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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Italy Open
July 11 - 15, 2001

(14) Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

José Geraldo Loiola
Brazil

/ United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vitória

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$539,130.00

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

Tour Champion 1999 (with Emanuel Rego)

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	Money
FIVB	19	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	US$297,510.00

Previous Lignano Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1992	Aloizio Claudino - 4th	Did not play
1998	Emanuel Rego - 3rd	Ze Marco de Melo - 57th
1999	Emanuel Rego - 1st	Ze Marco de Melo - 5th
2000	Emanuel Rego - 5th	Ze Marco de Melo - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	11	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	3	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	3	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	2	5th	216	US$9,000.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/13/2001	Winner 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (19)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 7/13/2001	Winner 2	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (30, Q12)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:46
Sat, 7/14/2001	Winner 3	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (22)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:44
Sat, 7/14/2001	Winner 4	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (2)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:44
Sun, 7/15/2001	Semi-Finals	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:37
Sun, 7/15/2001	Gold Medal	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (4)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:40

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	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$69,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	2	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	$163,510.00
Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,000.00
Total	19	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	$297,510.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jose Loiola												Ricardo Santos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	9	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$127,000.00
8	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$70,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	14	7	8	2	16	20	8	5	0	$727,750.00
53	14	11	7	2	5	7	2	3	0	$400,255.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	138	38	20	14	15	18	17	6	5	0	$1,050,432.50
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
66	20	12	7	2	7	8	2	4	0	$539,130.00	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
2001	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$43,000.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$43,000.00	14	9	60.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jose Loiola													Ricardo Santos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	1992	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	1993	FIVB
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,500.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
10	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$110,925.00	1998	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00
13	7	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$155,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00
13	4	1	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	$93,500.00	2000	FIVB	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00
5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$21,500.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$21,500.00
45	15	8	6	2	6	6	1	1	0	$407,675.00	Total	Total	47	11	9	4	5	9	0	4	1	4	$334,000.00

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	52	80.0%	6	9.2%	7	10.8%	58-7	89.2%	21	55.3%	6	15.8%	11	28.9%	21-17	55.3%	52-11	82.5%	27-13	67.5%	1	0	80-24	76.9%
2000-2001	30	75.0%	4	10.0%	6	15.0%	34-6	85.0%	9	50.0%	5	27.8%	4	22.2%	9-9	50.0%	30-4	88.2%	13-11	54.2%	1	0	44-15	74.6%
Against the Field	44	84.6%	3	5.8%	5	9.6%	47-5	90.4%	16	53.3%	5	16.7%	9	30.0%	16-14	53.3%	88-16	84.6%	38-20	65.5%	1	0	64-18	78.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	26	5	6	2	1	1	2	4	53	21
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Total	0	0	0	0	20	6	0	0	37	6	10	2	1	1	5	5	80	24

Head to Head Results
Loiola/Santos lead the series against the field 12-8 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 1-1
7/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Loiola/Santos	14	Ramos/Rego	1	21-17, 21-15	0:37
6/24/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Bronze Medal	Ramos/Rego	1	Loiola/Santos	3	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 4	Loiola/Santos	14	Laciga/Laciga	2	21-18, 21-15	0:44
6/24/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Loiola/Santos	3	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Laciga/Laciga	4	Loiola/Santos	2	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Child/Heese	7	Loiola/Santos	2	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Gold Medal	Baracetti/Conde	4	Loiola/Santos	14	21-17, 21-16	0:40
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	5	Loiola/Santos	11	31-29, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-0
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 4	Loiola/Santos	3	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	0:56
Lead the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Loiola/Santos	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Loiola/Santos	2	Prosser/Zahner	12	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 Holdren/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 1	Holdren/Rogers	19	Loiola/Santos	3	17-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 19 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	14	Brenha/Maia	19	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 22 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Loiola/Santos	14	Berg/Dahl	22	21-18, 22-20	0:44
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	22	Loiola/Santos	11	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	3	Holden/Leinemann	19	21-10, 21-15	0:41
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	2	Holden/Leinemann	15	21-5, 26-24	0:42
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	14	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	21-15, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # Q8 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Loiola/Santos	11	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	21-12, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # Q26 Kais/Kais, Estonia 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	2	Kais/Kais	31, Q29	21-18, 21-14	0:31