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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(Q60) Gianluca Casadei/Giuseppe Patriarca, 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

Giuseppe Patriarca
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sora

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q54	57th	6	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/6/2006	Country Quota	Simone Baldessoei / Vladimir Tchernichov, Italy	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:34
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (Q5)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 16-14	1:03
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 3	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (Q37)	Lost 22-20, 19-21, 12-15	1:03

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gianluca Casadei												Giuseppe Patriarca
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00	Satellite
39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00

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
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gianluca Casadei													Giuseppe Patriarca
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	1998	FIVB
											2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2005	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	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	$825.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$250.00

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	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2005-2006	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Head to Head Results
Casadei/Patriarca lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Baldessoei/Tchernichov, Italy 1-0
6/6/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Casadei/Patriarca	Q60	Baldessoei/Tchernichov		21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q5 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Casadei/Patriarca	Q60	Asahi/Watanabe	Q5	21-18, 17-21, 16-14	1:03
Trail the series against # Q12 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q11	Casadei/Patriarca	Q54	21-15, 15-21, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # Q37 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	Q37	Casadei/Patriarca	Q60	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # Q57 Maniero/Monopoli, Italy 1-0
5/30/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Casadei/Patriarca	Q54	Maniero/Monopoli		16-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:59