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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Patria Direct Prague Open
May 22 - 27, 2012

(Q34) Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Ficosecco, Italy

Gianluca Casadei
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 13, 1978 (48 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$19,282.47

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$7,394.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	US$3,799.30
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	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	0	US$2,900.00
Overall	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	2	6	9	1	US$9,449.30

Previous Prague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Mauricio Mugnaini - 57th
2011	Paolo Ficosecco - 41st	Gianluca Casadei - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	Q22	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q31	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	Q22	33rd	30	€ 0.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/23/2012	Qualifier 1	Tom Lord / Robin Miedzybrodzki, England (Q31)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:43
Wed, 5/23/2012	Qualifier 2	Martin Laciga / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (27, Q2)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:33

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	6	$2,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$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	14	$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	1	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	$7,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,375.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	13	$7,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	$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	22	$17,300.00	Total	34	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	22	$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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,200.00	4	3	57.1 %
2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	$2,900.00	9	8	52.9 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	$2,200.00	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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,200.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,400.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$400.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$5,500.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
36	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	6	20	$14,475.00	Total	Total	30	1	0	0	1	2	3	5	1	17	$4,950.00

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%
2011-2012	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	2-6	25.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-7	30.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%

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 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 10 Dumek/Tichy, Czechia 0-1
7/14/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Qualifier 2	Dumek/Tichy	14, Q6	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q22	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:02
Trail the series against # 26, Q10 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
10/5/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Qualifier 2	Bogatov/Prokopiev	30, Q11	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q22	21-17, 25-23	0:44
Trail the series against # 27, Q2 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Laciga/Weingart	27, Q2	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q34	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
9/3/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11, Q1	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q17	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # Q31 Lord/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-0
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q34	Lord/Miedzybrodzki	Q31	21-18, 21-17	0:43