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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mangaung Open
December 9 - 14, 2014

(18) Sean Faiga/Ariel Hilman, Israel

Sean Faiga
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moledet

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Tel Aviv 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$17,757.58

Ariel Hilman
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Beit Halevi

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$17,096.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	US$1,114.58
FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	7	10	US$32,725.00
Overall	38	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	7	1	7	1	7	10	US$33,839.58

Previous Mangaung Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/29-11/2/2014	Paraná Open	15	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	19, Q3	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Q12	25th	96	€ 0.00
CEV	5/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q11	29th	96	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	29, Q14	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	Q31	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	Q20	33rd	100	US$0.00

Mangaung Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool B	Jan Dumek / Robert Kufa, Czechia (15)	Lost 14-21, 21-16, 14-16	0:56
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool B	Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena, United States (2)	Lost 11-21, 14-21	0:31
Thu, 12/11/2014	Pool B	Sven Mollgaard / Ivan Solomans, South Africa (31, Q11)	Won 21-9, 21-7	0:26
Thu, 12/11/2014	Winner 1	Derek Olson / Stafford Slick, United States (13)	Won 28-30, 21-17, 16-14	1:08
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 2	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (6)	Won 17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 3	Sebastian Fuchs / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (8)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:38

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	3	8	$19,225.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00
Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	17	$32,725.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sean Faiga												Ariel Hilman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$6,000.00
23	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	13	$9,612.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	8	$9,612.50
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$750.00
41	0	0	0	1	4	1	6	6	23	$16,812.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	17	$16,362.50

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
2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00	1	4	20.0 %
2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	$9,150.00	12	12	50.0 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	$10,650.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sean Faiga													Ariel Hilman
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	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	$4,575.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	$4,575.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	$5,325.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	$5,325.00

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	18	54.5%	8	24.2%	7	21.2%	26-7	78.8%	6	11.8%	7	13.7%	38	74.5%	6-45	11.8%	18-38	32.1%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	33-52	38.8%
2013-2014	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	12	75.0%	2-14	12.5%	10-12	45.5%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	13-16	44.8%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	10-16	38.5%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	9-13	40.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	7	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	8	12	17	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	32
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	16	18	12	26	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	52

Head to Head Results
Faiga/Hilman trail the series against the field 4-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-1
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Brunner/Lucena	2	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Series tied with # 6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Faiga/Hilman	18	Garcia/Marco	6	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	16	Faiga/Hilman	19, Q3	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 0-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Olson/Slick, United States 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 1	Faiga/Hilman	18	Olson/Slick	13	28-30, 21-17, 16-14	1:08
Trail the series against # 15 Dumek/Kufa, Czechia 0-1
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Dumek/Kufa	15	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-14, 16-21, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 16 Gregory/Sheaf, England 0-2
7/22/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Qualifier 1	Gregory/Sheaf	Q17	Faiga/Hilman	Q16	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:44
5/29/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 1	Gregory/Sheaf	Q22	Faiga/Hilman	Q11	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 0-1
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	20	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Casebeer/Montgomery, United States 1-0
10/30/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool B	Faiga/Hilman	15	Casebeer/Montgomery	18	21-18, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Mollgaard/Solomans, South Africa 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Faiga/Hilman	18	Mollgaard/Solomans	31, Q11	21-9, 21-7	0:26