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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 5 - 10, 2011

(21) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Gianluca Casadei - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q15	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	14	9th	400	US$11,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/7/2011	Pool N	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (12)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:33
Thu, 7/7/2011	Pool N	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (5)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:42
Fri, 7/8/2011	Pool N	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (28)	Won 21-18, 13-21, 15-6	0:45
Fri, 7/8/2011	Winner 1	Rhooney Ferramenta / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (20, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:35

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$16,100.00	4	8	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	$18,900.00	5	10	33.3 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$8,050.00	2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$11,850.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$14,000.00	Total	Total	29	2	1	0	0	2	4	11	5	4	$49,575.00

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	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4	50.0%	0-8	0.0%	8-8	50.0%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	7-11	38.9%

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
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 5-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 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 # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Martino/Nicolai	21	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 12 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Gibb/Rosenthal	12	Martino/Nicolai	21	21-13, 21-18	0:33
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 # 20, Q1 Ferramenta/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ferramenta/Solberg	20, Q1	Martino/Nicolai	21	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 25 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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 # 28 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Martino/Nicolai	21	Lario/Mesa	28	21-18, 13-21, 15-6	0:45
Trail the series against # Q11 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 # Q13 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
Trail the series against # Q15 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 0-1
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Boehm/Kapa	28, Q18	Martino/Nicolai	Q15	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # Q29 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Martino/Nicolai	29	Maia/Rosas	13, Q2	22-20, 21-18	0:39