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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(12) Deborah Giaoui/Mathilde Giordano, France

Deborah Giaoui
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paris

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (The Hague 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$38,973.18

Mathilde Giordano
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 1979 (46 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	15	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q28	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	14	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/25/2006	Winner 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (21)	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:37
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 1	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (22)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:35

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$5,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Deborah Giaoui												Mathilde Giordano
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	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$9,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$6,125.00
37	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	6	0	$19,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$10,350.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$825.00	Satellite	8	0	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$3,800.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,500.00
69	0	0	0	0	3	3	13	9	0	$32,650.00	Total	39	0	1	2	1	3	3	7	4	0	$21,775.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
2006	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$4,750.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$4,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$4,750.00	8	9	47.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Deborah Giaoui													Mathilde Giordano
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2002	CEV C&S
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,625.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$2,375.00	2006	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$2,375.00
19	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	5	6	$7,825.00	Total	Total	23	0	1	2	0	1	4	4	2	9	$10,575.00

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	4	36.4%	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	4-7	36.4%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
2005-2006	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	4-6	40.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	8-9	47.1%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	2-10	16.7%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-7	30.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10

Head to Head Results
Giaoui/Giordano trail the series against the field 4-9 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Giaoui/Giordano	15	21-14, 24-22	0:41
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 # 6 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	7	Giaoui/Giordano	15	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Giaoui/Giordano	32	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	24, Q9	Giaoui/Giordano	Q25	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool B	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Giaoui/Giordano	31, Q7	21-16, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 3-0
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Giaoui/Giordano	15	Jursone/Minusa		21-19, 21-19	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 21 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	21	Giaoui/Giordano	12	21-14, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-2
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Giaoui/Giordano	12	21-16, 21-19	0:35
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	Giaoui/Giordano	14	21-19, 21-17	0:49