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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(14) 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:

4

Tournaments:

11

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:

19

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

6

Career FIVB WT Wins:

4

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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Matteo Varnier - 5th
2010	Did not play	Matteo Varnier - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	29	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool K

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (38)

Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-11

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matteo Martino	Total	37	27	7	0.541	0	11	0	0
	1	18	14	4	0.556	0	7	0	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	1	0	0
	3	9	7	1	0.667	0	3	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	13	9	1	0.615	5	1	0	1
	1	2	1	0	0.500	2	1	0	0
	2	8	6	0	0.750	1	0	0	1
	3	3	2	1	0.333	2	0	0	0

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool K

Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (35)

Lost 21-17, 21-23, 13-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matteo Martino	Total	52	25	11	0.269	0	11	0	3
	1	20	8	6	0.100	0	4	0	1
	2	17	10	3	0.412	0	3	0	2
	3	15	7	2	0.333	0	4	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	8	7	1	0.750	6	1	1	2
	1	2	2	0	1.000	4	1	1	0
	2	4	3	1	0.500	2	0	0	2
	3	2	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool K

Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (11)

Lost 21-17, 19-21, 8-15

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matteo Martino	Total	34	23	2	0.618	0	12	0	2
	1	17	13	0	0.765	0	4	0	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	6	0	2
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	2	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	23	10	4	0.261	2	2	3	3
	1	5	2	0	0.400	1	1	1	0
	2	14	7	3	0.286	1	1	1	2
	3	4	1	1	0.000	0	0	1	1

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (17)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matteo Martino	Total	30	22	3	0.633	0	9	2	3
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	3	1	2
	2	21	15	3	0.571	0	6	1	1
Paolo Nicolai	Total	12	7	2	0.417	4	1	2	5
	1	6	4	1	0.500	3	1	2	3
	2	6	3	1	0.333	1	0	0	2

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (9)

Lost 18-21, 21-18, 11-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matteo Martino	Total	39	25	5	0.513	0	7	1	3
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	2	1	2
	2	19	14	2	0.632	0	3	0	1
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	0	0
Paolo Nicolai	Total	19	10	4	0.316	2	1	1	3
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	0	1	2
	2	6	3	1	0.333	1	0	0	0
	3	8	4	3	0.125	1	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matteo Martino	192	122	28	0.490	0	50	3	11
Paolo Nicolai	75	43	12	0.413	19	6	7	14
Total	267	165	40	0.468	19	56	10	25
Opponents	288	168	46	0.424	17	41	13	22

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Matteo Varnier - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Paolo Nicolai - 9th	Matteo Martino - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Daniele Lupo - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Daniele Lupo - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Daniele Lupo - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Daniele Lupo - 5th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Samuele Cottafava - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Samuele Cottafava - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	14	9th	400	US$11,000.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$11,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$13,800.00	4	6	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$5,500.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	$9,300.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$11,450.00	Total	Total	27	2	1	0	0	2	4	10	5	3	$47,025.00

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 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 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 # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	9	Martino/Nicolai	14	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Martino/Nicolai	14	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Martino/Nicolai	14	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	21-17, 24-22	0:35
Trail the series against # 35 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	Martino/Nicolai	14	17-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 38 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Martino/Nicolai	14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:43
Lead the series against # 45 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