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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

(14) Deborah Giaoui/Mathilde Giordano, France

Deborah Giaoui
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paris

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (The Hague 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$38,752.91

Mathilde Giordano
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nice

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Hamburg 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$39,191.12

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	US$6,739.42
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,074.14
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	US$4,000.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	US$11,813.56

Previous Valencia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Carole Cordinier - 9th
2005	Did not play	Carole Cordinier - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	32	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters		17th	120	€ 500.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q25	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	31, Q7	25th	40	US$2,000.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 1	Jurgita Dubakaite / Asne Zakarauskaite, Lithuania	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:31
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 2	Barbara Kristan / Ana Oblak, Slovenia	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:32
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 3	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (11)	Won 26-24, 18-21, 16-14	1:04
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 1	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (3)	Lost 19-21, 25-27	0:50
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 1	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (11)	Won 20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (8)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:49

Head to Head Results
Giaoui/Giordano lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Giaoui/Giordano	14	21-19, 27-25	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	Giaoui/Giordano	14	21-19, 21-17	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/31/06	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Tychnova/Tychnova	10	Giaoui/Giordano		11-21, 23-21, 15-6	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Jursone/Minusa	11	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Jursone/Minusa	11	26-24, 18-21, 16-14	1:04
Lead the series against # 12 Matveeva/Zunzunegui, Spain 1-0
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Giaoui/Giordano	Q25	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	Q40	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against Dubakaite/Zakarauskaite, Lithuania 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Dubakaite/Zakarauskaite		21-15, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against Kristan/Oblak, Slovenia 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Kristan/Oblak		21-12, 21-18	0:32