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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 France Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2002

(14) Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi, Italy

Laura Bruschini
Italy

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 26, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lecco

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$177,751.25

Annamaria Solazzi
Italy

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ancona

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$167,270.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	71	0	0	0	3	7	7	17	9	13	9	4	1	1	US$283,020.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$650.00
Overall	72	0	0	0	3	8	7	17	9	13	9	4	1	1	US$283,670.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Annamaria Solazzi - 9th	Laura Bruschini - 9th
1998	Annamaria Solazzi - 9th	Laura Bruschini - 9th
1999	Annamaria Solazzi - 17th	Laura Bruschini - 17th
2000	Annamaria Solazzi - 13th	Laura Bruschini - 13th
2001	Annamaria Solazzi - 17th	Laura Bruschini - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	12	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	7	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	15	5th	300	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	14	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	15	17th	90	US$3,500.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/16/2002	Pool L	Inga Ikauniece / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (38)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:34
Tue, 7/16/2002	Pool L	Andrea Luge / Audrey Syren, France (11)	Won 21-14, 21-9	0:28
Tue, 7/16/2002	Pool L	Teresa Galindo / Myrna Serrano Ochoa, Mexico (35)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:00
Thu, 7/18/2002	Winner 1	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (22)	Lost 15-21, 29-27, 12-15	0:53

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,575.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	$33,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	0	0	0	2	5	7	15	7	9	7	0	$216,395.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Total	72	0	0	0	3	8	7	17	9	13	9	0	$283,670.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Bruschini												Annamaria Solazzi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$14,037.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$13,162.50
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	$22,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	$18,025.00
73	0	0	0	2	13	31	15	9	0	$127,528.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	0	0	0	2	13	28	17	10	0	$120,672.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$975.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$900.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
97	0	0	0	3	16	38	21	12	0	$170,391.25	Total	99	0	0	0	5	16	36	21	12	0	$159,910.00

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
1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	$28,100.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	$31,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	$30,000.00	2	1	66.7 %
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	$40,000.00	17	14	54.8 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$11,325.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	0	0	0	5	6	10	6	6	1	0	$140,425.00	27	24	52.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Bruschini													Annamaria Solazzi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$781.25	1994	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	$3,750.00	1995	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$5,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	$15,800.00	1996	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	$16,975.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$14,050.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$14,050.00
8	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	$24,675.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	$24,675.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$15,500.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$15,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	$15,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	$20,000.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	$22,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,662.50	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,662.50
64	0	0	0	3	16	28	13	3	1	$122,918.75	Total	Total	65	0	0	0	4	16	27	16	2	0	$120,762.50

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	41	74.5%	6	10.9%	8	14.5%	47-8	85.5%	17	22.7%	11	14.7%	47	62.7%	17-58	22.7%	41-47	46.6%	23-19	54.8%	1	1	68-70	49.3%
2001-2002	18	75.0%	4	16.7%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	9	27.3%	6	18.2%	18	54.5%	9-24	27.3%	18-18	50.0%	13-8	61.9%	0	1	31-27	53.4%
Against the Field	19	73.1%	2	7.7%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	12	25.0%	6	12.5%	30	62.5%	12-36	25.0%	38-54	41.3%	28-20	58.3%	1	1	35-39	47.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	3	7	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	2	12	18	0	0	9	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	46
Total	0	0	19	5	20	24	0	0	14	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	70

Head to Head Results
Bruschini/Solazzi lead the series against the field 19-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 1-3
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Cook/Pottharst	5	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-16, 21-16	0:39
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	Cook/Pottharst	4	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:50
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	3	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	21-16, 13-21, 15-11	0:52
9/23/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	15-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 2-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool O	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	22-20, 21-19	0:43
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	21-16, 21-17	0:42
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Gattelli/Perrotta	13	21-13, 14-21, 17-15	0:53
Series tied with # 10 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-1
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	13	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Luge/Syren, France 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Luge/Syren	11	21-14, 21-9	0:28
Lead the series against # 13 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 3-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	24	21-17, 23-21	0:45
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	15-2	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Pohl/Rau	10	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Pohl/Rau	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:50
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 19 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-17, 21-17	0:47
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	21-15, 27-29, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 23 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-1
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-12, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 24 Huygens Tholen/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Huygens Tholen/Sanderson	25	19-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 25 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 0-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Gougeon/Lessard	23	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-14, 18-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 30 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 35 Galindo/Serrano Ochoa, Mexico 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Galindo/Serrano Ochoa	35	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 38 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Ikauniece/Minusa	38	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 40 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-15, 21-15	0:32
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Alcon/Pol	26	21-12, 21-19	0:34