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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 11 - 16, 2019

(24, Q3) 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)

Resides:

Kissimmee, FL

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$412,212.50

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Resides:

Joao Pessoa, FL

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 Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Vitor Felipe - 25th	Did not play
2018	Saymon Barbosa - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	11	25	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	16	5	480	US$6,000.00

Doha Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 3/11/2019	Country Quota	Thiago Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil	Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
Tue, 3/12/2019	Qualifier 2	Marco Caminati / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (Q19)	Won 21-18, 22-24, 15-10	1:01
Wed, 3/13/2019	Pool H	Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (9)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:41
Wed, 3/13/2019	Pool H	Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (25, Q5)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:52

Head to Head Results
Filho/Santos lead the series against the field 16-11

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Filho/Santos	14	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
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 # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-0
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool H	Filho/Santos	9	Gavira/Herrera	8	21-18, 21-13	0:33
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 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 3-1
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	8	Kantor/Losiak	24, Q4	21-12, 21-16	0:34
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 # 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 4-2
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	16	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	21-15, 13-21, 15-9	0:48
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 # 8 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Filho/Santos	8	21-9, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool H	Goncalves/Schmidt	9	Filho/Santos	24, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 14 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	28, Q15	Filho/Santos	18	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-2
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	9	Filho/Santos	8	21-19, 26-28, 15-11	1:06
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	8	Doppler/Horst	24	21-19, 21-15	0:38
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool J	Doppler/Horst	15	Filho/Santos	10	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 18, Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
10/18/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool A	Filho/Santos	16	Grimalt/Grimalt	17	21-17, 21-17	0:40
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Filho/Santos	18	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-18, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool H	Beeler/Krattiger	25, Q5	Filho/Santos	24, Q3	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
3/11/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Country Quota	Filho/Santos	24, Q3	Barbosa/Wanderley		23-21, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # Q19 Caminati/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Filho/Santos	24, Q3	Caminati/Ranghieri	Q19	21-18, 22-24, 15-10	1:01