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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 28 - August 2, 2009

(Q26) Gianluca Casadei/Fosco Cicola, Italy

Gianluca Casadei
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 13, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cesena

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$17,300.00

Fosco Cicola
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	US$2,000.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Simone Bendandi - 37th
2001	Did not play	Andrea Raffaelli - 33rd
2005	Did not play	Simone Bendandi - 33rd
2006	Did not play	Andrea Tomatis - 41st
2008	Did not play	Riccardo Bizzotto - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q24	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q28	41st	24	US$0.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2009	Qualifier 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (26, Q7)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:36

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	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gianluca Casadei												Fosco Cicola
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,200.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	$8,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$2,950.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00	Satellite	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00
39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00	Total	52	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	8	0	$18,550.00

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
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gianluca Casadei													Fosco Cicola
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	$6,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,200.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
20	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	12	$5,025.00	Total	Total	44	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	7	26	$17,550.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	5	71.4%	2-5	28.6%	1-5	16.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
2008-2009	0		0		0		0-0		1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-3	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-8	0.0%	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	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5

Head to Head Results
Casadei/Cicola trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Redmann/VanHuizen	22, Q8	Casadei/Cicola	Q24	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q7	Casadei/Cicola	Q26	21-12, 21-14	0:36