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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 St. Petersburg Grand Slam
June 16 - 20, 2015

(6) 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	1	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	1	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	2	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	1	9th	360	US$11,000.00
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

St. Petersburg Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool F	Eric Haddock / Roberto Rodriguez, Puerto Rico (27, Q4)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:38
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool F	Ryan Doherty / John Mayer, United States (22, Q1)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:38
Thu, 6/18/2015	Pool F	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (11)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:43
Fri, 6/19/2015	Winner 2	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (7)	Lost 23-21, 19-21, 13-15	1:12

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 %
2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00	13	7	65.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	1	2	1	2	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	$294,000.00	60	25	70.6 %

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
4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$26,500.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$26,500.00
89	15	13	12	6	14	16	4	0	9	$734,550.00	Total	Total	91	5	7	4	7	18	28	9	1	12	$449,275.00

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%
2014-2015	80	84.2%	8	8.4%	7	7.4%	88-7	92.6%	15	39.5%	7	18.4%	16	42.1%	15-23	39.5%	80-16	83.3%	23-14	62.2%	4	0	107-30	78.1%
Against the Field	73	84.9%	7	8.1%	6	7.0%	80-6	93.0%	12	36.4%	8	24.2%	13	39.4%	12-21	36.4%	146-20	88.0%	38-28	57.6%	3	0	95-24	79.8%

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 25-15 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	Fijalek/Prudel	13	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 2 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/30/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Solberg	10	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 4 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-3
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-19, 21-19	0:39
5/31/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	21-19, 21-17	0:39
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-17, 21-18	0:38
7/19/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Erdmann/Matysik	7	22-20, 21-19	0:38
7/12/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	4, Q1	Erdmann/Matysik	12	21-15, 21-19	0:38
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	2	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-16, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Doppler/Horst, Austria 3-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	7	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	1:12
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 # 8 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 # 9 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-0
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Binstock/Schachter	17	21-16, 21-17	0:39
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Binstock/Schachter	15	21-13, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-1
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-16, 34-32	0:46
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 # 11 Krou/Rowlandson, France 2-0
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool F	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Krou/Rowlandson	11	21-12, 21-16	0:43
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	21-18, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-3
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	16	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:47
8/3/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-14, 21-17	0:33
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Cerutti/Schmidt	13, Q1	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	0:50
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Gold Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 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
Series tied with # 15 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	17	21-8, 24-22	0:33
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	20	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 22, Q1 Doherty/Mayer, United States 1-0
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool F	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Doherty/Mayer	22, Q1	24-22, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 23 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-1
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Gabathuler/Gerson	14	21-14, 21-12	0:33
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Ontiveros/Virgen	29, Q8	Cerutti/Schmidt	4, Q1	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Haddock/Rodriguez, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool F	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Haddock/Rodriguez	27, Q4	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q6 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