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€ 50,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters
May 28 - 31, 2014

(14, Q6) 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:

4th (CEV C&S Vaduz 2014)

Career CEV Best:

7th (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$20,503.17

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 CEV Best:

7th (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$8,138.30

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
CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$415.01
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	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	US$9,864.31

Previous Baden Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Alessandro Ubaldi - Country Quota	Fabio Galli - 13th
2013	Paolo Ficosecco - 29th	Gianluca Casadei - 29th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	5/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	17	17th	112	€ 112.50
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	27, Q4	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	160	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/27-30/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	15, Q8	13th	126	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	160	US$0.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q21	29th	0	€ 0.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2014	Qualifier 2	Chris Gregory / Jake Sheaf, England (Q22)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 5/29/2014	Qualifier 3	Anders Lund Hoyer / Mads Rosager, Denmark (Q14)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:33
Fri, 5/30/2014	Winner 1	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (3)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:34
Fri, 5/30/2014	Contender 1	Alex Ranghieri / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (6)	Lost 21-16, 14-21, 12-15	0:48

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	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1	4	20.0 %
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,750.00	2	5	28.6 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$112.50	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	$2,750.00	9	16	36.0 %
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	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	$2,700.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$312.50	2	4	33.3 %

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
											2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,550.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25
47	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	7	26	$18,806.25	Total	Total	41	1	0	0	1	3	5	6	2	23	$6,931.25

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	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	4-7	36.4%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
2013-2014	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Casadei/Ficosecco	14, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 1	Ranghieri/Tomatis	6	Casadei/Ficosecco	14, Q6	16-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # Q2 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
6/28/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Contender 1	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7, Q1	Casadei/Ficosecco	15, Q8	21-19, 20-22, 19-17	0:57
Lead the series against # Q14 Hoyer/Rosager, Denmark 1-0
5/29/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 3	Casadei/Ficosecco	14, Q6	Hoyer/Rosager	Q14	21-16, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # Q22 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
5/29/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 2	Casadei/Ficosecco	14, Q6	Gregory/Sheaf	Q22	21-15, 21-18	0:35