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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 11 - 15, 2008

(5) Pedro Cunha/Roberto Pitta, 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

Roberto Lustosa Pitta
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 15, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Sanya 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$16,300.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$19,500.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 1	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (28, Q7)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:42
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 2	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (12)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:38
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 3	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (13)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:44
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 4	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (1)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:49
Fri, 11/14/2008	Semi-Finals	Jialu Li / Linyin Xu, China (9)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:06
Sat, 11/15/2008	Gold Medal	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:49

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00
Total	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pedro Cunha												Roberto Pitta
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,500.00	World Championships
28	1	1	1	1	8	6	5	1	0	$148,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
62	6	8	7	5	8	12	8	1	0	$332,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,700.00
											Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
98	10	10	8	6	17	19	15	2	0	$493,000.00	Total	14	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	$16,300.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pedro Cunha													Roberto Pitta
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	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
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	$27,500.00	2005	FIVB
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00	2006	FIVB
12	1	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	$89,950.00	2007	FIVB
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$43,500.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,700.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,600.00
62	6	8	6	4	8	8	11	1	10	$285,250.00	Total	Total	9	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	$16,300.00

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	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-1	80.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
2007-2008	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-1	80.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Pitta lead the series against the field 5-1 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-1
11/15/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Insfran/Marques	1	Cunha/Pitta	5	21-17, 21-19	0:49
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Pitta	5	Insfran/Marques	1	21-19, 22-20	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Li/Xu, China 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Pitta	5	Li/Xu	9	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:06
Lead the series against # 12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Pitta	5	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Pitta	5	Asahi/Shiratori	13	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Pitta	5	Henriquez/Mussa	28, Q7	21-12, 21-19	0:42