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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$60,000 Geroskipou Challenger
July 26 - 29, 2007

(1) 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 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 C&S 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 Geroskipou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Geroskipou Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/27/2007	Winner 2	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Vyacheslav Makhortov, Russia (17, Q17)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:47
Fri, 7/27/2007	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Bernardo Romano, Brazil (8)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:42
Sat, 7/28/2007	Winner 4	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (13, Q7)	Won By Forfeit
Sun, 7/29/2007	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Bernardo Romano, Brazil (8)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:51
Sun, 7/29/2007	Gold Medal	Janis Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (7)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:47

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	$10,000.00	10	7	58.8 %
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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	$10,000.00	10	7	58.8 %
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	$5,000.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	$5,000.00
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
14	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	$14,750.00	Total	Total	83	10	9	8	8	20	8	3	1	16	$440,887.50

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	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		4-0	100.0%	0-0	1	0	5-0	100.0%
2006-2007	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		4-0	100.0%	0-0	1	0	5-0	100.0%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0-0	1	0	5-0	100.0%

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 6-0 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 7 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/29/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Gold Medal	Insfran/de Paula	1	Smedins/Sorokins	7	21-18, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 13, Q7 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/28/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 4	Insfran/de Paula	1	Maciel/Schmidt	13, Q7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 17, Q17 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