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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Spain Open
September 12 - 16, 2001

(Q7) Maurizio Pimponi/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Maurizio Pimponi
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grosseto

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$57,272.50

Andrea Raffaelli
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 19, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Benedetto del Tronto

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$86,320.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	36	37	41	49	Money
FIVB	57	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	12	1	19	9	1	2	4	1	US$103,095.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	58	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	12	1	19	9	1	2	4	1	US$104,595.00

Previous Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	26	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	26	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	25	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	18	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	20	19th	0	US$0.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/12/2001	Qualifier 2	Eden Sequeira / Miguel Xisto, Portugal (Q26)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:29
Wed, 9/12/2001	Qualifier 3	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (27, Q10)	Won 23-21, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
Thu, 9/13/2001	Qualifier 4	Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (8, Q2)	Lost By Forfeit
Thu, 9/13/2001	Qualifier 10	Manuel Carrasco / Genildo Da Silva, Spain (32, Q35)	Lost By Forfeit
Thu, 9/13/2001		Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (26, Q9)	Lost By Forfeit
Thu, 9/13/2001		Kaarel Kais / Kristjan Kais, Estonia (29, Q12)	Lost By Forfeit

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$9,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	10	17	0	$86,395.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	58	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	13	19	0	$104,595.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maurizio Pimponi												Andrea Raffaelli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$4,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$10,100.00
52	0	0	0	0	3	6	10	19	0	$46,947.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	29	0	$62,057.50
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,975.00	Challenger	13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$7,712.50
											Satellite	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
65	0	0	0	0	5	8	13	21	0	$57,272.50	Total	121	0	1	2	2	9	15	24	31	0	$86,320.00

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
1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	$21,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	7	0	$37,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$10,000.00	4	12	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	8	12	6	$68,500.00	10	16	38.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maurizio Pimponi													Andrea Raffaelli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,500.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	$9,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$10,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	$7,700.00	1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	$7,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	$11,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	$11,750.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	0	$18,500.00	2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	0	$18,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$5,000.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$5,000.00
50	0	0	0	0	4	8	10	19	9	$47,675.00	Total	Total	77	0	0	0	1	4	12	16	29	15	$65,462.50

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	14	58.3%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	5	15.6%	2	6.3%	25	78.1%	5-27	15.6%	14-25	35.9%	11-6	64.7%	1	4	32-39	45.1%
2000-2001	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	16.7%	0	0.0%	10	83.3%	2-10	16.7%	3-10	23.1%	3-1	75.0%	0	4	6-17	26.1%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	1	5.6%	0	0.0%	17	94.4%	1-17	5.6%	8-22	26.7%	8-6	57.1%	0	4	8-20	28.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
World Championships	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	14	10	3	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	27
Total	0	0	19	14	6	9	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	39

Head to Head Results
Pimponi/Raffaelli trail the series against the field 3-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	15-6	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-23, 21-15, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 8, Q2 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-2
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	By Forfeit
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Pimponi/Raffaelli	9	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Cotrino	10	Pimponi/Raffaelli	25	21-19, 25-23	0:51
Lead the series against # 10 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	25	Correa/Diez	9	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-1
9/19/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 1	Berger/Stamm	17	Pimponi/Raffaelli	20	15-9	0:41
Trail the series against # 14 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Pimponi/Raffaelli	9	21-15, 21-18	0:42
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 26, Q9 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open		Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 27, Q10 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
9/12/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	23-21, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 Kais/Kais, Estonia 0-1
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open		Kais/Kais	29, Q12	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 32, Q35 Carrasco/Da Silva, Spain 0-1
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 10	Carrasco/Da Silva	32, Q35	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q26 Sequeira/Xisto, Portugal 1-0
9/12/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	Sequeira/Xisto	Q26	21-14, 21-12	0:29