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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Maldives Challenge
October 13 - 16, 2022

(12) Davide Benzi/Carlo Bonifazi, Italy

Davide Benzi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 24, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Genova

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,635.03

Carlo Bonifazi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$9,450.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	19	2	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	US$16,605.35

Previous Sun Island Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	Q12	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	Q12	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Ciro Marina Futures	1	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	6/30-7/3/2022	Giardini Naxos Futures	1	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	41	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	5/20-22/2022	Rhodes Futures	3	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Songkhla Futures	10	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	32, Q23	25th	240	US$2,000.00

Maldives Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/14/2022	Pool A	Vaclav Bercik / Matyas Dzavoronok, Czech Republic (13)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 10/14/2022	Pool A	Remi Bassereau / Julien Lyneel, France (24)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:49
Sat, 10/15/2022	Winner 1	Tomas Semerad / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (11)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$6,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	19	2	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	5	2	1	$16,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Davide Benzi												Carlo Bonifazi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$4,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$3,000.00
16	3	3	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	$4,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	2	2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$2,950.00
28	3	3	0	5	4	1	7	2	1	$10,925.00	Total	23	2	2	0	3	3	3	5	2	1	$8,350.00

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
2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,300.00	6	4	60.0 %
2022	FIVB	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	$10,000.00	19	11	63.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	$12,300.00	25	15	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Davide Benzi													Carlo Bonifazi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$250.00	2018	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$100.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
8	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$5,000.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$5,000.00
13	1	2	0	0	2	1	3	1	3	$6,400.00	Total	Total	14	1	2	0	0	2	3	2	1	3	$6,350.00

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	33	73.3%	5	11.1%	7	15.6%	38-7	84.4%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	33-17	66.0%	10-10	50.0%	1	2	44-29	60.3%
2021-2022	20	74.1%	2	7.4%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	3	21.4%	1	7.1%	10	71.4%	3-11	21.4%	20-10	66.7%	5-6	45.5%	1	1	26-17	60.5%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	8-6	57.1%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	15	5	0	0	12	3	4	3	0	3	2	2	35	16
Total	0	0	7	5	19	10	0	2	12	4	4	3	0	3	2	2	44	29

Head to Head Results
Benzi/Bonifazi lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 7 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Benzi/Bonifazi	Q12	Popov/Reznik	Q5	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 10 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 0-1
5/22/22	FIVB	Rhodes Futures	Winner 2	Haussener/Metral	2	Benzi/Bonifazi	3	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Semerad/Sepka, Czech Republic 0-1
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 1	Semerad/Sepka	11	Benzi/Bonifazi	12	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Bercik/Dzavoronok, Czech Republic 1-0
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool A	Benzi/Bonifazi	12	Bercik/Dzavoronok	13	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
7/17/22	FIVB	Ciro Marina Futures	Semi-Finals	Benzi/Bonifazi	1	Batrane/Bialokoz	5	22-20, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 24 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 1-0
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool A	Benzi/Bonifazi	12	Bassereau/Lyneel	24	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:49