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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$100,000 Brazil Open
December 4 - 7, 1997

(19) Nicola Grigolo/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Nicola Grigolo
Italy

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 8, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Padova

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Agrigento 1996)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$48,200.00

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	25	33	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	US$20,200.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	4	1	US$23,400.00

Previous Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Andrea Ghiurghi - 9th	Did not play
1996	Did not play	Antonio Babini - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	Q4	33rd	42	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-7/1997	Spain Open	17	25th	30	US$1,400.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	18	17th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/21-24/1997	Bulgaria Challenger	1	4th	42	US$2,400.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	18	13th	90	US$2,700.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	23	17th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	25	13th	90	US$2,700.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	27	17th	45	US$1,700.00
FIVB	7/18-20/1997	Italian Open	24	25th	30	US$1,400.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	27	25th	30	US$1,400.00
FIVB C&S	6/25-29/1997	Czech Republic Challenger	10	13th	18	US$800.00
FIVB	2/20-23/1997	Brazil Open	25	25th	30	US$1,400.00

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	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$16,200.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Total	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	$23,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicola Grigolo												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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$7,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$10,100.00
50	0	0	0	0	4	15	13	11	0	$36,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	29	0	$62,057.50
5	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$4,350.00	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
62	0	1	0	1	4	18	18	12	0	$48,200.00	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
1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$20,200.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$20,200.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicola Grigolo													Andrea Raffaelli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	1990	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,050.00	1991	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1993	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	1994	FIVB
16	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	4	0	$16,000.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	1	0	$11,500.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	$9,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$10,100.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$10,100.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00	1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
50	0	1	0	1	4	18	14	11	1	$45,000.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	1	1	6	6	11	4	$21,412.50

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	0	0	0	0-0	0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
1996-1997	0	0	0	0-0	0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-1	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
World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Head to Head Results
Grigolo/Raffaelli trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q3 Anton/Pomerenke, Germany 0-1
9/10/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Anton/Pomerenke	31	Grigolo/Raffaelli	Q4	15-12	0:52