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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
September 23 - 28, 2014

(1) Alison Cerutti/Bruno Schmidt, 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

Bruno Oscar Schmidt
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brasilia

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$958,775.00

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)

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Best Defensive Player 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Best Offensive Player 2015
Most Outstanding 2015, 2016
Sportsperson 2015, 2016
Team of the Year 2015 (with Alison Cerutti)
Tour Champion 2015 (with Alison Cerutti)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	41	12	4	3	4	4	0	11	0	3	0	US$1,090,500.00

Previous São Paulo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Emanuel Rego - 5th	Pedro Solberg - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	3	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	3	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	3	9th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	3	4th	560	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	4, Q1	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	4	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	12, Q1	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	13, Q1	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	6	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	6	2nd	450	US$8,000.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool A	Dmitri Barsuk / Nikita Liamin, Russia (32, Q10)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:33
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool A	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (17)	Won 21-19, 21-9	0:34
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool A	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (16)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (4)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:38

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$71,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$200,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	6	3	2	3	3	0	9	0	2	0	0	$757,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$59,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	41	12	4	3	4	4	0	11	0	3	0	0	$1,090,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alison Cerutti												Bruno Schmidt
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	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$116,500.00	World Championships	7	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$66,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$103,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$106,000.00
69	12	8	6	4	16	17	4	1	0	$738,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	71	8	5	4	7	9	27	6	0	0	$593,900.00
64	7	8	8	4	9	9	9	2	0	$292,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	58	3	4	3	3	16	12	8	2	0	$185,875.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,650.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,600.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Satellite	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
152	28	18	15	9	28	28	14	3	0	$1,264,550.00	Total	149	17	10	7	11	30	44	16	2	0	$958,775.00

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
2014	FIVB	11	1	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	$241,000.00	47	18	72.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	$241,000.00	47	18	72.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alison Cerutti													Bruno Schmidt
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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00	2006	FIVB
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00
9	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	$32,500.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	$31,250.00
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00
13	2	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$126,700.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	$27,275.00
11	0	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	$87,600.00	2010	FIVB	14	0	1	1	0	5	3	3	0	1	$58,650.00
11	5	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$153,350.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	3	$38,650.00
10	2	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$112,000.00	2012	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	3	$41,000.00
11	1	0	0	2	3	4	1	0	0	$64,050.00	2013	FIVB	13	2	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	0	$98,950.00
11	1	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	$120,500.00	2014	FIVB	11	1	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	$120,500.00
85	15	13	12	5	14	14	3	0	9	$708,050.00	Total	Total	87	5	7	4	6	18	26	8	1	12	$422,775.00

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	146	82.5%	17	9.6%	14	7.9%	163-14	92.1%	24	38.7%	13	21.0%	25	40.3%	24-38	38.7%	146-25	85.4%	41-27	60.3%	4	0	191-52	78.6%
2013-2014	37	88.1%	1	2.4%	4	9.5%	38-4	90.5%	7	33.3%	4	19.0%	10	47.6%	7-14	33.3%	37-10	78.7%	8-8	50.0%	2	0	47-18	72.3%
Against the Field	61	82.4%	7	9.5%	6	8.1%	68-6	91.9%	11	37.9%	3	10.3%	15	51.7%	11-18	37.9%	122-24	83.6%	36-18	66.7%	3	0	82-21	79.6%

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	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	11	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	68	15	0	0	39	14	9	5	2	3	6	3	127	40
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	12	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	32	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	3	0	97	18	0	0	60	18	16	7	3	4	12	4	191	52

Head to Head Results
Cerutti/Schmidt lead the series against the field 23-6 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	Fijalek/Prudel	13	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 2-2
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-17, 21-19	0:38
8/3/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-14, 21-17	0:35
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	21-9, 21-19	0:35
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	13-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:53
Series tied with # 5 Bourne/Hyden, United States 2-2
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bourne/Hyden	6	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	21-19, 21-15	0:34
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bourne/Hyden	23, Q3	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	21-18, 21-19	0:35
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Cerutti/Schmidt	13, Q1	Bourne/Hyden	29, Q9	15-21, 21-13, 20-18	0:54
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Bourne/Hyden	27, Q11	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Cerutti/Schmidt	12, Q1	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-10, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Gibb/Patterson, United States 2-0
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Gibb/Patterson	13	15-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:55
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Cerutti/Schmidt	4, Q1	Gibb/Patterson	13	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Doppler/Horst, Austria 3-0
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Doppler/Horst	9	21-14, 21-19	0:39
7/12/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	4, Q1	Doppler/Horst	24	21-17, 21-14	0:33
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	Doppler/Horst	20	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-1
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	21-17, 22-20	0:41
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	12, Q1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	21-16, 21-13	0:35
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Cerutti/Schmidt	13, Q1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Felipe/Goncalves	19, Q2	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Cerutti/Schmidt	13, Q1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	20	22-20, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-0
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Saxton/Schalk	19	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Saxton/Schalk	19	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Kantor/Losiak	16	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Huber/Seidl	17	21-19, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18	21-14, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 21 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	27, Q12	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 0-1
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Kosiak/Rudol	30	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	21-14, 24-22	0:37
Lead the series against # 32, Q10 Barsuk/Liamin, Russia 1-0
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q7 Azaad/Bianchi, Argentina 1-0
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	13, Q1	Azaad/Bianchi	Q16	21-11, 21-14	0:31