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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 1 - 5, 2007

(31, Q14) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Riccardo Lione - 17th	Did not play
2002	Riccardo Lione - 25th	Did not play
2006	Riccardo Fenili - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	1	4th	56	US$2,300.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2007	Qualifier 1	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (Q19)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Wed, 8/1/2007	Qualifier 2	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (Q3)	Won 21-11, 25-23	0:44
Thu, 8/2/2007	Pool B	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:48
Fri, 8/3/2007	Pool B	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (15)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:41
Fri, 8/3/2007	Pool B	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (18)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:45
Sat, 8/4/2007	Winner 2	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (17)	Lost 21-18, 13-21, 13-15	1:00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$8,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$8,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$9,000.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$5,000.00
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
64	3	2	1	1	2	10	14	10	21	$76,435.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	4	$6,375.00

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	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	10.5%	5	26.3%	12	63.2%	2-17	10.5%	10-22	31.3%	12-16	42.9%	0	1	11-20	35.5%

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
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 lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-0
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-17, 23-21	0:48
Lead the series against # 15 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Kais/Vesik	15	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 18 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Herrera/Mesa	18	21-18, 23-21	0:45
Trail the series against # 26, Q15 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
Lead the series against Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 5	Amore/Bizzotto	1	Ferreira/Ferreira	12	14-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q3 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q3	21-11, 25-23	0:44
Lead the series against # Q17 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 3	Amore/Bizzotto	1	Biza/Lebl	9	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # Q18 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
Series tied with # Q19 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q19	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Gabathuler/Wenger	26, Q14	Amore/Bizzotto	Q3	21-14, 21-23, 17-15	0:57
Trail the series against # Q24 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 0-1
7/1/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Semi-Finals	Lelliott/Reader	2	Amore/Bizzotto	1	21-16, 21-13	0:44