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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 12 - 16, 2005

(25) Nicoletta Luciani/Lucilla Perrotta, 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

Lucilla Perrotta
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 3, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Vasto 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Hong Kong 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$224,087.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$9,250.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Daniela Gattelli - 7th
1998	Did not play	Daniela Gattelli - 17th
1999	Did not play	Daniela Gattelli - 13th
2000	Did not play	Daniela Gattelli - 17th
2001	Did not play	Daniela Gattelli - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	20	17th	112	US$4,750.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 1	Ana Paula Connelly / Alexandra Fonseca, Brazil (8)	Lost 9-21, 15-21	0:34
Wed, 7/13/2005	Contender 1	Juliana Antunes / Sandra Castro, Portugal (9)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:58
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 2	Laura Bruschini / Diletta Lunardi, Italy (23)	Won 23-21, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 3	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (15)	Lost 10-21, 12-21	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	1	0	0	$4,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicoletta Luciani												Lucilla Perrotta
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$13,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	3	0	$58,450.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$4,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	0	0	1	0	9	33	25	7	0	$144,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,362.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	Satellite	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$925.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	$9,000.00	Total	117	0	1	2	0	14	42	37	11	0	$224,087.50

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	1	1	0	0	$9,250.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,250.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicoletta Luciani													Lucilla Perrotta
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50
											1997	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$7,475.00
											1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$10,425.00
											1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$10,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$5,500.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	6	2	0	0	$28,000.00
											2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	$28,100.00
											2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$21,500.00
											2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	6	1	4	1	0	$34,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$8,500.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$10,375.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$8,800.00	Total	Total	74	0	0	2	0	14	32	22	3	1	$158,787.50

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	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2004-2005	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0-4	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	3-3	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Connelly/Fonseca, Brazil 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Fonseca	8	Luciani/Perrotta	25	21-9, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Antunes/Castro, Portugal 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Luciani/Perrotta	25	Antunes/Castro	9	19-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 15 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Luciani/Perrotta	25	21-10, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Luciani/Perrotta	20	23-25, 21-15, 15-7	0:56
Lead the series against # 23 Bruschini/Lunardi, Italy 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Luciani/Perrotta	25	Bruschini/Lunardi	23	23-21, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # Q8 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Luciani/Perrotta	20	Gschweidl/Hansel	29, Q7	21-19, 25-27, 15-12	1:00