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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fuzhou Open
April 21 - 25, 2015

(22, Q2) Sean Faiga/Ariel Hilman, Israel

Sean Faiga
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1988 (37 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$17,023.33

Ariel Hilman
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Beit Halevi

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$16,362.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	7	10	US$32,725.00

Previous Fuzhou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Ariel Hilman - 41st	Sean Faiga - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	18	5th	300	US$3,375.00
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
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

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/21/2015	Qualifier 2	Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (Q15)	Won 21-16, 23-21	0:34
Wed, 4/22/2015	Pool F	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (11)	Won 21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:03
Wed, 4/22/2015	Pool F	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (6)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:38
Thu, 4/23/2015	Pool F	Zhuoxin Li / Lizeng Zhang, China (27)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:45
Fri, 4/24/2015	Winner 1	Todd Rogers / Stafford Slick, United States (15)	Lost 24-22, 17-21, 12-15	0:55

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	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	$19,225.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	0	$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	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
23	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$9,612.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$9,612.50
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
41	0	0	0	1	4	1	6	6	0	$16,812.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	0	$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 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	3	$11,850.00	16	18	47.1 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	3	$5,925.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	3	$5,925.00

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%
2014-2015	10	52.6%	4	21.1%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	10-12	45.5%	7-9	43.8%	1	0	18-21	46.2%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	3	15.8%	3	15.8%	13	68.4%	3-16	15.8%	8-24	25.0%	8-10	44.4%	1	0	9-17	34.6%

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 4-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 0-2
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	2	Faiga/Hilman	15	21-14, 21-15	0:35
10/31/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	2	Faiga/Hilman	15	23-25, 21-16, 15-11	1:02
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 11 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	Ontiveros/Virgen	11	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 15 Rogers/Slick, United States 0-1
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Slick	15	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	22-24, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 20 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 0-1
4/22/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Petutschnig/Winter	22, Q2	Faiga/Hilman	Q31	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 27 Li/Zhang, China 1-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	Li/Zhang	27	15-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:45
Trail the series against # Q4 Dumek/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Dumek/Kufa	15	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-14, 16-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # Q5 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
Trail the series against # Q8 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 # Q15 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
4/21/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	Q15	21-16, 23-21	0:34