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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
June 6 - 11, 2011

(3) Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, 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

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

238

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,921,182.50

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2005
Best Setter 2006, 2007, 2008

Awards

Tour Champion 2000 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 2003 (with Emanuel Rego), 2004 (with Emanuel Rego), 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Best Hitter 2005
Best Offensive Player 2005, 2006, 2007
Most Outstanding 2005, 2007
Team of the Year 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	18	1	2	2	3	3	0	3	1	0	1	2	US$264,050.00

Previous Beijing Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 2nd	Emanuel Rego - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	3	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	3	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	3	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	3	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	7	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	11, Q1	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	12, Q1	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	8, Q1	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2011	Pool C	Josh Binstock / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (30, Q21)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool C	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (19)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool C	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (14)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:37
Fri, 6/10/2011	Winner 1	Cheng Chen / Peng Gao, China (9)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:35
Fri, 6/10/2011	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 13-15	0:59

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	1	0	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	$162,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$56,750.00
Total	18	1	2	2	3	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	$264,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcio Araujo												Ricardo Santos
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	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$83,000.00	World Championships	9	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$127,000.00
57	6	3	5	4	9	15	2	4	0	$386,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	14	7	8	2	16	20	8	5	0	$727,750.00
104	13	14	10	10	19	13	8	3	0	$569,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	138	38	20	14	15	18	17	6	5	0	$1,050,432.50
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
170	21	19	16	14	29	30	11	7	0	$1,041,687.50	Total	238	56	31	23	18	36	38	16	10	0	$1,921,182.50

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
2010	FIVB	10	0	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	$122,050.00	48	16	75.0 %
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$28,300.00	10	7	58.8 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	2	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	$150,350.00	58	23	71.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcio Araujo													Ricardo Santos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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	1	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00
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	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB C&S
13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00	2000	FIVB	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$2,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	2	4	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$90,000.00
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB	10	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	$70,695.00
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$118,500.00
10	1	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	$64,500.00	2004	FIVB	13	7	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	$130,250.00
14	3	3	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	$145,350.00	2005	FIVB	15	6	2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	$163,175.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
14	4	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	$149,500.00	2006	FIVB	14	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	$177,500.00
15	3	1	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	$135,450.00	2007	FIVB	15	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	$173,850.00
15	1	1	0	2	3	3	4	1	0	$57,350.00	2008	FIVB	11	2	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	$84,100.00
11	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	3	$34,650.00	2009	FIVB	11	1	2	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$78,675.00
11	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	3	$61,025.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	$65,575.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$14,150.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$14,150.00
139	19	16	15	13	26	20	10	3	17	$883,637.50	Total	Total	167	50	26	19	17	22	17	7	3	6	$1,479,970.00

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	59	73.8%	12	15.0%	9	11.3%	71-9	88.8%	6	21.4%	9	32.1%	13	46.4%	6-22	21.4%	59-13	81.9%	18-18	50.0%	1	0	78-31	71.6%
2010-2011	59	75.6%	12	15.4%	7	9.0%	71-7	91.0%	6	22.2%	9	33.3%	12	44.4%	6-21	22.2%	59-12	83.1%	18-16	52.9%	1	0	78-28	73.6%
Against the Field	44	69.8%	11	17.5%	8	12.7%	55-8	87.3%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	12	46.2%	6-20	23.1%	88-24	78.6%	34-32	51.5%	0	0	61-28	68.5%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	1	4	0	23	7	0	0	14	5	1	3	2	1	1	0	48	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	1	2	0	2	0	1	24	12
Total	4	2	7	0	25	8	0	0	29	9	3	5	2	3	1	2	78	31

Head to Head Results
Araujo/Santos lead the series against the field 41-21 (Lead 21 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-5
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	3	21-17, 21-13	0:37
8/22/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	3	24-22, 10-21, 15-13	0:59
8/15/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	3	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	1:09
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	5	39-41, 21-19, 15-12	1:28
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	13	21-13, 15-21, 18-16	1:01
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-4
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Cerutti/Rego	2	Araujo/Santos	3	23-21, 21-23, 16-14	1:07
8/15/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Bronze Medal	Cerutti/Rego	2	Araujo/Santos	3	15-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:52
8/1/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Cerutti/Rego	3	Araujo/Santos	7	21-18, 24-22	0:47
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool M	Cerutti/Rego	4	Araujo/Santos	13	21-13, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Araujo/Santos	3	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-1
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Santos	5	Klemperer/Koreng	19	21-14, 21-12	0:36
7/11/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Klemperer/Koreng	8	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:03
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	Klemperer/Koreng	6	21-23, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 1-3
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Bronze Medal	Wu/Xu	10	Araujo/Santos	3	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	10	Araujo/Santos	3	21-17, 14-21, 15-9	0:49
8/22/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Santos	3	Wu/Xu	4	21-19, 21-16	0:45
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 2-1
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Santos	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-18, 20-22, 15-8	0:56
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Santos	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:50
8/1/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	Araujo/Santos	7	21-19, 18-21, 17-15	1:09
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 2-0
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:41
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Insfran/Schmidt		21-14, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Chen/Gao, China 2-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	3	Chen/Gao	9	21-13, 21-19	0:35
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Chen/Gao	Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Gavira/Herrera	4	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	30-28, 21-19	1:02
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	4	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	21-17, 11-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	7	Benes/Kubala	21	21-16, 21-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	12	Araujo/Santos	3	16-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 2-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Plavins/Smedins	14	Araujo/Santos	3	21-19, 21-16	0:37
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-17, 21-16	0:43
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	30-28, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 16 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Santos	5	Nummerdor/Schuil	12	21-14, 21-15	0:38
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	13	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	16-21, 21-14, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 17 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 4-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-19, 23-21	0:43
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Santos	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-16, 20-22, 15-9	0:59
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	5	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	21-14, 13-21, 15-9	0:50
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 18 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Santos	5	Erdmann/Matysik	21	21-18, 21-12	0:41
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Araujo/Santos	7	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-11, 31-29	0:49
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool M	Araujo/Santos	13	Erdmann/Matysik	29, Q12	23-21, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Araujo/Santos	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Fijalek/Prudel	14	21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:47
7/11/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 27, Q14 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:41
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 28 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	Araujo/Santos	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-19, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 30, Q21 Binstock/VanHuizen, Canada 2-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Araujo/Santos	3	Binstock/VanHuizen	30, Q21	21-13, 21-18	0:37
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	3	Binstock/VanHuizen	30, Q16	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-0
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q3	21-13, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # Q5 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Santos	3	Ces/Ces	18	23-21, 23-21	0:51
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool M	Araujo/Santos	13	Ces/Ces	20	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	1:02
Series tied with # Q7 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Santos	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-15, 21-18	0:43
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Araujo/Santos	3	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # Q8 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Santos	5	Lario/Mesa	28, Q5	21-14, 21-18	0:47
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	7	Lario/Mesa	30, Q7	21-14, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # Q12 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	21-14, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # Q17 Martino/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Martino/Nicolai	29	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q30 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q31	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q31 Reader/Schalk, Canada 1-0
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	3	Reader/Schalk	30, Q19	21-14, 22-20	0:43