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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South Africa Open
November 23 - 27, 2005

(13) Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Fenili, Italy

Eugenio Amore
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vergato (Bologna)

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Shanghai 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$93,135.00

Riccardo Fenili
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Viareggio

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$50,955.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	2	2	2	1	1	US$54,050.00
FIVB C&S	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$13,850.00
Overall	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	6	2	2	2	1	1	US$67,900.00

Previous Cape Town Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Fabio Galli - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	18, Q7	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	13, Q7	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	12, Q7	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	27, Q7	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/5-7/2005	Italy Satellite	3	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/29-31/2005	Italy Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/22-24/2005	Italy Satellite	3	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q21	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	6, Q1	3rd	48	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q19	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/7-10/2005	Italy Challenger	7	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q20	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	19, Q7	2nd	54	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q41	41st	12	US$0.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/24/2005	Pool D	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (20)	Won 14-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:08
Thu, 11/24/2005	Pool D	Koichi Nishimura / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (29, Q7)	Won 18-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:02
Fri, 11/25/2005	Pool D	Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger, United States (4)	Lost 10-21, 21-17, 13-15	1:03
Fri, 11/25/2005	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Robert Svensson, Sweden (17)	Lost 15-21, 24-22, 16-18	1:09

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$16,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	0	$38,000.00
Challenger	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,850.00
Satellite	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	6	2	0	$67,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eugenio Amore												Riccardo Fenili
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,375.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$20,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$9,775.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	8	17	8	0	$60,960.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	2	0	$26,750.00
6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,275.00	Challenger	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$7,325.00
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Satellite	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,605.00
83	3	2	1	1	2	11	23	12	0	$93,135.00	Total	46	4	2	1	1	1	8	8	4	0	$50,955.00

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
2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	$19,500.00	19	15	55.9 %
2005	FIVB C&S	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,850.00	26	6	81.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	$19,500.00	19	15	55.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,850.00	26	6	81.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eugenio Amore													Riccardo Fenili
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$6,375.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$7,060.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
											2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$455.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	$9,750.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	$9,750.00
6	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,925.00	2005	FIVB C&S	6	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,925.00
41	3	1	1	0	0	4	9	5	18	$30,360.00	Total	Total	32	4	2	1	0	1	3	4	0	17	$23,030.00

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	15	75.0%	1	5.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	13	31.7%	9	22.0%	19	46.3%	13-28	31.7%	15-19	44.1%	14-13	51.9%	0	0	29-32	47.5%
2004-2005	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	9	37.5%	6	25.0%	9	37.5%	9-15	37.5%	9-9	50.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	19-15	55.9%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6	33.3%	5	27.8%	7	38.9%	6-12	33.3%	2-14	12.5%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	7-14	33.3%

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	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	10	4	2	1	0	0	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25
Challenger	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	6
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	12	0
Total	2	1	12	4	4	5	0	0	22	15	2	1	1	0	3	1	55	38

Head to Head Results
Amore/Fenili trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Amore/Fenili	18, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Metzger, United States 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Gibb/Metzger	4	Amore/Fenili	13	21-10, 17-21, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 5 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-3
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Gold Medal	Amore/Fenili	3	Lione/Varnier	4	23-21, 21-13	0:46
7/17/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Semi-Finals	Lione/Varnier	19	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	1:01
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Lione/Varnier	19	Amore/Fenili	6, Q1	21-17, 23-21	0:52
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Lione/Varnier	Q48	Amore/Fenili		21-16, 21-17	0:42
6/7/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Amore/Fenili	Q41	Lione/Varnier		12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	4	Amore/Fenili	12, Q7	21-18, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	17	Amore/Fenili	18, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	Amore/Fenili	Q20	21-19, 25-27, 15-10	0:59
Lead the series against # 15 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	12, Q7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	16-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	27, Q7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	6	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 17 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Berg/Svensson	17	Amore/Fenili	13	21-15, 22-24, 18-16	1:09
Lead the series against # 20 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Amore/Fenili	13	Gosch/Strauss	20	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/6/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Satellite	Winner 3	Amore/Fenili	3	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	2	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Amore/Fenili	13	Nishimura/Shiratori	29, Q7	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:02