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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Rio de Janeiro Four Star
May 17 - 21, 2017

(31, Q12) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Ariel Hilman - 33rd	Sean Faiga - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	18, Q1	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Q11	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Q8	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	28, Q4	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	31	25th	160	US$4,000.00

Rio de Janeiro Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/17/2017	Qualifier 1	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (Q5)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:34
Thu, 5/18/2017	Pool B	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:37
Fri, 5/19/2017	Pool B	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (15)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:46

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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	6	$13,375.00	12	19	38.7 %
2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$3,500.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	14	$32,725.00	33	49	40.2 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	$6,687.50	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	$6,687.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,750.00	2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,750.00
28	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	14	$16,362.50	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	14	$16,362.50

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%
2016-2017	7	53.8%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	3	10.7%	3	10.7%	22	78.6%	3-25	10.7%	7-22	24.1%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	14-27	34.1%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	10	66.7%	1-14	6.7%	4-20	16.7%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	4-16	20.0%

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 4-16 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Faiga/Hilman	31, Q12	21-17, 21-19	0:37
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 # 4 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 # 8 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
Series tied with # 15 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-1
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool B	Ontiveros/Virgen	15	Faiga/Hilman	31, Q12	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:46
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	Ontiveros/Virgen	11	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 22 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Bockermann/Fluggen	18	Faiga/Hilman	31	21-13, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
2/7/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	27, Q6	Faiga/Hilman	Q11	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Berntsen/Sorum, Norway 0-1
4/21/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 1	Berntsen/Sorum	15	Faiga/Hilman	18, Q1	21-11, 24-22	0:33
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-3
4/30/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Faiga/Hilman	20	21-18, 21-15	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 29, Q16 Brandao/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
4/20/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Qualifier 1	Brandao/Moreira	23, Q16	Faiga/Hilman	18, Q1	21-12, 16-21, 15-13	0:42
Trail the series against # Q5 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-2
5/17/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Qualifier 1	Faiga/Hilman	31, Q12	Dressler/Kunert	Q5	21-13, 21-19	0:34
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 # Q14 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