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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Brazil Open
November 27 - December 2, 2001

(2) 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 Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Emanuel Rego - 5th	Ze Marco de Melo - 7th
1999	Emanuel Rego - 2nd	Ze Marco de Melo - 1st
2000	Eduardo Bacil - 13th	Ze Marco de Melo - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	2	1st	0	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	4	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	10	2nd	450	US$35,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	13	1st	360	US$27,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	12	7th	226	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	14	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/29/2001	Winner 1	Matt Heath / Gaston Macau, United States (31, Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 11/29/2001	Winner 2	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Lione, Italy (18)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:31
Fri, 11/30/2001	Winner 3	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (10)	Lost 16-21, 21-13, 15-17	0:53
Fri, 11/30/2001	Contender 4	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (3)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:59
Fri, 11/30/2001	Contender 5	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (11)	Won 20-22, 29-27, 15-11	1:06
Fri, 11/30/2001	Contender 6	Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (8)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:45
Sat, 12/1/2001	Semi-Finals	Thomas Klepper / Murilo Toscano, Brazil (30, Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:43
Sun, 12/2/2001	Gold Medal	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-18, 22-24, 12-15	1:08

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	11	2	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	$180,000.00	44	15	74.6 %
Total	FIVB	11	2	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	$180,000.00	44	15	74.6 %

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
11	2	4	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$90,000.00	2001	FIVB	11	2	4	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$90,000.00
51	17	11	6	2	7	6	1	1	0	$476,175.00	Total	Total	53	13	12	4	5	10	0	4	1	4	$402,500.00

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	28	84.8%	2	6.1%	3	9.1%	30-3	90.9%	13	48.1%	6	22.2%	8	29.6%	13-14	48.1%	56-14	80.0%	30-18	62.5%	1	0	44-16	73.3%

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 26-11 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 3-4
12/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Ramos/Rego	1	Loiola/Santos	2	18-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:08
8/12/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Gold Medal	Ramos/Rego	1	Loiola/Santos	4	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:48
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 3	Loiola/Santos	10	Ramos/Rego	2	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:53
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Loiola/Santos	13	Ramos/Rego	1	18-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:57
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 5	Ramos/Rego	1	Loiola/Santos	12	21-19, 24-26, 15-13	1:06
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
Series tied with # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 3-3
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Loiola/Santos	2	Baracetti/Conde	3	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:59
9/4/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Gold Medal	Loiola/Santos	2	Baracetti/Conde	1	21-14, 21-13	0:35
8/12/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Semi-Finals	Loiola/Santos	4	Baracetti/Conde	3	23-21, 21-15	0:43
8/5/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Gold Medal	Baracetti/Conde	4	Loiola/Santos	10	25-23, 12-21, 20-18	1:07
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 # 4 Metzger/Wong, United States 2-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	13	Metzger/Wong	4	26-24, 21-17	0:54
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Metzger/Wong	4	Loiola/Santos	12	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	1:08
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 4	Loiola/Santos	3	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	0:56
Series tied with # 5 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 2-2
7/29/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Loiola/Santos	13	Laciga/Laciga	2	11-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:57
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
Lead the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
8/5/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Semi-Finals	Loiola/Santos	10	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	29-31, 21-19, 15-12	1:09
Lead the series against # 8 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 1-0
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Loiola/Santos	2	Lopes/Neto	8	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 2-0
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	10	Ferreira/de Melo	7	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	12	Ferreira/de Melo	5	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Loiola/Santos	2	21-16, 13-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-0
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Loiola/Santos	2	Heuscher/Kobel	11	20-22, 29-27, 15-11	1:06
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Loiola/Santos	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 2-0
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 4	Loiola/Santos	4	Prosser/Zahner	17	21-13, 22-20	0:39
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Loiola/Santos	2	Prosser/Zahner	12	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-0
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 3	Loiola/Santos	4	Bosma/Cotrino	21, Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	12	Brenha/Maia	21	21-3 Retired	0:11
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	14	Brenha/Maia	19	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	2	Amore/Lione	18	21-15, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Klepper/Toscano, Brazil 1-0
12/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Loiola/Santos	2	Klepper/Toscano	30, Q6	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 31, Q8 Heath/Macau, United States 1-0
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	2	Heath/Macau	31, Q8	21-19, 21-16	0:35