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June 21 - 25, 2005

(21) Laura Bruschini/Diletta Lunardi, 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

Diletta Lunardi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 13, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pione di Sacco (PD)

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$24,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	US$23,500.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$1,200.00
Overall	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	US$24,700.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Caterina De Marinis - 7th	Did not play
2003	Annamaria Solazzi - 25th	Did not play
2004	Annamaria Solazzi - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	22	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	9	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	16	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	17, Q3	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	7/24-25/2004	Italy Challenger	4	9th	24	US$1,200.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/21/2005	Winner 1	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (44)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:31
Tue, 6/21/2005	Winner 2	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (12)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 10-15	0:54
Tue, 6/21/2005	Contender 1	Chrisi Gschweidl / Barbara Hansel, Austria (42)	Won 21-10, 21-17	0:29
Wed, 6/22/2005	Contender 2	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (37)	Lost 17-21, 22-24	0:47

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Annamaria Solazzi - 9th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Annamaria Solazzi - 17th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Annamaria Solazzi - 5th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Annamaria Solazzi - 37th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Diletta Lunardi - 25th	Laura Bruschini - 25th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	21	25th	100	US$5,500.00

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	0	0	0	1	0	$5,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$18,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$24,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Bruschini												Diletta Lunardi
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
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$14,037.50	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	$22,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00
73	0	0	0	2	13	31	15	9	0	$127,528.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	$15,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$975.00	Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	Goodwill Games
97	0	0	0	3	16	38	21	12	0	$170,391.25	Total	29	0	2	0	1	0	4	7	1	0	$24,625.00

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
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$20,500.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$20,500.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Bruschini													Diletta Lunardi
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
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	$3,750.00	1995	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	$15,800.00	1996	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	1996	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$14,050.00	1997	FIVB
8	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	$24,675.00	1998	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$15,500.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	$20,000.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$12,322.50	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$9,187.50	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	2	$16,900.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$10,250.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$10,250.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
95	0	0	0	3	16	38	19	12	7	$166,516.25	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	4	$12,750.00

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	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	7	53.8%	3-10	23.1%	5-7	41.7%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
2004-2005	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	7	53.8%	3-10	23.1%	5-7	41.7%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3-7	30.0%	6-10	37.5%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	8-9	47.1%

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	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14

Head to Head Results
Bruschini/Lunardi trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	1	Bruschini/Lunardi	16	21-13, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	8	Bruschini/Lunardi	9	21-16, 19-21, 18-16	1:10
Trail the series against # 12 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	12	Bruschini/Lunardi	21	17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 13 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	Bruschini/Lunardi	22	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Lunardi	22	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	22-20, 20-22, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 15 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Bruschini/Lunardi	17, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Bruschini/Lunardi	16	21-12, 21-9	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Lunardi	16	Keizer/Leenstra	17	21-18, 21-14	0:34
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Lunardi	17, Q3	Keizer/Leenstra	15	16-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 28 Hu/Zhang, China 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Hu/Zhang	10	Bruschini/Lunardi	17, Q3	22-24, 23-21, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 37 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Lessard/Maxwell	37	Bruschini/Lunardi	21	21-17, 24-22	0:47
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Bruschini/Lunardi	22	Lessard/Maxwell	27, Q6	15-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:57
Trail the series against # 38 Teru Saiki/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	26, Q7	Bruschini/Lunardi	9	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 39 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
5/17/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Bruschini/Lunardi	17, Q3	Campisi/Lozano	Q14	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 42 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Bruschini/Lunardi	21	Gschweidl/Hansel	42	21-10, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # 44 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Bruschini/Lunardi	21	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	44	21-14, 21-13	0:31