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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 11 - 15, 2008

(17, Q3) Riccardo Bizzotto/Gianluca Casadei, Italy

Riccardo Bizzotto
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Marostica (VI)

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Klagenfurt 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$24,225.00

Gianluca Casadei
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 13, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cesena

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$17,300.00

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$6,400.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	22, Q2	13th	180	US$3,900.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 11/11/2008	Qualifier 2	Tarou Suzuki / Masakazu Ushio, Japan (Q14)	Won 21-16, 23-21	0:40
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 1	Ahren Cadieux / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (16)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:45
Wed, 11/12/2008	Contender 1	Damon Haenga / Sam Wallace-Boyd, New Zealand (32)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 2	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (15)	Lost 14-21, 20-22	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Riccardo Bizzotto												Gianluca Casadei
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$7,425.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	$15,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$825.00
24	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	4	0	$24,225.00	Total	39	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	$17,300.00

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
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,400.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Riccardo Bizzotto													Gianluca Casadei
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	$11,500.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	$11,350.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,200.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	4	7	$24,225.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	8	$5,025.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	0-1	0.0%	1	0	5-4	55.6%
2007-2008	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	0-1	0.0%	1	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4

Head to Head Results
Bizzotto/Casadei trail the series against the field 3-4 (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 # 4 Gavira/Mesa, Spain 0-1
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Mesa	6	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:56
Trail the series against # 15 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-2
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Hernandez/Villafane	15	Bizzotto/Casadei	17, Q3	21-14, 22-20	0:40
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 3	Hernandez/Villafane	14	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	13-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 16 Cadieux/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Cadieux/VanHuizen	16	Bizzotto/Casadei	17, Q3	21-16, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	Horrem/Maaseide	11	33-31, 21-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 32 Haenga/Wallace-Boyd, New Zealand 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Bizzotto/Casadei	17, Q3	Haenga/Wallace-Boyd	32	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q14 Suzuki/Ushio, Japan 1-0
11/11/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Bizzotto/Casadei	17, Q3	Suzuki/Ushio	Q14	21-16, 23-21	0:40