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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Moscow Grand Slam
August 21 - 25, 2013

(4) Alvaro Filho/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

Álvaro Morais Filho
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1990 (35 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 (50 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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2013
Top Rookie 2013
Sportsperson 2017

Awards

Tour Champion 2000 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 2003 (with Emanuel Rego), 2004 (with Emanuel Rego), 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Best Hitter 2005
Best Offensive Player 2005, 2006, 2007
Most Outstanding 2005, 2007
Team of the Year 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018

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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 2nd
2008	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 5th
2009	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 2nd
2010	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 9th
2011	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 9th
2012	Did not play	Pedro Cunha - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	4	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	7	1st	800	US$33,000.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/22/2013	Pool D	Grigoriy Goncharov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (29)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 13-15	0:54
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool D	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (20)	Won 21-19, 21-10	0:36
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool D	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (13)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	0:39
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 1	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (6)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:37
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 2	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (15)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:39
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 3	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (25, Q5)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Sun, 8/25/2013	Semi-Finals	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:40
Sun, 8/25/2013	Bronze Medal	Alexander Horst / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (19)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:34

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	1	2	0	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	$214,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	$24,375.00
Total	23	1	2	2	1	6	0	5	0	3	2	0	$283,775.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alvaro Filho												Ricardo Santos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$40,500.00	World Championships	9	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$127,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,500.00	World Tour Finals
43	3	2	3	0	7	11	9	3	0	$259,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	14	7	8	2	16	20	8	5	0	$727,750.00
41	1	1	1	4	9	10	4	7	0	$91,812.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	138	38	20	14	15	18	17	6	5	0	$1,050,432.50
4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
99	5	6	4	5	18	26	15	11	0	$411,712.50	Total	238	56	31	23	18	36	38	16	10	0	$1,921,182.50

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
2013	FIVB	9	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$149,200.00	39	20	66.1 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$149,200.00	39	20	66.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alvaro Filho													Ricardo Santos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
											1998	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00
											1999	FIVB	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00
											2000	FIVB	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00
											2001	FIVB	11	2	4	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$90,000.00
											2002	FIVB	10	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	$70,695.00
											2003	FIVB	10	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$118,500.00
											2004	FIVB	13	7	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	$130,250.00
											2005	FIVB	15	6	2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	$163,175.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2006	FIVB	14	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	$177,500.00
											2007	FIVB	15	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	$173,850.00
											2008	FIVB	11	2	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	$84,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
											2009	FIVB	11	1	2	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$78,675.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	$65,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2010	FIVB C&S
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	$5,600.00	2011	FIVB	12	3	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	$115,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	11	2	0	2	0	3	4	0	0	0	$78,200.00
10	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	$77,350.00	2013	FIVB	9	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	$74,600.00
18	1	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	$83,400.00	Total	Total	196	56	28	23	18	29	24	9	3	6	$1,734,495.00

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	49	62.8%	17	21.8%	12	15.4%	66-12	84.6%	7	17.5%	8	20.0%	25	62.5%	7-33	17.5%	49-25	66.2%	24-20	54.5%	2	0	75-45	62.5%
2012-2013	33	71.7%	8	17.4%	5	10.9%	41-5	89.1%	2	9.5%	4	19.0%	15	71.4%	2-19	9.5%	33-15	68.8%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	43-24	64.2%
Against the Field	21	84.0%	2	8.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	10	58.8%	3-14	17.6%	42-20	67.7%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	26-16	61.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	28	17	0	0	19	11	2	2	2	0	1	1	52	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	9	6	0	0	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	17	11
Total	1	0	1	1	39	24	0	0	28	14	3	3	2	1	1	2	75	45

Head to Head Results
Filho/Santos lead the series against the field 17-10 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 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 0-2
8/25/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Filho/Santos	4	21-14, 21-19	0:40
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 # 5 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 # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 3-2
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	21-18, 21-11	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 13 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-2
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Huber/Seidl	13	Filho/Santos	4	21-17, 23-21	0:39
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	Filho/Santos	14	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	4	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	15	21-14, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Horst/Petutschnig, Austria 1-0
8/25/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Filho/Santos	4	Horst/Petutschnig	19	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 2-0
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Filho/Santos	4	Eithun/Horrem	20	21-19, 21-10	0:36
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 # 21 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 # 25, Q5 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 29 Goncharov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Goncharov/Prokopiev	29	Filho/Santos	4	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # Q15 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