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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 26 - 30, 2007

(27, Q13) Ricardo Brandao/Rodrigo Monteiro, Brazil

Ricardo Alessandro Brandão de Sousa
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 15, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belem-PA

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Milan 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$6,800.00

José Rodrigo Saunders Monteiro
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$19,950.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$8,000.00

Previous Fortaleza Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/25/2007	Country Quota	Fabio Guerra / Roberto Lopes, Brazil	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:54
Wed, 9/26/2007	Qualifier 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 9/27/2007	Winner 1	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (6)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:39
Thu, 9/27/2007	Winner 2	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (11)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:07
Fri, 9/28/2007	Winner 3	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:42
Fri, 9/28/2007	Contender 4	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (16)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 19-17	0:59
Sat, 9/29/2007	Contender 5	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (6)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:39

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ricardo Brandao												Rodrigo Monteiro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$12,800.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											Satellite	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,150.00
7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,800.00	Total	18	3	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$19,950.00

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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ricardo Brandao													Rodrigo Monteiro
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,800.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$4,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	$6,800.00	Total	Total	15	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	5	$16,150.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2006-2007	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Total	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2

Head to Head Results
Brandao/Monteiro lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Brandao/Monteiro	27, Q13	21-13, 21-18	0:42
Series tied with # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-1
9/29/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Brandao/Monteiro	27, Q13	21-15, 21-15	0:39
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Brandao/Monteiro	27, Q13	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Brandao/Monteiro	27, Q13	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:07
Lead the series against # 16 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Brandao/Monteiro	27, Q13	Deulofeu/Salvetti	16	20-22, 21-19, 19-17	0:59
Lead the series against Guerra/Lopes, Brazil 1-0
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Brandao/Monteiro	27, Q13	Guerra/Lopes		23-21, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # Q4 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Brandao/Monteiro	27, Q13	Babich/Nikolaev	Q4	21-15, 21-18	0:36