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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(27) Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, Argentina

Mariano "Mono" Baracetti
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Buenos Aires

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

180

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$592,935.00

José Luis Salema Abrantes
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 19, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Buenos Aires

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

108

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mar del Plata 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$203,687.50

Awards

Tour Champion 2002 (with Martin Conde)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	49	Money
FIVB	80	1	0	2	1	2	9	10	14	24	1	9	5	1	1	US$314,050.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,425.00
Overall	81	1	0	2	1	2	10	10	14	24	1	9	5	1	1	US$315,475.00

Previous Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/8/2008	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (6, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 21-16, 8-15	1:01
Thu, 5/8/2008	Contender 1	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (22)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:45
Fri, 5/9/2008	Contender 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (5)	Lost 21-23, 13-21	0:44

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$15,700.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	$65,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	63	1	0	2	0	1	8	9	14	18	7	0	$233,350.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,425.00
Total	81	1	0	2	1	2	10	10	14	25	9	0	$315,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mariano Baracetti												Jose Salema
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$41,225.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$17,225.00
35	1	1	2	4	5	7	8	3	0	$164,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	4	0	$41,675.00
129	3	6	5	5	22	45	28	11	0	$366,597.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	1	0	2	0	11	25	22	11	0	$140,675.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,212.50	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	Satellite
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	Goodwill Games
180	7	9	8	9	28	55	40	14	0	$589,535.00	Total	108	1	0	2	1	15	28	30	15	0	$200,287.50

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
1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	$50,900.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	3	0	$41,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	$56,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	34	1	0	0	1	2	6	3	6	9	5	1	$150,900.00	3	7	30.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mariano Baracetti													Jose Salema
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	2	1	$17,000.00	1996	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	1	1	$13,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50
10	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	$25,450.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	$25,450.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	5	5	0	0	$28,775.00	1998	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	5	5	0	0	$28,775.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$20,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$20,750.00
15	1	0	0	1	2	2	4	4	1	$35,000.00	2000	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	$28,000.00
12	3	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$103,500.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	$10,125.00
10	1	1	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	$47,797.50	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2002	FIVB C&S
9	0	2	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	$46,000.00	2003	FIVB
15	0	1	3	1	1	7	2	0	0	$67,000.00	2004	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2004	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	3	$24,750.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	1	0	$32,425.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2005	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	0	0	$53,400.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
15	0	2	0	0	3	9	1	0	0	$69,050.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
156	7	9	7	9	28	50	31	10	5	$545,335.00	Total	Total	87	1	0	1	1	15	24	22	12	11	$160,987.50

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	19	65.5%	5	17.2%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	5	11.4%	7	15.9%	32	72.7%	5-39	11.4%	19-32	37.3%	10-12	45.5%	2	1	33-49	40.2%
2007-2008	16	80.0%	1	5.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	4	14.3%	7	25.0%	17	60.7%	4-24	14.3%	16-17	48.5%	5-10	33.3%	2	1	23-28	45.1%
Against the Field	8	61.5%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	2	7.7%	4	15.4%	20	76.9%	2-24	7.7%	16-38	29.6%	8-14	36.4%	1	0	13-26	33.3%

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	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	3	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	24
Total	0	0	6	3	4	14	0	0	11	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	33	49

Head to Head Results
Baracetti/Salema trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	5	Baracetti/Salema	27	23-21, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	6, Q1	Baracetti/Salema	27	21-14, 16-21, 15-8	1:01
Lead the series against # 22 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Baracetti/Salema	27	Cadieux/Heese	22	21-17, 21-16	0:45