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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
May 8 - 13, 2012

(6, Q1) Marcio Araujo/Pedro Solberg, 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

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,121,562.50

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2005
Best Setter 2006, 2007, 2008

Awards

Team of the Year 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Best Blocker 2013

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	11	0	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	US$131,400.00

Previous Beijing Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 2nd	Did not play
2011	Ricardo Santos - 9th	Pedro Cunha - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	5	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	6	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/8/2012	Country Quota	Evandro Goncalves / Harley Marques, Brazil	Won 28-26, 21-16	0:49
Wed, 5/9/2012	Qualifier 1	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (Q32)	Won 21-19, 26-28, 15-13	0:56
Wed, 5/9/2012	Qualifier 2	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (Q16)	Won 24-22, 21-23, 15-12	1:00
Thu, 5/10/2012	Pool O	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (27, Q8)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Thu, 5/10/2012	Pool O	Julius Brink / Sebastian Fuchs, Germany (22)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 12-15	1:01
Fri, 5/11/2012	Pool O	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (11)	Lost 14-21, 20-22	0:41
Fri, 5/11/2012	Winner 1	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (13)	Won 21-16, 24-22	0:39
Sat, 5/12/2012	Winner 2	Matt Fuerbringer / Nick Lucena, United States (7)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:41

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	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	$93,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,200.00
Total	11	0	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	$131,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcio Araujo												Pedro Solberg
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	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$60,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
57	6	3	5	4	9	15	2	4	0	$386,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	87	8	6	3	5	15	31	10	3	0	$617,150.00
104	13	14	10	10	19	13	8	3	0	$569,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	10	5	6	9	10	30	9	6	0	$399,062.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											U21 World Championships	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
170	21	19	16	14	29	30	11	7	0	$1,041,687.50	Total	200	21	13	14	15	29	64	23	9	0	$1,121,562.50

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
2012	FIVB	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$58,000.00	18	8	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$58,000.00	18	8	69.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcio Araujo													Pedro Solberg
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	1998	FIVB
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	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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$2,750.00	2001	FIVB
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	1	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	$64,500.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	3	3	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	$145,350.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,350.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	4	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	$149,500.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	$12,200.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	3	1	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	$135,450.00	2007	FIVB	16	3	0	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	$103,100.00
15	1	1	0	2	3	3	4	1	0	$57,350.00	2008	FIVB	18	6	0	1	4	1	5	0	1	0	$146,800.00
11	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	3	$34,650.00	2009	FIVB	13	1	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	1	$76,525.00
11	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	3	$61,025.00	2010	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	$65,200.00
12	2	1	0	1	3	5	0	0	0	$99,550.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	$37,800.00
4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$29,000.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$29,000.00
152	21	18	16	13	28	26	10	3	17	$998,037.50	Total	Total	90	14	5	8	9	12	23	10	2	7	$474,475.00

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	23	63.9%	7	19.4%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	8	36.4%	5	22.7%	9	40.9%	8-14	36.4%	23-9	71.9%	15-11	57.7%	0	2	38-22	63.3%
2011-2012	23	63.9%	7	19.4%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	8	36.4%	5	22.7%	9	40.9%	8-14	36.4%	23-9	71.9%	15-11	57.7%	0	2	38-22	63.3%
Against the Field	20	62.5%	6	18.8%	6	18.8%	26-6	81.3%	6	30.0%	5	25.0%	9	45.0%	6-14	30.0%	40-16	71.4%	24-22	52.2%	0	1	32-20	61.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	1	2	0	11	10	0	0	10	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	27	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	11	5
Total	2	1	2	0	11	10	0	0	20	5	2	2	1	1	0	2	38	22

Head to Head Results
Araujo/Solberg lead the series against the field 16-8 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Solberg	6	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-2
4/29/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Gold Medal	Cunha/Santos	1	Araujo/Solberg	6	21-8, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	3	Araujo/Solberg	6	21-14, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Solberg	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	18-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-0
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Solberg	6	Gavira/Herrera	3	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:52
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Solberg	6	Gavira/Herrera	3	32-30, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-0
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Solberg	5	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-19, 23-21	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	21-15, 21-14	0:41
Series tied with # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
5/6/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Solberg	5	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	Araujo/Solberg	5	21-16, 17-21, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool O	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	21-14, 22-20	0:41
5/6/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Araujo/Solberg	5	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Solberg	5	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	Benes/Kubala	13	21-16, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Solberg	6	Boersma/Spijkers	22	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Solberg	5	Chevallier/Heyer	21	23-21, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 22 Brink/Fuchs, Germany 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool O	Brink/Fuchs	22	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool O	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	Doppler/Horst	27, Q8	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against Goncalves/Marques, Brazil 1-0
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Country Quota	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	Goncalves/Marques		28-26, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # Q12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Solberg	6	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q15 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Solberg	6	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q7	21-15, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
Lead the series against # Q16 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q16	24-22, 21-23, 15-12	1:00
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Solberg	5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q15	23-21, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # Q32 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Araujo/Solberg	6, Q1	Kantor/Losiak	Q32	21-19, 26-28, 15-13	0:56