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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004

(Q14) Riccardo Fenili/Fabio Galli, Italy

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

Fabio Galli
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cremona

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$22,355.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	1	US$5,000.00
FIVB C&S	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,710.00
Overall	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	1	US$12,710.00

Previous Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1/23-25/2004	Argentinean Satellite	3	5th	18	US$910.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	46	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q22	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	13	1st	60	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/14-17/2003	Switzerland Satellite	13	2nd	28	US$2,300.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q34	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q54	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q48	57th	4	US$0.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/23/2004	Qualifier 1	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (Q19)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:41
Wed, 3/24/2004	Qualifier 2	Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (25, Q3)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:49

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	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Satellite	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,210.00
Total	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,710.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Riccardo Fenili												Fabio Galli
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	$2,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$9,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
31	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	2	0	$26,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$7,000.00
5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$7,325.00	Challenger	12	1	0	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	$9,300.00
5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,605.00	Satellite	6	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,555.00
46	4	2	1	1	1	8	8	4	0	$50,955.00	Total	62	1	1	2	1	8	6	4	2	0	$22,355.00

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
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$5,000.00	6	7	46.2 %
2003	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00	12	2	85.7 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$910.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$5,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,710.00	14	4	77.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Riccardo Fenili													Fabio Galli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
											1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2003	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$455.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$455.00
13	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	$6,355.00	Total	Total	25	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	2	15	$11,855.00

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	10	62.5%	0	0.0%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	10-5	66.7%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	12-13	48.0%
2003-2004	9	60.0%	0	0.0%	6	40.0%	9-6	60.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	9-5	64.3%	2-7	22.2%	0	0	11-12	47.8%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-6	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	3
Total	0	0	11	10	6	3	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	26	17

Head to Head Results
Fenili/Galli lead the series against the field 8-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Fenili/Galli	13	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
1/24/04	FIVB C&S	Argentinean Satellite	Winner 4	Baracetti/Conde	2	Fenili/Galli	3	26-24, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Fenili/Galli	46	21-17, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Gold Medal	Fenili/Galli	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	36-34, 21-15	1:05
8/20/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool A	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	Fenili/Galli	13	21-19, 21-11	0:38
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Fenili/Galli	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 20, Q4 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	27	Fenili/Galli	46	22-24, 21-19, 15-7	1:00
Trail the series against # 24, Q15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	Fenili/Galli	Q22	16-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:21
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q3	Fenili/Galli	Q14	21-18, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 26, Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Fenili/Galli	Q54	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q11	20-22, 24-22, 17-15	1:01
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Fenili/Galli	Q22	Backer/Boersma	Q11	21-10, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q5 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Semi-Finals	Fenili/Galli	13	Kais/Vesik	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # Q17 Silva/Xisto, Angola 1-0
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Fenili/Galli	Q13	Silva/Xisto	Q20	21-12, 21-8	0:36
Lead the series against # Q19 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
3/23/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 1	Fenili/Galli	Q14	Grinbergs/Stals	Q19	21-14, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # Q21 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 1	Fenili/Galli	13	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	14	24-22, 18-21, 15-13	1:06