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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Foro Italico Open presented by Skipper
May 12 - 17, 2009

(2) Pedro Cunha/Pedro Solberg, 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

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,121,562.50

Awards

Team of the Year 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Best Blocker 2013

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	US$92,200.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	11	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	US$92,200.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	5	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Rome Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 1	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (31, Q7)	Won 23-21, 16-21, 15-9	1:02
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 2	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (18)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:43
Fri, 5/15/2009	Winner 3	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (23)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:44
Fri, 5/15/2009	Winner 4	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 22-20, 12-15	1:08
Sat, 5/16/2009	Contender 6	Paolo Nicolai / Matteo Varnier, Italy (9)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:43
Sat, 5/16/2009	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (1)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:08
Sun, 5/17/2009	Gold Medal	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)	Lost 26-28, 22-20, 13-15	1:23

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	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$80,100.00
U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	11	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	$92,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pedro Cunha												Pedro Solberg
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	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$60,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
28	1	1	1	1	8	6	5	1	0	$148,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	87	8	6	3	5	15	31	10	3	0	$617,150.00
62	6	8	7	5	8	12	8	1	0	$332,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	10	5	6	9	10	30	9	6	0	$399,062.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
98	10	10	8	6	17	19	15	2	0	$493,000.00	Total	200	21	13	14	15	29	64	23	9	0	$1,121,562.50

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
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2009	FIVB	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,000.00	14	6	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$51,000.00	18	8	69.2 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pedro Cunha													Pedro Solberg
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2003	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	3	$33,750.00	2004	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2004	FIVB C&S
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	$27,500.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,350.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	$12,200.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	$89,950.00	2007	FIVB	16	3	0	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	$103,100.00
8	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$43,500.00	2008	FIVB	18	6	0	1	4	1	5	0	1	0	$146,800.00
3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$24,000.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$24,000.00
65	6	10	6	4	8	9	11	1	10	$309,250.00	Total	Total	54	12	3	6	7	4	11	5	1	5	$289,950.00

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	28	73.7%	5	13.2%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	4	22.2%	6	33.3%	8	44.4%	4-14	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	9-11	45.0%	0	3	37-22	62.7%
2008-2009	14	66.7%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	14-3	82.4%	6-6	50.0%	0	2	20-11	64.5%
Against the Field	15	75.0%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	30-6	83.3%	10-8	55.6%	0	2	20-9	69.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	1	0	2	32	17
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	5	0	6	3	0	0	12	10	3	1	0	1	1	2	44	22

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Solberg lead the series against the field 12-3 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-1
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Solberg	2	Cerutti/Marques	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:08
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Marques	1	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-14, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	3	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	1:08
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
5/17/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cunha/Solberg	2	28-26, 20-22, 15-13	1:23
Lead the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Solberg	2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	21-13, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 Nicolai/Varnier, Italy 1-0
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	2	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 12 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	5	Heuscher/Heyer	20	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Solberg	2	Fijalek/Prudel	18	23-21, 21-16	0:48
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Solberg	5	Fijalek/Prudel	22	21-12, 21-23, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Solberg	2	Gabathuler/Wenger	18	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 23 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Solberg	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Solberg	2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	23-21, 16-21, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Solberg	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against Insfran/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Cunha/Solberg	5	Insfran/Moreira	12, Q2	22-20, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # Q14 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Solberg	2	Boehm/McHugh	31, Q12	21-14, 21-14	0:34