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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2013

(7) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 4th
2002	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 9th
2003	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 9th
2004	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 3rd
2005	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2006	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2007	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 4th
2009	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 2nd
2010	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 3rd
2011	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 5th
2012	Did not play	Pedro Cunha - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	10	2nd	900	US$45,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	9	5th	480	US$10,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool G	Toms Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (26, Q5)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:36
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool G	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (23, Q3)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:32
Fri, 7/12/2013	Pool G	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (10)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-11
Fri, 7/12/2013	Winner 1	Daan Spijkers / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (19, Q2)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:51
Sat, 7/13/2013	Winner 2	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (24)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:36
Sat, 7/13/2013	Winner 3	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (27, Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:34
Sat, 7/13/2013	Semi-Finals	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (11)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:42
Sun, 7/14/2013	Gold Medal	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:46

Head to Head Results
Filho/Santos lead the series against the field 22-14 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 2-1
7/14/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Filho/Santos	7	Schmidt/Solberg	2	21-16, 21-18	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 2-1
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	10	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	3	21-18, 21-17	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-0
7/7/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Semi-Finals	Filho/Santos	10	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-14, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Filho/Santos	7	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 15-21, 15-11
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	12	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Series tied with # 11 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-2
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Filho/Santos	7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	21-19, 21-17	0:42
7/7/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Gold Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13	Filho/Santos	10	21-18, 21-16	0:44
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 # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool J	Doppler/Horst	15	Filho/Santos	10	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 15, 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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 19, Q2 Spijkers/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	7	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:51
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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	Filho/Santos	7	21-17, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 24 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	7	Kantor/Losiak	24	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 3-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Filho/Santos	7	Smedins/Sorokins	26, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-0
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	7	Gavira/Herrera	27, Q6	21-15, 21-15	0:34
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	10	Gavira/Herrera	44	21-9, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q9 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 # Q11 Popov/Samoday, Ukraine 1-0
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	10	Popov/Samoday	45	21-9, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q16 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool J	Filho/Santos	10	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	39	21-16, 21-18	0:31