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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Puerto Vallarta Open
October 6 - 11, 2015

(24, Q6) 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 Puerto Vallarta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Ariel Hilman - 17th	Sean Faiga - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-9/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Q9	21st	96	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	30, Q13	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	6/17-21/2015	1st European Games	21	5th	192	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q17	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	13	17th	64	€ 250.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	Q3	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	22, Q2	17th	180	US$1,200.00
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

Puerto Vallarta Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/6/2015	Qualifier 2	Jan Erik Moen / Stian Opsahl, Norway (Q11)	Won 21-6, 21-10	0:31
Wed, 10/7/2015	Pool H	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (9)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:39
Wed, 10/7/2015	Pool H	Ulises Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (8)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 10-15	0:53
Thu, 10/8/2015	Pool H	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (25, Q8)	Lost 9-21, 15-21	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 %
2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$5,200.00	6	9	40.0 %
2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	5	3	62.5 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$800.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	3	7	$16,650.00	20	28	41.7 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	$250.00	6	5	54.5 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,600.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$125.00	2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
20	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	4	8	$8,450.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	4	8	$8,450.00

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%
2015-2016	6	33.3%	7	38.9%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	4	14.8%	3	11.1%	20	74.1%	4-23	14.8%	6-20	23.1%	11-8	57.9%	1	0	18-28	39.1%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	6-14	30.0%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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
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 2-9 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 7 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-0
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Faiga/Hilman	13	Krou/Rowlandson	4	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Ontiveros/Virgen	8	Faiga/Hilman	24, Q6	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-2
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Grimalt/Grimalt	9	Faiga/Hilman	24, Q6	22-20, 21-18	0:39
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
6/20/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 3	Plavins/Regza	4	Faiga/Hilman	21	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 25, Q8 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 0-2
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q8	Faiga/Hilman	24, Q6	21-9, 21-15	0:38
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	20	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 28, Q15 Loyola/Rezende, Brazil 0-1
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Qualifier 1	Loyola/Rezende	32, Q30	Faiga/Hilman	Q3	16-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:53
Trail the series against # Q4 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 0-1
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 1	Eglseer/Mullner	Q16	Faiga/Hilman	Q17	21-15, 19-21, 15-6	0:47
Lead the series against # Q11 Moen/Opsahl, Norway 1-0
10/6/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Qualifier 2	Faiga/Hilman	24, Q6	Moen/Opsahl	Q11	21-6, 21-10	0:31