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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Vodafone Grand Slam
June 25 - 29, 2003

(Q8) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Mirko Castagnoli - 33rd
1997	Did not play	Nicola Grigolo - 25th
1998	Andrea Raffaelli - 25th	Maurizio Pimponi - 25th
1999	Andrea Raffaelli - 33rd	Maurizio Pimponi - 33rd
2001	Andrea Raffaelli - 25th	Maurizio Pimponi - 25th
2002	Andrea Raffaelli - 5th	Maurizio Pimponi - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q6	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	22, Q4	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	21	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	19	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	Q8	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	19	25th	40	US$2,000.00

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 2	Linyin Xu / Qiang Xu, China (Q40)	Won 13-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 3	Paulao Moreira / Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (23, Q9)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:40

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$13,000.00	6	15	28.6 %
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	$14,195.00	13	10	56.5 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	42	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	11	14	10	$87,695.00	30	34	46.9 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$6,500.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$7,097.50	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$8,357.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
60	0	0	0	0	5	8	13	21	13	$57,272.50	Total	Total	88	0	0	0	1	5	12	20	31	19	$76,320.00

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	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%
2002-2003	11	57.9%	5	26.3%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	3	15.0%	2	10.0%	15	75.0%	3-17	15.0%	11-15	42.3%	8-5	61.5%	1	0	20-20	50.0%
Against the Field	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	4	14.3%	2	7.1%	22	78.6%	4-24	14.3%	14-40	25.9%	14-10	58.3%	0	1	14-27	34.1%

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 12-23 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 15 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Araujo/Insfran	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	15-6	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-2
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-15, 21-17	0:38
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	8	Pimponi/Raffaelli	25	21-16, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 5 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool C	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Baracetti/Conde	3	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	21-17, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	21-15, 21-14	0:38
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26, Q3	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	11	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:42
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-23, 21-15, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Berg/Dahl	13	18-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 18 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Rogers/Scott	24	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26, Q3	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-3
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Horrem/Maaseide	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	21-17, 21-9	0:39
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Horrem/Maaseide	30	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	23	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-13, 21-14	0:36
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	Horrem/Maaseide	23	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 23, Q9 Moreira/Silva, Brazil 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Moreira/Silva	23, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	21-16, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Kogel/Mulder	27	Pimponi/Raffaelli	22, Q4	21-18, 21-8	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 2-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	21-14, 13-21, 15-11	0:57
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool C	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	14	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # Q11 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-2
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	21-10, 22-20	0:29
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # Q15 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open		Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q18 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 2-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Pimponi/Raffaelli	19	Goranson/Goranson	43	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
9/12/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	23-21, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # Q19 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	Q40	21-16, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q27 Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 1-0
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Babich/Khudoley	Q26	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q31 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
11/28/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 3	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26, Q3	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q11	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # Q32 Martell/Sotelo, Mexico 1-0
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	Martell/Sotelo	Q25	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # Q34 Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	32, Q38	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q6	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q40 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	Xu/Xu	Q40	13-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49