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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Japan Open
May 25 - 29, 2005

(27) Nicoletta Luciani/Annamaria Solazzi, Italy

Nicoletta Luciani
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chiaravalle (AN)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$9,000.00

Annamaria Solazzi
Italy

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ancona

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$167,270.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	US$7,750.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Consuelo Turetta - 17th
1997	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 7th
1998	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 4th
1999	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 9th
2003	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 17th
2004	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q4	33rd	20	US$0.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/26/2005	Winner 1	Xiaoyan Hu / Xi Zhang, China (6, Q4)	Lost 21-13, 18-21, 9-15	0:46
Thu, 5/26/2005	Contender 1	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (22)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:37

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	$3,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$7,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicoletta Luciani												Annamaria Solazzi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$13,162.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	$18,025.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$4,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	0	0	0	2	13	28	17	10	0	$120,672.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	Satellite	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$900.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	$9,000.00	Total	99	0	0	0	5	16	36	21	12	0	$159,910.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicoletta Luciani													Annamaria Solazzi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1994	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											1995	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$5,375.00
											1996	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	$16,975.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
											1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$14,050.00
											1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	$24,675.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$15,500.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
											2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	$15,000.00
											2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	$22,000.00
											2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$12,322.50
											2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$9,187.50
											2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	2	$18,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,300.00	Total	Total	95	0	0	0	5	16	35	21	11	7	$156,860.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	1-7	12.5%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-8	11.1%
2004-2005	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	1-7	12.5%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-8	11.1%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-8	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-5	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Total	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8

Head to Head Results
Luciani/Solazzi trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6, Q4 Hu/Zhang, China 0-1
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Hu/Zhang	6, Q4	Luciani/Solazzi	27	13-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # 22 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	Luciani/Solazzi	27	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # Q9 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 0-1
5/17/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	31, Q13	Luciani/Solazzi	Q4	21-15, 21-14	0:31