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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Rio Open
September 2 - 6, 2015

(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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2005	Did not play	Vinícius de Almeida - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	1	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	2	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	3	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	3	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	3	1st	1000	US$60,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	6	9th	360	US$11,000.00
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

Rio Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/3/2015	Pool A	Marcio Araujo / Luciano Ferreira, Brazil (24, Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 9/4/2015	Pool A	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (13, Q4)	Won 21-14, 17-21, 17-15	0:53
Fri, 9/4/2015	Pool A	Sebastian Fuchs / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (12)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 9/5/2015	Winner 1	Daniel Dearing / Garrett May, Canada (14)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:33
Sat, 9/5/2015	Winner 2	Nicolas Capogrosso / Ian Mehamed, Argentina (17)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:33
Sat, 9/5/2015	Semi-Finals	Markus Bockermann / Lars Fluggen, Germany (10)	Lost 16-21, 21-13, 10-15	0:49
Sun, 9/6/2015	Bronze Medal	Saymon Barbosa / Guto Carvalhaes, Brazil (16, Q3)	Lost 14-21, 21-17, 8-15	0:47

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	10	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$345,500.00	54	11	83.1 %
Total	FIVB	21	6	2	1	3	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	$586,500.00	101	29	77.7 %

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
10	5	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	$172,750.00	2015	FIVB	10	5	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	$172,750.00
95	20	13	12	7	14	16	4	0	9	$880,800.00	Total	Total	97	10	7	4	8	18	28	9	1	12	$595,525.00

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	38	79.2%	7	14.6%	3	6.3%	45-3	93.8%	9	50.0%	2	11.1%	7	38.9%	9-9	50.0%	76-12	86.4%	32-10	76.2%	1	0	55-11	83.3%

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
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 24-7 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Goncalves/Solberg	2	21-17, 21-12	0:33
5/30/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Solberg	10	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 4-2
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	21-12, 21-19	0:33
7/12/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 4 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 2-0
7/12/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Carambula/Ranghieri	29, Q9	21-13, 21-12	0:34
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Carambula/Ranghieri	31, Q27	33-31, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-1
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Rego/Santos	7	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:58
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Rego/Santos	6	21-12, 21-13	0:32
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 # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-0
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-19, 21-15	0:33
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Kantor/Losiak	16	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 4-0
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	21-19, 21-15	0:38
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	14	By Forfeit
7/12/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	4, Q1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	17	21-17, 21-18	0:40
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	12, Q1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	19	16-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:49
Series tied with # 10 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-1
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Semi-Finals	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:49
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Fuchs/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Fuchs/Windscheif	12	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 13, Q4 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Dressler/Kunert	13, Q4	21-14, 17-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 14 Dearing/May, Canada 1-0
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Dearing/May	14	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 16, Q3 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 1-1
9/6/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Bronze Medal	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	16, Q3	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-14, 17-21, 15-8	0:47
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	32, Q20	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 17 Capogrosso/Mehamed, Argentina 1-0
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Capogrosso/Mehamed	17	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 21, Q6 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-0
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	O'Gorman/Pedlow	32, Q21	20-22, 23-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 24, Q10 Araujo/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
9/3/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Araujo/Ferreira	24, Q10	21-13, 21-14	0:34