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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Carolina Open presented by GlaxoSmithKline
June 9 - 13, 2004

(1) Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil

Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 12, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,041,687.50

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

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2005
Best Setter 2006, 2007, 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	57	Money
FIVB	50	8	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	3	1	US$621,925.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,000.00
Overall	51	9	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	3	1	US$625,925.00

Previous Carolina Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	3	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	2	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	2	3rd	640	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	2	5th	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	5	1st	300	US$22,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	5	1st	520	US$40,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	2	4th	210	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	1	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	1	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	1	5th	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	1	1st	300	US$22,000.00

Puerto Rico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 1	Willie De Jesus / Amaury Velasco, Puerto Rico (32)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:41
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 2	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (17)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 3	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (9)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-10	1:03
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 4	Pedro Cunha / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (12, Q1)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 9-15	0:58
Sat, 6/12/2004	Contender 6	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (7)	Lost 22-24, 17-21	0:50

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	2	0	0	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	$191,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	6	7	2	3	5	3	2	1	2	1	0	$400,325.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	51	9	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	0	$625,925.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcio Araujo												Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$83,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00
57	6	3	5	4	9	15	2	4	0	$386,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00
104	13	14	10	10	19	13	8	3	0	$569,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
170	21	19	16	14	29	30	11	7	0	$1,041,687.50	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
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2002	FIVB	10	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	$100,325.00	56	11	83.6 %
2003	FIVB	10	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$173,500.00	48	12	80.0 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$30,000.00	11	5	68.8 %
Total	FIVB	24	4	4	2	2	5	1	2	0	1	1	2	$303,825.00	116	30	79.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcio Araujo													Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	1996	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$2,750.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB	10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$25,500.00
49	7	7	3	3	9	4	4	1	11	$236,662.50	Total	Total	44	7	7	4	3	10	3	2	1	7	$243,412.50

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	116	77.9%	20	13.4%	13	8.7%	136-13	91.3%	17	33.3%	8	15.7%	26	51.0%	17-34	33.3%	116-26	81.7%	37-21	63.8%	6	5	159-52	75.4%
2003-2004	57	72.2%	14	17.7%	8	10.1%	71-8	89.9%	10	33.3%	6	20.0%	14	46.7%	10-20	33.3%	57-14	80.3%	24-14	63.2%	3	2	84-30	73.7%
Against the Field	25	75.8%	5	15.2%	3	9.1%	30-3	90.9%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	10	62.5%	3-13	18.8%	50-12	80.6%	16-12	57.1%	2	2	35-14	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	19	7	2	2	0	2	2	0	44	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	9	3	31	5	0	0	40	10	8	3	1	2	4	4	107	33
Total	6	0	9	3	56	10	0	0	62	18	10	6	2	4	6	4	159	52

Head to Head Results
Araujo/Insfran lead the series against the field 26-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Rogers/Scott, United States 3-0
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Insfran	2	Rogers/Scott	14	23-21, 21-23, 15-13	1:12
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	1	Rogers/Scott	18	21-19, 21-18	0:45
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	1	Rogers/Scott	18	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-3
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 3	Prosser/Williams	23	Araujo/Insfran	2	23-21, 17-21, 15-10	1:00
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 19-21, 22-20	1:21
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	Araujo/Insfran	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 6 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
10/18/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Metzger	15	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Series tied with # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-2
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 6	Baracetti/Conde	7	Araujo/Insfran	1	24-22, 21-17	0:50
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Baracetti/Conde	4	21-17, 21-18	0:49
7/28/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Baracetti/Conde	2	21-18, 33-31	0:59
6/23/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Baracetti/Conde	3	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	21-14, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 2-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:40
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Gold Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 9 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	21-14, 16-21, 15-10	1:03
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-19	0:39
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 6-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Schacht/Slack	15	By Forfeit
7/27/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Schacht/Slack	16	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Schacht/Slack	17	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	1:02
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Schacht/Slack	16	21-16, 21-13	0:42
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Schacht/Slack	16	21-19, 21-16	0:45
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	4	Schacht/Slack	14	21-17, 21-14	0:42
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Schacht/Slack	21	21-15, 20-22, 15-10	1:01
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Ferreira	12, Q1	Araujo/Insfran	1	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 13 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26	21-19, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 14 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Holden/Leinemann	15	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-23, 21-8, 15-0 Retired	0:44
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Holden/Leinemann	12	21-17, 21-16	0:46
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Holden/Leinemann	24	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 16, Q2 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 17 Child/Heese, Canada 4-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	1	Child/Heese	17	By Forfeit
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	1	Child/Heese	5	21-15, 21-19	0:37
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	6	Child/Heese	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Child/Heese	4	21-13, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	3	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q14	21-11, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Silva/Xisto, Angola 1-0
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Silva/Xisto	31	21-7, 21-9	0:28
Lead the series against # 32 De Jesus/Velasco, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	1	De Jesus/Velasco	32	21-16, 21-13	0:41