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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 7 - 12, 2009

(Q31) Paolo Ficosecco/Fabio Galli, Italy

Paolo Ficosecco
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chiaravalle (AN)

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

21st (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,394.88

Fabio Galli
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cremona

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$37,287.81

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	US$1,109.28
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	US$0.00
Overall	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	US$1,109.28

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Riccardo Fenili - 41st
2004	Did not play	Riccardo Fenili - 33rd
2005	Did not play	Andrea Raffaelli - 41st
2006	Did not play	Andrea Raffaelli - 41st
2008	Did not play	Rodolfo Cavaliere - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	Q13	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	15, Q14	13th	180	€ 800.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	Q9	29th	30	€ 0.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/8/2009	Qualifier 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (Q2)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:38

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	1	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paolo Ficosecco												Fabio Galli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	30	$7,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	12	1	0	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	$9,300.00
4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,650.00	Satellite	6	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,555.00
											Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,500.00
34	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	22	$4,825.00	Total	65	1	1	2	1	8	7	6	2	37	$24,855.00

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
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$800.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$800.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paolo Ficosecco													Fabio Galli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
											1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$168.75
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,025.00
											2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
											2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,655.00
											2004	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,625.00
											2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00	2005	FIVB C&S	7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$4,200.00
											2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,500.00
											2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00
											2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$2,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$400.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$400.00
20	1	0	0	1	2	2	4	1	9	$4,500.00	Total	Total	82	1	1	4	1	8	10	16	2	39	$32,523.75

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	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2008-2009	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	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
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	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4

Head to Head Results
Ficosecco/Galli trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Ficosecco/Galli	15, Q14	21-15, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 19 Biza/Rotrekl, Czechia 0-1
5/13/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Qualifier 3	Biza/Rotrekl	16, Q2	Ficosecco/Galli	Q15	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 22, Q10 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Ficosecco/Galli	15, Q14	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q11	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q2	Ficosecco/Galli	Q31	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # Q3 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Lario/Mesa	10	Ficosecco/Galli	15, Q14	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q14 Dumek/Tichy, Czechia 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 1	Ficosecco/Galli	15, Q14	Dumek/Tichy	Q19	14-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:52
Series tied with # Q27 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-1
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Ficosecco/Galli	Q13	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q20	21-18, 21-15	0:46
5/27/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q13	Ficosecco/Galli	Q20	16-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:03