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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(27, Q7) Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar

Jefferson Santos Pereira
Qatar

/ Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Doha

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Kish Island 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$43,087.50

Cherif Younousse Samba
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dakar, Senegal

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$415,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	7	3	1	US$67,000.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	18	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	8	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	17	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	27	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	30, Q25	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	Q20	41st	30	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 1	Hasan Mermer / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (Q26)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:32
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 2	Sebastian Fuchs / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (Q10)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 18-16	0:55
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool F	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (6)	Lost 21-17, 12-21, 7-15	0:43
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool F	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (11)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:32
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool F	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (22)	Lost 23-21, 14-21, 10-15	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	$21,400.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,600.00
Total	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	7	0	$67,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jefferson Santos Pereira												Cherif Younousse
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	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$32,500.00
											World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$11,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	4	3	2	0	12	9	1	1	0	$198,500.00
15	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	7	0	$14,787.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	4	4	2	0	4	9	7	5	0	$112,450.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$8,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
33	1	0	0	0	2	7	5	10	0	$43,087.50	Total	97	9	7	6	2	20	26	13	7	0	$415,900.00

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
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	$19,600.00	7	11	38.9 %
2016	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$16,200.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	$35,800.00	17	17	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jefferson Santos Pereira													Cherif Younousse
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	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	$8,587.50	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$9,800.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$9,800.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,100.00	2016	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,100.00
19	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	6	$26,487.50	Total	Total	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	$17,900.00

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	16	51.6%	7	22.6%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	14	30.4%	10	21.7%	22	47.8%	14-32	30.4%	16-22	42.1%	21-18	53.8%	0	2	37-42	46.8%
2015-2016	7	41.2%	4	23.5%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	11	33.3%	6	18.2%	16	48.5%	11-22	33.3%	7-16	30.4%	15-12	55.6%	0	2	22-30	42.3%
Against the Field	11	50.0%	4	18.2%	7	31.8%	15-7	68.2%	9	33.3%	5	18.5%	13	48.1%	9-18	33.3%	22-24	47.8%	26-24	52.0%	0	1	24-25	49.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	1	7	19	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	23
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	1	0	10	4	16	29	0	0	8	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	37	42

Head to Head Results
Santos Pereira/Younousse lead the series against the field 14-8 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	23-25, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 6 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27, Q7	17-21, 21-12, 15-7	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	17	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	Doppler/Horst	22	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-2
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Krasilnikov/Semenov	11	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27, Q7	21-14, 21-17	0:32
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool C	Krasilnikov/Semenov	3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	30, Q25	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	21-15, 21-19	0:35
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	12-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 22 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	22	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27, Q7	21-23, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
Series tied with # 23, Q1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
2/19/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Semi-Finals	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Kantor/Losiak	7	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:50
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	9	Santos Pereira/Younousse	8	21-16, 20-22, 16-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
2/19/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Gold Medal	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	21-13, 14-21, 15-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 Doherty/Mayer, United States 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	Doherty/Mayer	2	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q10 Fuchs/Windscheif, Germany 2-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27, Q7	Fuchs/Windscheif	Q10	21-17, 19-21, 18-16	0:55
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 2	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Fuchs/Windscheif	13	21-18, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # Q12 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q13 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	Gabathuler/Gerson	16	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # Q19 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	Q21	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	Q12	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # Q23 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Qualifier 2	Santos Pereira/Younousse	30, Q25	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q9	12-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q24 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Qualifier 1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	30, Q25	Gregory/Sheaf	Q8	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:49
Trail the series against # Q25 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 0-1
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 1	Eglseer/Mullner	29, Q10	Santos Pereira/Younousse	8	21-17, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # Q26 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27, Q7	Mermer/Urlu	Q26	21-12, 21-16	0:32