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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(Q19) 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$4,825.00

Fabio Galli
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1969 (55 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$22,355.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	US$0.00

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q31	41st	24	US$0.00
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

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 2	Gianluca Casadei / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (26, Q14)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 9-15	0:52

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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$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	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$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
34	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	0	$4,825.00	Total	62	1	1	2	1	8	6	4	2	0	$22,355.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

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
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
											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
											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
											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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
16	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	8	$3,000.00	Total	Total	61	1	1	2	1	8	6	4	2	36	$22,355.00

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	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%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-2	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 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11 "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 # 26, Q14 Casadei/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Casadei/Tomatis	26, Q14	Ficosecco/Galli	Q19	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:52