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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Italian Open
May 12 - 16, 2004

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:

109

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$214,684.02

Annamaria Solazzi
Italy

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1965 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ancona

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$208,975.40

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	11	4	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$49,274.96
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	83	4	2	3	3	9	7	18	9	13	9	4	1	1	US$332,944.96

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	31, Q7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	37	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	24	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	19	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q6	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	22	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	23	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	22	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/13/2004	Pool A	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:45
Thu, 5/13/2004	Pool A	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway	Won 21-18, 27-25	0:45
Fri, 5/14/2004	Pool A	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:35
Fri, 5/14/2004	Winner 1	Dinah Kilchenmann / Lea Schwer, Switzerland	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 5/14/2004	Winner 2	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 5/15/2004	Semi-Finals	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 12-15	1:07
Sat, 5/15/2004	Bronze Medal	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:36

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
Confederation Championship	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$43,850.00
Total	76	2	0	0	3	9	7	18	9	13	9	0	$327,520.00

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
4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$21,925.00	Confederation Championship	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$25,025.00
101	2	0	0	3	17	39	21	12	0	$192,316.25	Total	104	2	0	0	5	18	37	21	12	0	$184,935.00

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 %
2000	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	$40,000.00	17	14	54.8 %
2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	$24,645.00	14	13	51.9 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	$18,375.00	8	19	29.6 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	49	0	0	0	0	5	6	13	7	10	4	4	$176,120.00	47	52	47.5 %
Total	CEV	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,850.00	11	4	73.3 %

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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1996	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1997	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1998	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	1999	CEV	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2000	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
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
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$12,322.50	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$12,322.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$9,187.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$9,187.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
89	4	2	3	3	16	33	17	6	5	$162,691.25	Total	Total	91	4	2	3	4	17	32	20	5	4	$163,635.00

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	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0-5	0.0%	8-1	88.9%	1-5	16.7%	1	0	14-6	70.0%
2003-2004	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	1-3	25.0%	1	0	8-4	66.7%
Against the Field	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0-6	0.0%	14-2	87.5%	2-10	16.7%	1	0	11-6	64.7%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	4
Total	0	0	19	5	22	25	0	0	19	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	77	74

Head to Head Results
Bruschini/Solazzi lead the series against the field 29-19 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	Ahmann/Vollmer	10	17-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-2
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q7	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
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
Trail the series against Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 2-2
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Bruschini/Solazzi	37	21-15, 21-17	0:33
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
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Bruschini/Solazzi	1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	4	15-3	0:31
Lead the series against Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q7	Erni/Trussel	Q26	21-14, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 4-3
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi		Gattelli/Perrotta		By Forfeit
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool H	Gattelli/Perrotta	9	Bruschini/Solazzi	24	21-19, 21-18	0:44
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Bruschini/Solazzi	19	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	21-16, 21-18	0:37
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Gattelli/Perrotta	2	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	1:00
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
Trail the series against Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-2
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool A	Glesnes/Maaseide		Bruschini/Solazzi		21-15, 21-13	0:35
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Bruschini/Solazzi	18	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:56
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	21-15, 27-29, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Bronze Medal	Bruschini/Solazzi		Hakedal/Torlen		21-16, 21-14	0:36
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool A	Bruschini/Solazzi		Hakedal/Torlen		21-18, 27-25	0:45
Lead the series against Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Ikauniece/Minusa	23	21-12, 21-10	0:30
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Ikauniece/Minusa	38	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kadijk/Leenstra	7	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	21-16, 21-15	0:32
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 3-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	21	22-20, 21-19	0:49
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 Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
3/10/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	31, Q7	Keizer/Mooren	Q23	21-12, 28-26	0:49
Lead the series against Kilchenmann/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi		Kilchenmann/Schwer		21-15, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit		Bruschini/Solazzi		21-19, 17-21, 15-12	1:07
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-2
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Lahme/Musch	8	Bruschini/Solazzi	31, Q7	21-14, 21-19	0:42
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q8	22-20, 22-24, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Bruschini/Solazzi	19	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against Pohl/Rau, Germany 5-1
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool A	Bruschini/Solazzi		Pohl/Rau		21-19, 21-15	0:45
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	5	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-19, 21-23, 15-10	0:56
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Bruschini/Solazzi	21	Pohl/Rau	12	21-12, 21-17	0:35
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
Series tied with Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool H	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	Bruschini/Solazzi	24	21-19, 21-18	0:37
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
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	15-9	0:55