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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
June 6 - 11, 2011

(Q17) Matteo Martino/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Matteo Martino
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 28, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alessandria

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB The Hague 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$16,550.00

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$705,037.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012
Best Offensive Player 2014
Best Blocker 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	US$24,000.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	29	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/7/2011	Qualifier 1	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (Q16)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:31
Tue, 6/7/2011	Qualifier 2	Pedro Cunha / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (13, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$24,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matteo Martino												Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00
											World Tour Finals	8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,950.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
											U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$16,550.00	Total	154	6	13	13	6	31	43	29	9	0	$705,037.50

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
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	1	2	33.3 %
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,800.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matteo Martino													Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$16,725.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,950.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$13,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$3,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$5,950.00	Total	Total	26	2	1	0	0	2	3	10	5	3	$41,525.00

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	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	5	55.6%	0-9	0.0%	4-5	44.4%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	7-12	36.8%
2010-2011	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	5	55.6%	0-9	0.0%	4-5	44.4%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	7-12	36.8%
Against the Field	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4	50.0%	0-8	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%

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	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12

Head to Head Results
Martino/Nicolai trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Martino/Nicolai	29	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Martino/Nicolai	29	25-23, 18-21, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Solberg	13, Q1	Martino/Nicolai	Q17	21-14, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q16 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Martino/Nicolai	Q17	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	Q16	21-11, 21-17	0:31