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US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(Q43) Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Ficosecco, 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

Paolo Ficosecco
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chiaravalle (AN)

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

21st (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,825.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	1	US$2,750.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	US$2,900.00
Overall	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	4	9	1	US$5,650.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2005	Did not play	Giorgio Domenghini - 13th
2006	Giuseppe Patriarca - 41st	Did not play
2007	Paolo Ficosecco - 41st	Gianluca Casadei - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/31-9/2/2007	Milan Challenger	5	7th	40	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q42	41st	18	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 1	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (Q22)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:41

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	$2,900.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$5,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gianluca Casadei												Paolo Ficosecco
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 Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$1,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00	Satellite	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,650.00
39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00	Total	34	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	0	$4,825.00

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 C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gianluca Casadei													Paolo Ficosecco
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	6	$1,825.00	Total	Total	8	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	$3,000.00

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	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	6.7%	0	0.0%	14	93.3%	1-14	6.7%	6-14	30.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	9-17	34.6%
2007-2008	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	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	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Challenger	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Satellite	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	2	0	11	16	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	25

Head to Head Results
Casadei/Ficosecco 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 # Q22 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q22	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q43	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # Q28 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
9/2/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Contender 3	Blauel/Huber	8	Casadei/Ficosecco	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44