Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fortaleza Open
April 26 - May 1, 2016

(11) Julian Azaad/Pablo Bianchi, Argentina

Julian Amado Azaad
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cerrito

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Agadir 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$34,401.18

Pablo Bianchi
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 12, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Canada Rosquin

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$9,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	7	1	4	US$10,600.00

Previous Fortaleza Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	31, Q11	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q15	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q9	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	Q17	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	38	37th	200	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q20	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q26	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	80	US$0.00

Fortaleza Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/27/2016	Pool F	Oscar Brandao / Andre Loyola, Brazil (22, Q2)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:33
Wed, 4/27/2016	Pool F	Romain Di Giantommaso / Maxime Thiercy, France (27, Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:33
Thu, 4/28/2016	Pool F	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (6)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:41
Thu, 4/28/2016	Winner 1	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (3)	Lost 18-21, 21-15, 9-15	0:49

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	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	$7,200.00
Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	$10,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julian Azaad												Pablo Bianchi
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,225.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	7	0	$21,950.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$4,350.00
16	0	0	1	1	9	2	1	0	0	$2,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
69	0	0	1	1	9	8	10	8	0	$33,675.00	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$9,600.00

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
2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	$5,200.00	9	13	40.9 %
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$3,400.00	2	7	22.2 %
2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	12	$10,600.00	15	27	35.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julian Azaad													Pablo Bianchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,225.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$4,300.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$2,600.00	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$2,600.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$2,450.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$1,700.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$1,600.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	15	$11,875.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	16	$9,600.00

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	9	52.9%	4	23.5%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	2	8.3%	5	20.8%	17	70.8%	2-22	8.3%	9-17	34.6%	6-9	40.0%	0	1	15-27	35.7%
2015-2016	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	9	75.0%	1-11	8.3%	3-9	25.0%	3-4	42.9%	0	1	6-14	30.0%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	8-14	36.4%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	6	9	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Total	0	0	7	11	6	12	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	27

Head to Head Results
Azaad/Bianchi trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Gibb/Patterson	2	Azaad/Bianchi	31, Q11	21-12, 22-20	0:38
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool K	Gibb/Patterson	14	Azaad/Bianchi	38	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
4/28/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 1	Ontiveros/Virgen	3	Azaad/Bianchi	11	21-18, 15-21, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 0-1
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool K	Felipe/Filho	11	Azaad/Bianchi	38	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
4/28/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Azaad/Bianchi	11	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-2
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	Azaad/Bianchi	31, Q11	21-13, 21-13	0:32
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Azaad/Bianchi	9	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-0
10/31/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool H	Azaad/Bianchi	9	O'Gorman/Pedlow	8	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 10, Q1 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	Q18	Azaad/Bianchi	Q15	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
5/9/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Azaad/Bianchi	15	Dressler/Kunert	20	21-13, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 18 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 2-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Azaad/Bianchi	Q17	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q16	21-19, 21-17	0:43
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Azaad/Bianchi	Q16	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q17	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Brandao/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
4/27/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool F	Brandao/Loyola	22, Q2	Azaad/Bianchi	11	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Di Giantommaso/Thiercy, France 1-0
4/27/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool F	Azaad/Bianchi	11	Di Giantommaso/Thiercy	27, Q6	21-17, 21-16	0:33