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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 5 - 9, 2006

(16) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Riccardo Lione - 41st	Did not play
2002	Riccardo Lione - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	23	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	29	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00
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

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Inocencio Lario, Spain (17)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:37
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 2	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (32, Q36)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:35
Fri, 7/7/2006	Winner 3	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (9)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:45
Fri, 7/7/2006	Contender 4	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (5)	Lost 18-21, 21-10, 12-15	0:50

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 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$26,650.00	8	12	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	1	5	$46,150.00	27	27	50.0 %
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
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$18,325.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$13,325.00
48	3	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	18	$48,685.00	Total	Total	38	4	2	1	0	1	5	7	1	17	$36,355.00

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%
2005-2006	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%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	7	35.0%	4	20.0%	9	45.0%	7-13	35.0%	10-18	35.7%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	12-15	44.4%

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 lead the series against the field 15-12 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Amore/Fenili	23	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 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 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Amore/Fenili	29	21-14, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	5	Amore/Fenili	16	21-18, 10-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Amore/Fenili	23	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Amore/Fenili	29	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	12, Q7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	16-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Ces/Dugrip	9	Amore/Fenili	16	21-17, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Alvarez/Villar, Cuba 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Amore/Fenili	23	Alvarez/Villar	26, Q2	21-13, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 2-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Amore/Fenili	29	Gosch/Strauss	20, Q4	13-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:57
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 # 17 Bosma/Lario, Spain 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	16	Bosma/Lario	17	21-15, 21-9	0:37
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 19 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Pedrosa/Rosas	10	Amore/Fenili	23	21-17, 15-21, 15-8	0:59
Trail the series against # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Brenha/Maia	16	Amore/Fenili	12, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 22, Q6 Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Amore/Fenili	23	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 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
Series tied with # 25 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	18, Q7	Herrera/Mesa	15	16-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:02
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	14	Amore/Fenili	13, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q36 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Amore/Fenili	16	Nummerdor/Schuil	32, Q36	21-16, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q5 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 # Q8 Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/3/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Semi-Finals	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Krug/Urbatzka	4, Q1	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:14
Lead the series against # Q13 Byron/Suan, Australia 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Byron/Suan	14	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # Q22 Kalinine/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Amore/Fenili	15	Kalinine/Kolodinsky	31, Q39	22-24, 21-15, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # Q29 Hakala/Hakala, Finland 1-0
7/1/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Qualifier 2	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Hakala/Hakala	Q10	21-18, 21-14	0:40