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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 World Series 13
July 20 - 25, 2010

(25) Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Nicolai, 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 Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$705,037.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012
Best Offensive Player 2014
Best Blocker 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$5,500.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Marcello Abbondanza - 57th	Did not play
2008	Paolo Ficosecco - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	31	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/22/2010	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (8)	Lost 14-21, 20-22	0:48
Thu, 7/22/2010	Contender 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (9)	Lost 15-21, 5-21	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gianluca Casadei												Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00
											World Tour Finals	8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00	Challenger
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00	Total	154	6	13	13	6	31	43	29	9	0	$705,037.50

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
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,500.00	0	5	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,500.00	0	5	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gianluca Casadei													Paolo Nicolai
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2005	FIVB C&S
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
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,200.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,400.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$16,725.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$4,500.00	2010	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$12,050.00
25	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	5	12	$11,925.00	Total	Total	22	2	1	0	0	1	3	9	5	1	$36,325.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-5	0.0%
2009-2010	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-5	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	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	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

Head to Head Results
Casadei/Nicolai trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Gosch/Horst	18	Casadei/Nicolai	31	21-16, 25-23	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	8	Casadei/Nicolai	25	21-14, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	9	Casadei/Nicolai	25	21-15, 21-5	0:36