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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 15, 2007

(21) Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy

Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$165,645.00

Matteo Varnier
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sanremo

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$122,550.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	2	3	1	8	5	10	2	3	2	1	1	US$187,200.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,400.00
Overall	40	0	2	0	2	3	1	8	5	10	2	3	2	1	1	US$192,600.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Andrea Ghiurghi - 9th	Did not play
1998	Andrea Ghiurghi - 17th	Did not play
1999	Matteo De Cecco - 57th	Did not play
2001	Eugenio Amore - 41st	Did not play
2002	Eugenio Amore - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	11	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	24	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	15	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	7	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	8	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$7,750.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool E	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (12)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:44
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool E	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (5)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:38
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool E	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (28)	Won 22-20, 16-21, 15-8	0:53
Sat, 7/14/2007	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (24)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:49

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	1	0	$66,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	5	5	1	0	$115,850.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00
Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	40	0	2	0	2	3	1	8	5	10	2	0	$192,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Riccardo Lione												Matteo Varnier
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,775.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4	0	$43,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	1	0	$38,375.00
84	0	0	0	2	5	20	22	15	0	$113,570.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	2	5	11	7	2	0	$73,275.00
3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00	Challenger	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
109	0	2	1	2	6	24	33	19	0	$165,645.00	Total	53	0	3	0	2	6	15	15	3	0	$122,550.00

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
2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	$27,250.00	24	12	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	9	2	81.8 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$53,550.00	16	16	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$34,600.00	10	16	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	2	2	0	6	2	4	1	6	$115,400.00	50	44	53.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	9	2	81.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Riccardo Lione													Matteo Varnier
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	1995	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$7,250.00	1996	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	1996	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	$13,000.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	1997	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$19,675.00	1998	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	$6,375.00	2001	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	$8,320.00	2002	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	$13,625.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	$13,625.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	$31,275.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	$33,775.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$17,300.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$17,300.00
89	0	2	1	2	4	19	23	17	21	$123,695.00	Total	Total	30	0	3	0	2	3	10	4	1	7	$69,700.00

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	44	58.7%	18	24.0%	13	17.3%	62-13	82.7%	16	20.8%	9	11.7%	52	67.5%	16-61	20.8%	44-52	45.8%	34-22	60.7%	1	2	79-76	51.0%
2006-2007	23	62.2%	7	18.9%	7	18.9%	30-7	81.1%	5	11.6%	4	9.3%	34	79.1%	5-38	11.6%	23-34	40.4%	12-11	52.2%	0	0	35-45	43.8%
Against the Field	21	55.3%	8	21.1%	9	23.7%	29-9	76.3%	9	15.5%	5	8.6%	44	75.9%	9-49	15.5%	42-84	33.3%	34-28	54.8%	0	2	38-58	39.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	15	0	0	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	25
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	9	5	3	0	0	0	18	21	0	2	0	2	0	0	61	49
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	1	1	9	5	16	17	0	0	30	30	2	2	0	2	0	2	88	78

Head to Head Results
Lione/Varnier trail the series against the field 18-30 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Lione/Varnier	7	21-11, 33-31	0:51
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Lione/Varnier	9	21-15, 21-14	0:43
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-5
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	Lione/Varnier	24	21-18, 21-15	0:43
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	4	Lione/Varnier	12	21-11, 21-17	0:47
6/18/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Neto	3	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:44
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	3	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:51
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Lione/Varnier	12	21-17, 21-12	0:38
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Lione/Varnier	7	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:14
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Lione/Varnier	Q48	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Lione/Varnier	21	21-13, 21-16	0:38
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Lione/Varnier	15	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Lambert/Metzger, United States 1-2
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Lambert/Metzger	6	Lione/Varnier	22	25-27, 21-19, 16-14	1:09
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	6	Lione/Varnier	8	21-15, 21-16	0:39
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	12	Lambert/Metzger	5	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 10 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	15	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Wu/Xu, China 2-3
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Wu/Xu	12	Lione/Varnier	21	23-21, 21-17	0:44
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	3	Lione/Varnier	11	21-17, 21-15	0:44
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Wu/Xu	11	Lione/Varnier	22	21-16, 22-20	0:43
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Lione/Varnier	24	Wu/Xu	8	21-16, 21-16	0:42
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	12	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Trail the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	18	Lione/Varnier	15	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:07
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Lione/Varnier	12	Schacht/Slack	5	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:57
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Schacht/Slack	7	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-16, 18-21, 21-19	1:18
Series tied with # 15 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	12	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	21-16, 21-12	0:38
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Lione/Varnier	12	21-17, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	9	Baracetti/Conde	8	21-17, 21-18	0:50
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 3	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	Baracetti/Conde	17	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:19
Series tied with # 17 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-1
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Cadieux/Heese	17	Lione/Varnier	15	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:15
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	Cadieux/Heese	28, Q3	21-18, 21-19	0:50
Trail the series against # 19 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Gartmayer	9	Lione/Varnier	8	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-2
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Lione/Varnier	15	21-16, 21-17	0:43
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Lione/Varnier	7	21-16, 21-16	0:33
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Lione/Varnier	8	Kjemperud/Skarlund	24	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Lione/Varnier	7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 24 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	24	Lione/Varnier	21	21-15, 21-17	0:49
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Klemperer/Koreng	27	Lione/Varnier	22	21-11, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 28 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 2-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Lione/Varnier	21	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28	22-20, 16-21, 15-8	0:53
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Deulofeu/Salvetti	9	Lione/Varnier	24	22-20, 21-17	0:48
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	8	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28, Q15	21-15, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-23, 21-11, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against de Paula/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Insfran/de Paula	15	Lione/Varnier	11	21-13, 21-16	0:51
Series tied with # Q6 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-1
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Pedrosa/Rosas	24, Q4	Lione/Varnier	8	31-29, 21-15	0:59
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	7	Pedrosa/Rosas	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # Q18 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Lione/Varnier	7	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	8	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q19 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	11	Hoyer/Soderberg	27, Q6	21-19, 21-16	0:37