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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 9 - 13, 2009

(Q9) 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 CEV Best:

7th (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$8,138.30

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 CEV Best:

3rd (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 Blackpool Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Gianluca Casadei - 7th	Rodolfo Cavaliere - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q31	41st	24	US$0.00
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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/10/2009	Qualifier 2	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (Q8)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:41
Thu, 9/10/2009	Qualifier 3	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (11, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:40

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
											Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,500.00
34	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	0	$4,825.00	Total	65	1	1	2	1	8	7	6	2	0	$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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$800.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$800.00	5	5	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$400.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$400.00
22	1	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	10	$4,500.00	Total	Total	85	1	1	4	1	8	11	17	2	40	$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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	3-4	42.9%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2008-2009	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	3-4	42.9%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-8	42.9%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-4	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	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 4-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
9/10/09	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 3	Erdmann/Matysik	11, Q1	Ficosecco/Galli	Q9	21-14, 21-14	0:40
Series tied with # 14, Q5 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 1-1
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Boersma/Paulides	12, Q4	Ficosecco/Galli	Q13	21-17, 25-23	0:55
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Ficosecco/Galli	15, Q14	Boersma/Paulides	Q3	10-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 15, Q10 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
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
9/10/09	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Ficosecco/Galli	Q9	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	Q8	21-17, 22-20	0:41