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(45) 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 (59 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 25th
2004	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q8	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	10	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	27	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q4	33rd	20	US$0.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/21/2005	Winner 1	Jennifer Kessy / Holly McPeak, United States (20)	Lost 16-21, 6-21	0:37
Tue, 6/21/2005	Contender 1	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (18)	Lost 26-28, 14-21	0:49

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 5th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Laura Bruschini - 37th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Annamaria Solazzi - 33rd	Nicoletta Luciani - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	45	33rd	50	US$3,750.00

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	$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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$7,750.00	1	8	11.1 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$7,750.00	1	8	11.1 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$3,875.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$3,875.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$4,175.00	Total	Total	98	0	0	0	5	16	35	21	12	9	$159,735.00

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%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-12	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-7	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 0-7 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 12 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Luciani/Solazzi	Q8	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 18 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Clarke/Gerlic	18	Luciani/Solazzi	45	28-26, 21-14	0:49
Trail the series against # 20 Kessy/McPeak, United States 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Kessy/McPeak	20	Luciani/Solazzi	45	21-16, 21-6	0:37
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 27 Dumont/Fiset, Canada 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Dumont/Fiset	23	Luciani/Solazzi	10	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 28 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 # 38 Teru Saiki/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	26, Q7	Luciani/Solazzi	10	21-16, 21-18	0:39