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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(7) Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

Pedro Henrique de Miranda D'Araújo da Cunha
Brazil

Photo: Mauricio Kaye

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1983 (41 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 (49 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

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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	3	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	8	1st	600	US$30,000.00
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

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/28/2012

Pool F

Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (18)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	24	17	0	0.708	0	7	0	1
	1	24	17	0	0.708	0	7	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ricardo Santos	Total	16	10	0	0.625	8	0	2	3
	1	16	10	0	0.625	8	0	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 7/30/2012

Pool F

John Garcia-Thompson / Steve Grotowski, England (6)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	31	16	0	0.516	0	9	0	2
	1	31	16	0	0.516	0	9	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ricardo Santos	Total	13	8	0	0.615	2	6	4	1
	1	13	8	0	0.615	2	6	4	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/1/2012

Pool F

Josh Binstock / Martin Reader, Canada (19)

Won 21-18, 24-22

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	24	16	0	0.667	0	10	0	3
	1	24	16	0	0.667	0	10	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ricardo Santos	Total	22	15	0	0.682	1	2	1	5
	1	22	15	0	0.682	1	2	1	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2012

Winner 1

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (11)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	35	21	0	0.600	0	7	0	0
	1	35	21	0	0.600	0	7	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ricardo Santos	Total	15	9	0	0.600	6	5	0	0
	1	15	9	0	0.600	6	5	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/6/2012

Winner 2

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)

Lost 15-21, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	29	12	0	0.414	0	12	1	1
	1	29	12	0	0.414	0	12	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ricardo Santos	Total	7	4	0	0.571	2	2	0	1
	1	7	4	0	0.571	2	2	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	143	82	0	0.573	0	45	1	7
Ricardo Santos	73	46	0	0.630	19	15	7	10
Total	216	128	0	0.593	19	60	8	17
Opponents	236	118	0	0.500	12	66	10	22

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 17th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 2nd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 2nd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Tande Ramos - 17th	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Franco Neto - 9th	Emanuel Rego - 4th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 3rd
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Pedro Solberg - 17th	Emanuel Rego - 5th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 2nd
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Alvaro Filho - 2nd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 9th

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Santos lead the series against the field 32-16 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 2-2
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Cunha/Santos	5	21-18, 30-32, 15-10	1:14
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
Lead the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 2-1
8/6/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Santos	7	21-15, 21-19	0:48
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Santos	3	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-14	0:41
8/7/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cunha/Santos	4	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	1:05
Series tied with # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-2
7/21/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Cunha/Santos	3	37-35, 17-21, 15-12	1:16
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
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-3
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Cunha/Santos	3	21-16, 22-24, 17-15	1:03
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 # 6 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-0
7/30/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cunha/Santos	7	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	6	21-17, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-0
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	5	Erdmann/Matysik	8	21-15, 21-23, 15-12	0:56
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Santos	3	Erdmann/Matysik	7	21-19, 21-11	0:39
Series tied with # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Cunha/Santos	5	21-19, 21-18	0:42
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Santos	3	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-18, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	7	Cunha/Santos	2	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:09
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 # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-0
8/3/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Cunha/Santos	7	Gavira/Herrera	11	21-18, 21-19	0:45
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool L	Cunha/Santos	3	Gavira/Herrera	14	21-15, 21-19	0:39
4/22/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Santos	3	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 2-0
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Santos	5	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	10	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:57
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Cunha/Santos	2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	21-17, 21-14	0:40
Series tied with # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Santos	1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-16, 20-22, 19-17	0:59
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Cunha/Santos	4	23-21, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 4-1
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	16	Cunha/Santos	4	21-17, 25-23	0:46
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 # 15 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 # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	21-15, 21-15	0:43
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 # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
7/28/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cunha/Santos	7	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Binstock/Reader, Canada 2-0
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cunha/Santos	7	Binstock/Reader	19	21-18, 24-22	0:48
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Cunha/Santos	8	Binstock/Reader	24, Q16	21-15, 21-23, 15-10	0:56