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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
June 6 - 11, 2011

(13, Q1) 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 Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	12	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	10	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	7	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/7/2011	Qualifier 1	Audry Frankart / Tim Verschueren, Belgium (Q32)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Tue, 6/7/2011	Qualifier 2	Matteo Martino / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (Q17)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:32
Wed, 6/8/2011	Pool D	Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (20)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:35
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool D	Sam Boehm / Isaac Kapa, Australia (29, Q18)	Won 21-7, 21-18	0:34
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool D	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:40
Fri, 6/10/2011	Winner 1	Brad Keenan / Casey Patterson, United States (22, Q13)	Lost By Forfeit

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	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$64,100.00	20	11	64.5 %
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$25,100.00	13	9	59.1 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	$92,200.00	37	22	62.7 %
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
5	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$32,050.00	2009	FIVB	13	1	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	1	$76,525.00
10	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	1	$40,075.00	2010	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	$65,200.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$12,550.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$12,550.00
81	6	10	6	6	13	13	14	2	11	$369,925.00	Total	Total	80	14	4	6	9	11	19	10	1	6	$420,225.00

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%
2010-2011	10	83.3%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2-7	22.2%	10-4	71.4%	3-4	42.9%	0	1	13-9	59.1%
Against the Field	11	73.3%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	7	50.0%	2-12	14.3%	22-10	68.8%	10-12	45.5%	0	2	16-13	55.2%

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 16-13 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Cunha/Solberg	12	40-38, 21-19	1:02
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Cunha/Solberg	5	21-14, 21-16	0:54
Lead the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	12	Araujo/Santos	3	16-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-4
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cunha/Solberg	13, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:40
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Solberg	4	By Forfeit
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Solberg	2	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:10
5/17/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cunha/Solberg	2	28-26, 20-22, 15-13	1:23
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	5	Cunha/Solberg	10	21-18, 24-22	0:44
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	10	Cunha/Solberg	7	21-19, 21-14	0:37
Series tied with # 10 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	7	Cunha/Solberg	10	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:50
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Solberg	2	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-16, 23-21	0:44
Series tied with # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Solberg	12	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	20-22, 21-19, 18-16	1:06
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 12 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Solberg	12	Benes/Kubala	9	21-14, 21-11	0:32
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 # 20 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 2-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Cunha/Solberg	13, Q1	Boersma/Spijkers	20	21-14, 21-10	0:35
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	10	Boersma/Spijkers	17	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Series tied with # 22, Q13 Keenan/Patterson, United States 1-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Keenan/Patterson	22, Q13	Cunha/Solberg	13, Q1	By Forfeit
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Solberg	7	Keenan/Patterson	26, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Bronze Medal	Chevallier/Heyer	29, Q9	Cunha/Solberg	12	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:52
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Chevallier/Heyer	29, Q9	Cunha/Solberg	12	21-14, 15-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 24 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 # 26, Q10 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Solberg	10	Jaani/Vesik	23, Q5	21-11, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 29, Q18 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Cunha/Solberg	13, Q1	Boehm/Kapa	29, Q18	21-7, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q2 "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 # Q4 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Solberg	10	Dollinger/Windscheif	25, Q4	22-20, 14-21, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # Q17 Martino/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Solberg	13, Q1	Martino/Nicolai	Q17	21-14, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q32 Frankart/Verschueren, Belgium 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Cunha/Solberg	13, Q1	Frankart/Verschueren	Q32	21-17, 21-16	0:37