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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball
July 22 - 27, 2014

(23) Alex Ranghieri/Andrea Tomatis, Italy

Alex Ranghieri
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pordenone

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$344,639.59

Andrea Tomatis
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1978 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Milan

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Chennai 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Berlin 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$114,527.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,452.15
FIVB	23	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	5	3	2	6	1	US$100,100.00
Overall	25	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	0	5	3	2	6	1	US$105,552.15

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Andrea Tomatis - 5th	Alex Ranghieri - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	22	17th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	25	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	18	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	17	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	17	17th	240	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/3-8/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	9	9th	250	€ 2,500.00
CEV	5/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	6	5th	192	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	17	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	5	9th	250	US$4,000.00
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

ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2014	Pool G	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (10)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 7/24/2014	Pool G	Ryan Doherty / Nick Lucena, United States (7)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:33
Thu, 7/24/2014	Pool G	Sebastian Dollinger / Lars Fluggen, Germany (26)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:32

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	6	$96,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$4,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	24	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	5	3	9	$102,600.00

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	1	$16,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,500.00	World Tour Finals
56	0	0	4	3	6	14	14	7	8	$194,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	0	0	0	1	3	2	7	6	20	$66,625.00
47	3	1	1	3	10	13	5	1	10	$80,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	8	18	$27,550.00
14	1	3	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	$9,425.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	6	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	$6,400.00
											Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$1,200.00
7	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$12,750.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
133	4	5	5	7	21	36	25	11	19	$331,625.00	Total	88	0	1	1	2	7	9	14	14	40	$105,925.00

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 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	$47,000.00	8	17	32.0 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	4	3	8	$93,100.00	34	39	46.6 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	6	3	66.7 %

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
											2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$250.00
											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
											2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
											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
											2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$2,875.00
											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
											2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,300.00
											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
											2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$3,400.00
											2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
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
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
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
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	$23,500.00	2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	$23,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
25	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	3	10	$48,550.00	Total	Total	94	0	1	1	3	7	11	18	13	40	$96,850.00

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%
2013-2014	20	71.4%	4	14.3%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	9	22.5%	6	15.0%	25	62.5%	9-31	22.5%	20-25	44.4%	13-10	56.5%	0	0	33-35	48.5%
Against the Field	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	6	20.0%	5	16.7%	19	63.3%	6-24	20.0%	20-38	34.5%	16-12	57.1%	0	0	18-25	41.9%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	8	9	23	22	0	0	7	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	38	44

Head to Head Results
Ranghieri/Tomatis trail the series against the field 18-24 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	21-13, 21-16	0:35
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	21-15, 21-6	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Ranghieri/Tomatis	22	21-15, 21-16	0:37
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	13	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18	21-14, 21-19	0:33
Series tied with # 4 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Lupo/Nicolai	2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18	21-19, 22-20	0:36
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q4	Lupo/Nicolai	11	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 7 Doherty/Lucena, United States 1-1
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Doherty/Lucena	7	Ranghieri/Tomatis	23	21-14, 21-19	0:33
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Ranghieri/Tomatis	22	Doherty/Lucena	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
5/31/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	6	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	Gavira/Herrera	5	13-21, 21-15, 19-17	0:50
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	12	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	14	Ranghieri/Tomatis	32, Q10	21-12, 17-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	8	Ranghieri/Tomatis	25	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 3-1
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Ranghieri/Tomatis	23	Stiekema/Varenhorst	10	21-19, 21-15	0:34
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	15	21-16, 21-17	0:30
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:34
8/6/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q11	24-22, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Gibb/Patterson	1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	32, Q10	21-17, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 13 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	16	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	21-16, 14-21, 15-11	0:51
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	21-19, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 14 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-3
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10	Ranghieri/Tomatis	22	25-23, 22-20	0:44
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:37
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q8	19-21, 28-26, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 15, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Felipe/Goncalves	13, Q1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bockermann/Urbatzka	20	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-0
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-18, 13-21, 15-8	0:41
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Saxton/Schalk	18	21-12, 21-19	0:33
Series tied with # 20 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	Ranghieri/Tomatis	25	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 21 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	32, Q10	Kapa/McHugh	10	16-21, 23-21, 18-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 22 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	19	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q4	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:59
Series tied with # 26 Dollinger/Fluggen, Germany 1-1
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Dollinger/Fluggen	26	Ranghieri/Tomatis	23	21-15, 21-12	0:32
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool B	Ranghieri/Tomatis	18, Q1	Dollinger/Fluggen	15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 0-1
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Hatch/Redmann	27, Q10	Ranghieri/Tomatis	22	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Series tied with # 29 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 # 32, Q11 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-0
10/8/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q4	Binstock/Schachter	Q13	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q12 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q4	Eithun/Horrem	22	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q14 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
Lead the series against # Q15 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