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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$292,800 Durban Open
December 11 - 14, 2013

(5) Alex Ranghieri/Andrea Tomatis, Italy

Alex Ranghieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pordenone

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$310,513.38

Andrea Tomatis
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Milan

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Chennai 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Berlin 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$104,175.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	23	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	5	3	2	6	1	US$100,100.00

Previous Durban Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	18, Q1	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	27, Q4	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q8	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	31, Q22	4th	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	32, Q10	5th	480	US$10,000.00

Durban Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 12/12/2013	Pool E	Philipp Bergmann / Malte Stiel, Germany (28, Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:38
Thu, 12/12/2013	Pool E	Peter Eglseer / Felix Koraimann, Austria (21, Q5)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 12/13/2013	Pool E	Daniel Mullner / Jorg Wutzl, Austria (12)	Won 15-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:53
Sat, 12/14/2013	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia (14)	Lost 16-21, 22-24	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	3	0	$96,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	23	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	5	3	0	$100,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alex Ranghieri												Andrea Tomatis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$16,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,500.00	World Tour Finals
54	0	0	4	3	6	13	14	6	0	$192,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	0	0	1	3	2	7	6	0	$66,625.00
43	3	1	1	3	9	11	4	1	0	$73,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	8	0	$27,550.00
13	1	2	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$8,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	6	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$6,400.00
											Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$1,200.00
119	4	3	5	7	19	31	22	9	0	$309,225.00	Total	86	0	1	1	2	7	8	13	14	0	$104,175.00

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
2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2	8	20.0 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$46,100.00	24	14	63.2 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	8	$46,100.00	26	22	54.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alex Ranghieri													Andrea Tomatis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	$1,250.00
											2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	2	$17,900.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
											2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$5,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
											2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$900.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,950.00
											2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$3,400.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$3,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,550.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$23,050.00	2013	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	$24,425.00
16	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	10	$23,050.00	Total	Total	71	0	1	1	2	6	7	9	10	35	$66,675.00

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	21	70.0%	4	13.3%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	10	20.8%	6	12.5%	32	66.7%	10-38	20.8%	21-32	39.6%	14-11	56.0%	0	0	35-43	44.9%
2012-2013	15	78.9%	2	10.5%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	7	36.8%	3	15.8%	9	47.4%	7-12	36.8%	15-9	62.5%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	24-14	63.2%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4-3	57.1%	6-4	60.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	8-5	61.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	6	17	22	0	0	7	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	31	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	8	9	20	22	0	0	7	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	35	43

Head to Head Results
Ranghieri/Tomatis lead the series against the field 8-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool B	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:53
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	15-21, 27-25, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 6 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	Bykanov/Koshkarev	19	18-21, 26-24, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 12 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool E	Ranghieri/Tomatis	5	Mullner/Wutzl	12	15-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:53
Series tied with # 14 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 1-1
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Ranghieri/Tomatis	5	21-16, 24-22	0:39
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q8	Plavins/Solovejs	Q9	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 21, Q5 Eglseer/Koraimann, Austria 1-0
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool E	Ranghieri/Tomatis	5	Eglseer/Koraimann	21, Q5	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q15 Bergmann/Stiel, Germany 1-0
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool E	Ranghieri/Tomatis	5	Bergmann/Stiel	28, Q15	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q10 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool B	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	Daguerre/Salvetti	31, Q12	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q14 Bao/Ha, China 1-0
10/22/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	Bao/Ha	Q17	16-21, 21-9, 15-12	0:46