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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(Q22) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q7	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	28, Q12	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	24, Q6	25th	120	US$800.00
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
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
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

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 1	Marco Caminati / Enrico Rossi, Italy (Q11)	Won 21-17, 22-24, 15-10	0:57
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 2	Jeremy Casebeer / Derek Olson, United States (32, Q27)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:40

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$5,200.00	6	9	40.0 %
2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,000.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	3	9	$17,850.00	25	32	43.9 %

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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00
18	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	9	$8,925.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	9	$8,925.00

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%
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	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	2	10.0%	3	15.0%	15	75.0%	2-18	10.0%	6-30	16.7%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	8-22	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 7-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Faiga/Hilman	30, Q13	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 11 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool C	Krasilnikov/Semenov	19	Faiga/Hilman	30, Q13	21-18, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 19 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 # 21 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 0-1
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Felipe/Filho	13, Q1	Faiga/Hilman	Q16	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 22 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-2
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q12	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 32, Q27 Casebeer/Olson, United States 0-1
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Casebeer/Olson	32, Q27	Faiga/Hilman	Q22	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # Q11 Caminati/Rossi, Italy 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Faiga/Hilman	Q22	Caminati/Rossi	Q11	21-17, 22-24, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # Q13 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
7/21/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Faiga/Hilman	30, Q13	Gabathuler/Gerson	Q4	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # Q18 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
2/23/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Qualifier 2	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	28, Q10	Faiga/Hilman	Q7	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q23 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q12	Daguerre/Salvetti	21	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # Q24 Gregory/Sheaf, England 0-1
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
Trail the series against # Q25 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 # Q31 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