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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open
June 8 - 12, 2005

(9) 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 Milan Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Annamaria Solazzi - 25th	Gaia Cicola - 33rd
2004	Annamaria Solazzi - 9th	Gaia Cicola - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/9/2005	Winner 1	Taiana Lima / Carol Salgado, Brazil (24)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 6/9/2005	Winner 2	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (8)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 16-18	1:10
Fri, 6/10/2005	Contender 2	Mika Teru Saiki / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (26, Q7)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 13-15	0:56

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$10,500.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$10,500.00	5	6	45.5 %
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,250.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,250.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
93	0	0	0	3	16	37	19	11	7	$161,516.25	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	4	$7,750.00

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	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	8-12	40.0%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	9-10	47.4%

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 4-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 8 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 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 # 13 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 # 16 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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 24 Lima/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Lunardi	9	Lima/Salgado	24	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 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 # 27, Q13 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