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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Poland Grand Slam
June 15 - 19, 2016

(28, Q4) 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 Olsztyn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	31	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2016	Fortaleza Open	20	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	Q12	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	Q9	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q17	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	80	US$0.00
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

Poland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/15/2016	Qualifier 2	Jan Dumek / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (Q13)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Thu, 6/16/2016	Pool E	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (5)	Lost 13-21, 21-15, 23-25	0:49
Thu, 6/16/2016	Pool E	Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (12)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:33
Fri, 6/17/2016	Pool E	Billy Allen / Theo Brunner, United States (21)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:36

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	5	$13,375.00	12	18	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	5	12	$29,225.00	31	43	41.9 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	5	$6,687.50	2016	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	5	$6,687.50
24	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	12	$14,612.50	Total	Total	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	12	$14,612.50

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	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	2	12.5%	1	6.3%	13	81.3%	2-14	12.5%	6-26	18.8%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	6-17	26.1%

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 5-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gibb/Patterson	2	Faiga/Hilman	31	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	5	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q4	21-13, 15-21, 25-23	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Faiga/Hilman	31	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 0-2
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool E	Felipe/Filho	12	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:33
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Felipe/Filho	13, Q1	Faiga/Hilman	Q16	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 21 Allen/Brunner, United States 0-1
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool E	Allen/Brunner	21	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q4	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-0
4/29/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 2	Faiga/Hilman	20	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	18	23-21, 23-21	0:47
Trail the series against # 24 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 0-1
4/4/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 2	Bryl/Kujawiak	26, Q8	Faiga/Hilman	Q9	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 25 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 # 30, Q7 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-2
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	13	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q12	21-17, 25-23	0:46
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 # 31, Q9 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
Trail the series against # Q11 Gregory/Sheaf, England 0-2
3/15/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 1	Gregory/Sheaf	Q16	Faiga/Hilman	Q17	19-21, 21-15, 18-16	0:56
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
Lead the series against # Q13 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q4	Dumek/Kubala	Q13	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45