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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Berlin smart Grand Slam
June 18 - 22, 2014

(7) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 3rd
1999	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 1st
2001	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 25th
2002	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 25th
2003	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 3rd
2004	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 4th
2005	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 17th
2007	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 5th
2008	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2013	Ricardo Santos - 17th	Alvaro Filho - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	3	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	1	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	3	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	1	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	4	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/19/2014	Pool G	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (26)	Won 21-15, 27-29, 17-15	1:07
Thu, 6/19/2014	Pool G	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (23)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:42
Fri, 6/20/2014	Pool G	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (10)	Won 21-18, 12-21, 17-15	0:52
Sat, 6/21/2014	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (11)	Lost 21-14, 18-21, 13-15	0:51

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	11	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$158,400.00	43	24	64.2 %
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$25,375.00	9	5	64.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	1	2	1	3	0	4	0	2	0	0	$183,775.00	52	29	64.2 %

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
12	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	0	0	$81,950.00	2013	FIVB	11	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	$79,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,687.50	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,687.50
23	1	3	2	2	3	6	2	1	3	$100,687.50	Total	Total	201	56	28	23	18	30	27	10	3	6	$1,751,782.50

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	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%
2013-2014	45	67.2%	13	19.4%	9	13.4%	58-9	86.6%	7	20.0%	7	20.0%	21	60.0%	7-28	20.0%	45-21	68.2%	20-16	55.6%	2	0	67-37	64.4%
Against the Field	27	64.3%	7	16.7%	8	19.0%	34-8	81.0%	7	21.2%	5	15.2%	21	63.6%	7-26	21.2%	54-40	57.4%	28-26	51.9%	1	0	42-33	56.0%

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 trail the series against the field 24-25 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 2-2
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	5	Filho/Santos	4	21-14, 21-12	0:34
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
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
Trail the series against # 8 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-2
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Felipe/Goncalves	13, Q1	Filho/Santos	4	25-23, 21-14	0:41
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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-2
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Filho/Santos	7	Gibb/Patterson	10	21-18, 12-21, 17-15	0:52
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 # 11 Rego/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Solberg	11	Filho/Santos	7	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	13, Q1	Filho/Santos	3	21-16, 21-19	0:42
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Filho/Santos	1	21-14, 16-21, 17-15	0:54
Lead the series against # 13 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-1
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Fijalek/Prudel	14	Filho/Santos	3	18-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
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
Trail the series against # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 18 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Stiekema/Varenhorst	19	Filho/Santos	3	23-21, 23-21	0:44
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 21 Dollinger/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Dollinger/Fluggen	16	Filho/Santos	1	21-14, 21-11	0:37
Series tied with # 22 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	14	Filho/Santos	1	21-17, 21-16	0:42
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 # 23 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-1
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Filho/Santos	7	Kantor/Losiak	23	21-18, 21-19	0:42
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Kantor/Losiak	20	Filho/Santos	4	16-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:46
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 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 3-0
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Filho/Santos	7	Eithun/Horrem	26	21-15, 27-29, 17-15	1:07
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 # 32, Q15 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Filho/Santos	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q2 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-2
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	3	Huber/Seidl	23	23-21, 21-19	0:45
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
Lead the series against # Q6 Dittelbach/Koreng, Germany 1-0
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Filho/Santos	4	Dittelbach/Koreng	29, Q14	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q9 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	1	Chevallier/Strasser	15	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # Q10 Santos/Santos Pereira, Qatar 1-0
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Filho/Santos	1	Santos/Santos Pereira	32	20-22, 21-13, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # Q16 Spijkers/van Dorsten, Netherlands 1-0
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Filho/Santos	3	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q11	23-21, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # Q17 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