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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 KIA Open presented by Banco do Brazil
September 16 - 21, 2008

(9) Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil

Alison Conte Cerutti
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vitoria

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

110 kg (242 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,264,550.00

Bernardo Wermelinger Romano
Azerbaijan

/ Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 7, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Brasília 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$14,900.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2009
Best Blocker 2011, 2015
Best Hitter 2011, 2012, 2016
Best Offensive Player 2011
Team of the Year 2011 (with Emanuel Rego), 2015 (with Bruno Schmidt)
Tour Champion 2011 (with Emanuel Rego), 2015 (with Bruno Schmidt)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	US$5,500.00
FIVB C&S	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$16,700.00
Overall	13	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	US$22,200.00

Previous Guarujá Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/17-20/2008	Pärnu Challenger	4	1st	80	US$5,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/10-13/2008	Lausanne Satellite	5	1st	34	US$3,400.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	12	1st	80	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q26	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Guarajà Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2008	Winner 1	Martin Reader / Ray Sewell, Canada (24)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:38
Thu, 9/18/2008	Winner 2	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (8)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 9/19/2008	Winner 3	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-15, 17-21, 10-15	0:55
Fri, 9/19/2008	Contender 4	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (11)	Lost 21-23, 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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Challenger	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,300.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Total	13	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alison Cerutti												Bernardo Romano
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
7	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$116,500.00	World Championships
3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$103,000.00	World Tour Finals
69	12	8	6	4	16	17	4	1	0	$738,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
64	7	8	8	4	9	9	9	2	0	$292,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,550.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,650.00	Challenger	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,650.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
152	28	18	15	9	28	28	14	3	0	$1,264,550.00	Total	19	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,900.00

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
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	$5,500.00	5	7	41.7 %
2008	FIVB C&S	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,200.00	16	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	$5,500.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,700.00	21	2	91.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alison Cerutti													Bernardo Romano
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	$14,250.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$2,750.00
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00
16	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	$25,600.00	Total	Total	14	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	$11,100.00

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	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	3-5	37.5%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	6-10	37.5%
2007-2008	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	3-5	37.5%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	6-10	37.5%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	16	2
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	1	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	13	2	3	1	1	0	3	0	27	12

Head to Head Results
Cerutti/Romano lead the series against the field 11-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	1	Cerutti/Romano	9	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
Series tied with # 5 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 2-2
7/29/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Maciel/Schmidt	16, Q3	Cerutti/Romano		21-16, 25-23	0:50
7/13/08	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Romano	5	Maciel/Schmidt	3	18-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:58
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Country Quota	Cerutti/Romano	Q26	Maciel/Schmidt		21-12, 17-21, 15-7	1:03
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Country Quota	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	Cerutti/Romano		18-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 8 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Cerutti/Romano	9	Ces/Ces	8	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/20/08	FIVB C&S	Pärnu Challenger	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Romano	4	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	14-21, 21-10, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	11	Cerutti/Romano	9	23-21, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Contender 3	Cerutti/Romano	8	Grotowski/Weaver	11, Q3	21-11, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 18 Pitta/Rodrigues, Brazil 5-0
7/20/08	FIVB C&S	Pärnu Challenger	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Romano	4	Pitta/Rodrigues	12, Q5	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	1:13
7/18/08	FIVB C&S	Pärnu Challenger	Winner 2	Cerutti/Romano	4	Pitta/Rodrigues	12, Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:42
7/13/08	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Romano	5	Pitta/Rodrigues	10, Q7	21-18, 23-21	0:50
7/6/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Romano	12	Pitta/Rodrigues	24, Q24	21-13, 21-17	0:46
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 4	Cerutti/Romano	12	Pitta/Rodrigues	24, Q24	21-15, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 24 Reader/Sewell, Canada 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Romano	9	Reader/Sewell	24	21-15, 21-15	0:38