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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Bahrain Open 2008
October 27 - November 1, 2008

(Q13) Domenico Apicella/Mauro Mercanti, Italy

Domenico Apicella
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 10, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Agropoli (SA)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$375.00

Mauro Mercanti
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$325.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$0.00

Previous Manama Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00

Manama Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/28/2008	Qualifier 1	Redha Abdulhusien / Yunes Abdulkarim, Bahrain (Q20)	Won 21-15, 26-24	1:01
Tue, 10/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Martin Reader / Ray Sewell, Canada (15, Q4)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Domenico Apicella												Mauro Mercanti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	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	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	Challenger
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$375.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$325.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$375.00	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$325.00

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
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Domenico Apicella													Mauro Mercanti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	$375.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	13	$375.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$325.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2007-2008	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 Reader/Sewell, Canada 0-1
10/28/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Qualifier 2	Reader/Sewell	15, Q4	Apicella/Mercanti	Q13	21-19, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # Q20 Abdulhusien/Abdulkarim, Bahrain 1-0
10/28/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Qualifier 1	Apicella/Mercanti	Q13	Abdulhusien/Abdulkarim	Q20	21-15, 26-24	1:01