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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 15, 2007

(Q9) Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, 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 Bizzotto
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Marostica (VI)

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Klagenfurt 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$24,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2	3	1	US$33,800.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,300.00
Overall	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	3	1	US$36,100.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Riccardo Lione - 41st	Did not play
2002	Riccardo Lione - 25th	Did not play
2003	Andrea Tomatis - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	1	4th	56	US$2,300.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 1	Florian Huth / Kjell Schneider, Germany (Q24)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:57
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 2	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (32, Q25)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:40

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	$22,300.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
Total	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	2	0	$36,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eugenio Amore												Riccardo Bizzotto
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
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$20,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$7,500.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	8	17	8	0	$60,960.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	$15,350.00
6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,275.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
83	3	2	1	1	2	11	23	12	0	$93,135.00	Total	24	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	4	0	$24,225.00

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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eugenio Amore													Riccardo Bizzotto
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$6,375.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$7,060.00	2002	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	$9,750.00	2005	FIVB
6	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,925.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	3	0	$33,975.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2006	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$5,000.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
62	3	2	1	1	2	9	14	10	20	$72,435.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	$2,375.00

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	16	59.3%	6	22.2%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	4	17.4%	6	26.1%	13	56.5%	4-19	17.4%	16-13	55.2%	10-11	47.6%	0	1	26-25	51.0%
2006-2007	11	68.8%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	6	54.5%	2-9	18.2%	11-6	64.7%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	16-11	59.3%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	8-22	26.7%	10-14	41.7%	0	1	9-19	32.1%

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	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	19
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	15	5	3	3	0	0	5	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	29	28

Head to Head Results
Amore/Bizzotto trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 32, Q25 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Amore/Bizzotto	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # Q22 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 0-2
7/1/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kubala/Pavlas	5	Amore/Bizzotto	1	21-17, 21-12	0:39
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 4	Kubala/Pavlas	5	Amore/Bizzotto	1	29-31, 23-21, 15-7	1:13
Lead the series against # Q24 Huth/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Amore/Bizzotto	Q9	Huth/Schneider	Q24	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:57