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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(25, Q5) Fabio Galli/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

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

Andrea Raffaelli
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 19, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Benedetto del Tronto

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$86,320.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	11	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$12,500.00
Overall	20	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	0	1	6	1	US$15,500.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Nicola Grigolo - 25th
1998	Did not play	Maurizio Pimponi - 37th
2003	Riccardo Fenili - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	6	3rd	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB C&S	8/21-22/2004	Corsica Satellite	5	3rd	16	US$1,200.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/21/2004	Qualifier 1	Kevin Benn / Christian Redmann, Canada (Q12)	Won 21-15, 25-23	0:46
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (8, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:45
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (24, Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:43
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 2	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (23)	Lost 10-21, 15-21	0:30

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Challenger	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	$8,600.00
Satellite	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,900.00
Total	20	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	0	0	$15,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Fabio Galli												Andrea Raffaelli
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$10,100.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$7,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	29	0	$62,057.50
12	1	0	0	1	5	4	1	0	0	$9,300.00	Challenger	13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$7,712.50
6	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,555.00	Satellite	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
62	1	1	2	1	8	6	4	2	0	$22,355.00	Total	121	0	1	2	2	9	15	24	31	0	$86,320.00

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
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	9	2	81.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Fabio Galli													Andrea Raffaelli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	$9,000.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$712.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	$10,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	$7,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	$11,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	0	$18,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$8,357.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2003	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,655.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
31	1	1	2	0	2	3	2	2	18	$14,555.00	Total	Total	97	0	1	2	1	5	12	21	31	24	$79,770.00

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%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	0	0.0%	10	90.9%	1-10	9.1%	4-10	28.6%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	6-10	37.5%
2003-2004	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-0		0	0	2-3	40.0%

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	14	15
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	6
Total	1	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	11	12	0	1	2	1	0	0	33	31

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Ferreira	8, Q1	Galli/Raffaelli	25, Q5	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 23 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	23	Galli/Raffaelli	25, Q5	21-10, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Galli/Raffaelli	25, Q5	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # Q12 Benn/Redmann, Canada 1-0
9/21/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Galli/Raffaelli	25, Q5	Benn/Redmann	Q12	21-15, 25-23	0:46