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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 26 - 30, 2006

(16) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	22, Q6	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	26, Q11	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	27, Q25	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/27/2006	Winner 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (17)	Won 21-13, 25-27, 15-13	1:00
Thu, 7/27/2006	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:44
Fri, 7/28/2006	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (18)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 9-15	1:00

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	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	$26,900.00	23	12	65.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	$26,900.00	23	12	65.7 %

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
7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	$13,450.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	$13,450.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	3	$19,775.00	Total	Total	39	1	2	0	1	1	2	4	2	26	$24,907.50

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	12	75.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	7	53.8%	3-10	23.1%	24-12	66.7%	10-10	50.0%	0	1	17-12	58.6%

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
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 12-8 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Bitencourt/Correa	16	21-13, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-3
7/9/06	FIVB	France Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	21-17, 21-16	0:55
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:08
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/9/06	FIVB	France Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Neto	4	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	19-21, 5-2 Retired	0:34
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Cunha/Neto	25, Q1	Bitencourt/Correa		21-12, 15-21, 19-17	1:00
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
Lead the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 6	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Ces/Dugrip	9	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Wu/Xu, China 2-0
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 4	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Wu/Xu	8	15-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:51
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Wu/Xu	17	21-12, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bitencourt/Correa	16	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	21-13, 25-27, 15-13	1:00
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Kjemperud/Skarlund	6	21-12, 22-20	0:47
Series tied with # 18 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-1
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Horrem/Pettersen	18	Bitencourt/Correa	16	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:00
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Horrem/Pettersen	11	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:13
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Cadieux/Leinemann	11	21-12, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q3	21-18, 21-8	0:35
Lead the series against # 29, Q14 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 # 30, Q13 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 5	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Nishimura/Shiratori	26, Q7	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	1:12
Lead the series against Insfran/Marques, Brazil 2-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Insfran/Marques		23-21, 21-10	0:51
6/13/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Insfran/Marques		23-21, 23-21	1:04