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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 PAF Open
August 15 - 19, 2007

(5) Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil

Bruno Marcelo Lima de Paula
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 11, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manaus (AM)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$25,875.00

Benjamin Insfran
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Porto Murtinho-MS

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$704,037.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	US$16,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,000.00
Overall	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	US$22,000.00

Previous Åland Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/26-29/2007	Geroskipou Challenger	1	1st	80	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	15	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/16/2007	Winner 1	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (28, Q2)	Lost 27-25, 19-21, 14-16	1:04
Thu, 8/16/2007	Contender 1	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (12)	Won 21-18, 21-10	0:35
Fri, 8/17/2007	Contender 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (11)	Lost 16-21, 7-21	0:37

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$16,000.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$22,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bruno de Paula												Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00
24	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$17,025.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00	Challenger	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	Satellite
43	3	1	0	1	2	6	4	1	0	$25,875.00	Total	152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50

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
2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	$13,000.00	12	11	52.2 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	$13,000.00	12	11	52.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bruno de Paula													Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2000	FIVB	13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50
											2003	FIVB	10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2004	FIVB	12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00
5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S
											2006	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	$6,500.00	2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	$6,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
17	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	8	$16,250.00	Total	Total	86	10	9	8	8	20	8	4	1	18	$442,387.50

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	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3-9	25.0%	10-4	71.4%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	14-13	51.9%
2006-2007	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3-9	25.0%	10-4	71.4%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	14-13	51.9%
Against the Field	7	63.6%	0	0.0%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3-6	33.3%	14-6	70.0%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	10-10	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	4	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	13

Head to Head Results
Insfran/de Paula lead the series against the field 12-10 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 5	Insfran/de Paula	15	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-4
7/31/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Marques/Solberg	8, Q1	Insfran/de Paula		15-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:02
7/10/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Country Quota	Marques/Solberg	11, Q1	Insfran/de Paula		22-20, 21-16	0:50
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Insfran/de Paula	Q12	Marques/Solberg		16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:08
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Marques/Solberg	Q1	Insfran/de Paula		21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Country Quota	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Insfran/de Paula		17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:16
Trail the series against # 11 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	11	Insfran/de Paula	5	21-16, 21-7	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Insfran/de Paula	5	Li/Zhou	12	21-18, 21-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Insfran/de Paula	15	17-21, 21-16, 25-23	1:10
Trail the series against # 15 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Insfran/de Paula	15	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 21 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Insfran/de Paula	15	Lione/Varnier	11	21-13, 21-16	0:51
Trail the series against # 26 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	Insfran/de Paula	Q12	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 27 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 3	Insfran/de Paula	15	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q1	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Insfran/de Paula	5	25-27, 21-19, 16-14	1:04
Lead the series against # 32, Q6 Huth/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 1	Insfran/de Paula	15	Huth/Schneider	31	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # Q9 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Insfran/de Paula	15	Gabathuler/Wenger	16, Q8	22-20, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q12 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Insfran/de Paula	Q12	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q21	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q13 Cerutti/Romano, Brazil 3-0
7/29/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Semi-Finals	Insfran/de Paula	1	Cerutti/Romano	8	21-18, 21-18	0:51
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 3	Insfran/de Paula	1	Cerutti/Romano	8	21-18, 21-13	0:42
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Country Quota	Insfran/de Paula	Q4	Cerutti/Romano		21-17, 21-10	0:36
Trail the series against # Q20 Barbosa/Brandao, Brazil 0-1
8/7/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Country Quota	Barbosa/Brandao	32, Q30	Insfran/de Paula		21-17, 24-22	0:49
Lead the series against # Q22 Kouchnerev/Makhortov, Russia 1-0
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 2	Insfran/de Paula	1	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	21-15, 21-18	0:47