reader, Canada 1-0
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Cunha/Santos	8	Binstock/Reader	24, Q16	21-15, 21-23, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	25, Q5	Cunha/Santos	8	21-19, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Cunha/Santos	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	30-28, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Santos	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	16	21-16, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q12 Mercer/Slack, Australia 1-0
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	3	Mercer/Slack	30, Q6	21-19, 21-14	0:34