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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(27, Q25) Nalbert Bitencourt/Luizao Correa, Brazil

Nalbert Bitencourt
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 9, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$29,325.00

Luiz "Luizão" Correa De Jesus
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manaus

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$37,857.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	4	US$40,900.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2005	Did not play	Alex Acco - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/6/2006	Country Quota	Roberto Lopes / Pedro Solberg, Brazil	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:49
Tue, 6/6/2006	Country Quota	Rodrigo Monteiro / Hevaldo Moreira, Brazil	Won 21-12, 18-21, 15-10	0:49
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Krsevan Soric / Grga Trimcevski, Croatia (Q40)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:34
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 3	Eric Koreng / Kay Matysik, Germany (Q8)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 6/8/2006	Qualifier 4	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (Q9)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:38
Thu, 6/8/2006	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Kjell Schneider, Germany (6)	Lost 19-21, 21-9, 11-15	1:03
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 1	Francisco Alvarez / Wilfredo Villar, Cuba (22)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 10-15	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	$36,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	$40,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nalbert Bitencourt												Luizao Correa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,950.00
10	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	2	0	$24,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	2	0	$22,950.00
											Challenger	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$557.50
16	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	2	0	$29,325.00	Total	51	2	2	0	1	2	3	6	2	0	$37,857.50

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
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nalbert Bitencourt													Luizao Correa
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	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1992	FIVB
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$700.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$332.50
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$475.00
											2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$5,000.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	$7,325.00	Total	Total	34	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	2	24	$12,457.50

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	24	80.0%	3	10.0%	3	10.0%	27-3	90.0%	5	27.8%	4	22.2%	9	50.0%	5-13	27.8%	24-9	72.7%	8-7	53.3%	0	1	32-17	65.3%
2005-2006	24	80.0%	3	10.0%	3	10.0%	27-3	90.0%	5	27.8%	4	22.2%	9	50.0%	5-13	27.8%	24-9	72.7%	8-7	53.3%	0	1	32-17	65.3%
Against the Field	20	80.0%	2	8.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	40-14	74.1%	10-12	45.5%	0	1	25-14	64.1%

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	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	30	12
Total	6	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	32	17

Head to Head Results
Bitencourt/Correa lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Klemperer/Schneider	6	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	21-19, 9-21, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 22 Alvarez/Villar, Cuba 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Villar	22	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	1:08
Series tied with Lopes/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
6/6/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Lopes/Solberg		21-18, 23-21	0:49
5/30/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Bitencourt/Correa		18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against Monteiro/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
6/6/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Monteiro/Moreira		21-12, 18-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q8 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Koreng/Matysik	Q8	21-12, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q9 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q9	21-14, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # Q40 Soric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Soric/Trimcevski	Q40	21-12, 21-16	0:34