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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Jurmala
June 15 - 18, 2023

(Q8) 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 Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/8-11/2023	Futures Lecce	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	17	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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

Challenge Jurmala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/15/2023	Qualifier 1	Thibault Goset / Alexy Humblet, Belgium (Q25)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:30
Thu, 6/15/2023	Qualifier 2	Piotr Kantor / Jakub Zdybek, Poland (19, Q9)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	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$)
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	9	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	$11,500.00	20	13	60.6 %
2023	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	13	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	2	1	$14,800.00	32	18	64.0 %

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
9	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$5,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$5,750.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	2023	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
16	2	2	0	0	2	1	4	2	3	$7,650.00	Total	Total	17	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	3	$7,600.00

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%
2022-2023	20	76.9%	4	15.4%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	4	25.0%	1	6.3%	11	68.8%	4-12	25.0%	20-11	64.5%	8-3	72.7%	1	2	29-16	64.4%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	8-8	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%

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
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 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 13, Q1 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-1
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Aravena/Droguett	15, Q4	Benzi/Bonifazi	Q12	22-20, 21-11	0:37
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Benzi/Bonifazi	41	Aravena/Droguett	17	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-0
4/17/22	FIVB	Songkhla Futures	Semi-Finals	Benzi/Bonifazi	10	Horl/Horst	3	22-24, 21-19, 16-14	1:20
Trail the series against # 19, Q9 Kantor/Zdybek, Poland 0-1
6/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Qualifier 2	Kantor/Zdybek	19, Q9	Benzi/Bonifazi	Q8	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # Q5 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 # Q18 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 # Q25 Goset/Humblet, Belgium 1-0
6/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Qualifier 1	Benzi/Bonifazi	Q8	Goset/Humblet	Q25	21-15, 21-13	0:30