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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(7) Renato "Geor" Gomes/Gia Terceiro, Georgia

Renato "Geor" B. da Rocha Gomes
Georgia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Joao Pessoa, Brazil

Height:

204 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Beijing 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$200,100.00

Jorge "Gia" Ferreira Terceiro
Georgia

/ Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 19, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Joao Pessoa, Brazil

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Beijing 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$200,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	101	0	0	0	1	5	3	19	13	28	12	12	2	6	US$400,200.00

Previous Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	7	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	11, Q1	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	2	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	15	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	11	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	4	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q1	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	24, Q1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q2	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	15	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	17	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	26	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	24, Q2	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	18	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	13	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	Pavel Karpukhin / Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia (26, Q8)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:39
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 2	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (10)	Lost 23-25, 12-21	0:49
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 2	Steve Grotowski / Gregg Weaver, England (25, Q4)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 17-15	0:58
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 3	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (16)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:39

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,600.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	5	8	0	$155,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	60	0	0	0	0	2	3	11	13	23	4	0	$233,300.00
Total	101	0	0	0	1	5	3	19	13	28	12	0	$400,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Renato "Geor" Gomes												Gia Terceiro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00
37	0	0	0	0	3	8	5	8	0	$77,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	0	0	0	3	8	5	8	0	$77,650.00
60	0	0	0	0	5	24	23	4	0	$116,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	61	0	0	0	0	5	24	23	4	0	$116,650.00
101	0	0	0	1	8	32	28	12	0	$200,100.00	Total	102	0	0	0	1	8	32	28	12	0	$200,100.00

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
2006	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	5	$29,500.00	25	23	52.1 %
2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	1	5	0	2	$92,100.00	45	35	56.3 %
2008	FIVB	19	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	5	5	0	2	$85,500.00	36	42	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	50	0	0	0	1	3	2	11	7	15	2	9	$207,100.00	106	100	51.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Renato "Geor" Gomes													Gia Terceiro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	5	$14,750.00	2006	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	5	$14,750.00
17	0	0	0	0	3	7	5	0	2	$46,050.00	2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	3	7	5	0	2	$46,050.00
19	0	0	0	1	2	9	5	0	2	$42,750.00	2008	FIVB	19	0	0	0	1	2	9	5	0	2	$42,750.00
50	0	0	0	1	5	18	15	2	9	$103,550.00	Total	Total	51	0	0	0	1	5	18	15	2	10	$103,550.00

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	128	61.8%	33	15.9%	46	22.2%	161-46	77.8%	27	15.0%	31	17.2%	122	67.8%	27-153	15.0%	128-122	51.2%	60-77	43.8%	5	2	193-201	49.0%
2007-2008	51	58.6%	18	20.7%	18	20.7%	69-18	79.3%	11	15.9%	10	14.5%	48	69.6%	11-58	15.9%	51-48	51.5%	29-28	50.9%	1	1	81-77	51.3%
Against the Field	14	53.8%	7	26.9%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	5	14.3%	5	14.3%	25	71.4%	5-30	14.3%	28-46	37.8%	24-20	54.5%	2	0	28-33	45.9%

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	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	22	15	26	43	0	0	12	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	74
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	30	5	0	0	0	0	36	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	117
Total	0	0	52	20	30	51	0	0	50	72	0	1	0	1	0	0	193	201

Head to Head Results
"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro trail the series against the field 12-19 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 2-3
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	Marques/Solberg	2	21-18, 21-14	0:46
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	21-19, 21-18	0:44
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Marques/Solberg	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	21-14, 21-17	0:39
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	13	22-20, 21-15	0:42
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Marques/Solberg	4, Q1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-3
8/18/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	21-19, 21-19	0:51
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:54
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 6	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	21-14, 16-21, 15-8	0:59
Trail the series against # 3 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Klemperer/Koreng	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	21-14, 21-11	0:36
6/21/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Klemperer/Koreng	6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-3
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	21-19, 24-22	0:50
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:54
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	36-34, 21-15	0:57
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	1:13
Trail the series against # 5 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 3	Ces/Ces	20	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11, Q1	19-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 2-1
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	10	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	25-23, 21-12	0:49
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Laciga/Schnider	16	21-15, 16-21, 24-22	1:03
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Series tied with # 12 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	Gabathuler/Wenger	10	21-17, 21-9	0:42
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool Q	Gabathuler/Wenger	45	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Series tied with # 15 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q14	21-13, 21-17	0:44
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Hoyer/Soderberg	27, Q6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	20-22, 21-13, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 16 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-2
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Salema	16	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	21-15, 21-14	0:39
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Salema	22	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11, Q1	21-19, 19-21, 15-5	0:53
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	Baracetti/Salema	17	21-15, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	2	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	12-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 22, Q7 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	31	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	2	21-18, 14-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q4	21-17, 18-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 26, Q8 Karpukhin/Romashkin, Russia 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	Karpukhin/Romashkin	26, Q8	21-15, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 30, Q17 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Berger/Nowotny	17	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	21-19, 21-17	0:41