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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 27 - 31, 2005

(Q23) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/22-24/2005	Italy Satellite	1	7th	10	US$500.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	2	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB C&S	7/7-10/2005	Italy Challenger	4	4th	42	US$2,300.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	3	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q18	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q13	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q15	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	25, Q5	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 1	Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong, United States (25, Q10)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:50

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 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$5,900.00	11	11	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$3,000.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	7	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$8,300.00	20	13	60.6 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$2,950.00	2005	FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$2,950.00
41	1	1	2	1	4	5	2	2	23	$17,505.00	Total	Total	107	0	1	2	2	7	14	21	31	29	$82,720.00

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%
2004-2005	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	3-8	27.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	2-16	11.1%	0-0		0	0	1-8	11.1%

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
Galli/Raffaelli trail the series against the field 1-10 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
8/21/04	FIVB C&S	Corsica Satellite	Winner 3	Ces/Dugrip	1	Galli/Raffaelli	5	18-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:12
Trail the series against # 22, Q4 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 0-2
7/10/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Bronze Medal	Baracetti/Depiaggio	1	Galli/Raffaelli	4	21-17, 23-21	0:52
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 4	Baracetti/Depiaggio	1	Galli/Raffaelli	4	21-12, 19-21, 15-7	1:06
Trail the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q10 Blanton/Wong, United States 0-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	Galli/Raffaelli	Q23	21-15, 21-18	0:50
Trail the series against # 31, Q27 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q18	Galli/Raffaelli	Q15	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/10/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Semi-Finals	Ferreira/Ferreira	3	Galli/Raffaelli	4	21-13, 21-12	0:44
Trail the series against # Q5 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Cadieux/Heese	21, Q4	Galli/Raffaelli	Q13	21-15, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q9 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
Trail the series against # Q12 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q15	Galli/Raffaelli	Q18	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # Q26 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q15	Galli/Raffaelli	Q18	21-17, 21-15	0:37