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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 18 - 23, 2013

(9) Alvaro Filho/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

Álvaro Morais Filho
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

João Pessoa (PB)

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$411,712.50

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

238

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,921,182.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	23	1	2	2	1	6	0	5	0	3	2	1	US$283,775.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 4th
2010	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 5th
2011	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 2nd
2012	Did not play	Pedro Cunha - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	9	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	12	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	12	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	14	4th	350	US$9,000.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool H	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (24)	Won 21-14, 36-34	0:49
Thu, 6/20/2013	Pool H	Toms Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (25, Q5)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:38
Fri, 6/21/2013	Pool H	Paolo Ingrosso / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (8)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Sat, 6/22/2013	Winner 2	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (14)	Won 17-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:59
Sat, 6/22/2013	Winner 3	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (6)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 10-15	0:57

Head to Head Results
Filho/Santos lead the series against the field 14-11 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Schmidt/Solberg	3	Filho/Santos	12	21-16, 22-24, 15-10	0:59
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Filho/Santos	14	Schmidt/Solberg	3	21-18, 21-19	0:46
Series tied with # 3 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	12	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	2	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	2	Filho/Santos	14	19-21, 26-24, 20-18	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	5	Filho/Santos	9	21-16, 21-15	0:33
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	7	Filho/Santos	12	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	12	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Filho/Santos	9	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 8 Ingrosso/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	9	Ingrosso/Tomatis	8	21-13, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 10 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Filho/Santos	12	21-16, 22-20	0:42
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Filho/Santos	12	24-22, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Filho/Santos	12	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	21-12, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	14	Dollinger/Windscheif	11	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Series tied with # 14 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-1
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	9	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	17-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:59
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	Filho/Santos	9	24-22, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	Filho/Santos	14	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Spijkers/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	9	Spijkers/Varenhorst	15	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Peda/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Filho/Santos	12	Peda/Plavins	21	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 24 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	9	Koshkarev/Semenov	24	21-14, 36-34	0:49
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 2-1
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	9	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:38
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	Filho/Santos	9	21-15, 13-21, 15-13	0:47
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Filho/Santos	14	Smedins/Sorokins	19	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Felipe/Goncalves	28, Q11	Filho/Santos	12	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # Q4 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	9	Eithun/Horrem	24, Q4	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # Q10 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Filho/Santos	14	Bogatov/Prokopiev	30, Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:42