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US$600,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
June 16 - 22, 2008

(32) Celine Gemise Fareau/Mathilde Giordano, France

Céline Gemise Fareau
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Versailles

Height:

176 cm (5'7")

Weight:

54 kg (119 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S San Sebastiàn 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Marseille 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$27,487.89

Mathilde Giordano
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1979 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nice

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Dubai 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$38,612.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	41	Money
CEV	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	US$25,201.64
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$3,500.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	14	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	0	2	1	1	US$29,501.64

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Marion Castelli - 41st	Carole Cordinier - 41st
2006	Marion Castelli - 41st	Deborah Giaoui - 41st
2007	Mathilde Giordano - 41st	Celine Gemise Fareau - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	7	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	7	7th	300	€ 2,200.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	12, Q3	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	8/23-25/2007	European Championship	20	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	3	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	8	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2007	San Sebastiàn Satellite	5	4th	14	US$800.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q31	41st	24	US$0.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/18/2008	Pool A	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:32
Wed, 6/18/2008	Pool A	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (16)	Lost 7-21, 21-19, 12-15	0:56
Thu, 6/19/2008	Pool A	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (17)	Lost 19-21, 11-21	0:35

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$3,500.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$6,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Celine Gemise Fareau												Mathilde Giordano
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	0	0	1	$2,400.00	World Championships
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$6,125.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	$3,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	13	$10,350.00
5	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Satellite	8	0	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$3,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,500.00
32	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	4	17	$11,150.00	Total	39	0	1	2	1	3	3	7	4	18	$21,775.00

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	0	1	0.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	$10,725.00	7	11	38.9 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2008	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$5,200.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$3,500.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	$15,925.00	13	17	43.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Celine Gemise Fareau													Mathilde Giordano
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	2000	FIVB
											2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$575.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,900.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$1,225.00	2006	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$2,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	$5,900.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	$5,362.50	2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	$5,362.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,600.00	2008	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,600.00
42	0	0	0	1	7	12	4	3	15	$20,737.50	Total	Total	37	0	1	2	1	4	9	4	3	13	$20,687.50

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-4	0.0%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-4	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-4	0.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	10

Head to Head Results
Gemise Fareau/Giordano trail the series against the field 3-17 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 14 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	32	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 15 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	1	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	8	21-13, 21-9	0:32
6/16/07	CEV	German Masters	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	1	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	10	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	16	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	32	21-7, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	32	21-19, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 22 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	2	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	7	21-7, 21-11	0:37
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	12, Q3	21-23, 21-12, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 24 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Moiseeva/Uryadova	5	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	20	21-13, 14-21, 15-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Glesnes/Maaseide		Gemise Fareau/Giordano		21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 27 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22, Q2	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	Q31	11-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:52
Series tied with # 28, Q4 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-1
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	2	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	7	18-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:57
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	12, Q3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	4	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 31, Q10 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/16/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	10	21-18, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 0-1
7/1/07	FIVB C&S	San Sebastiàn Satellite	Bronze Medal	Antonelli/Leao	9	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	5	21-19, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	7	19-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:59
Trail the series against Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-1
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	4	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	20	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:01
Trail the series against # Q9 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	11	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	8	13-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # Q13 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 0-1
7/1/07	FIVB C&S	San Sebastiàn Satellite	Semi-Finals	Ilustre/Pascua	8	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	5	17-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q20 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	9	Baburina/Osheyko	3	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # Q22 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
6/15/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	10	Van Iersel/Wesselink	15	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:52