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US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(Q16) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2005	Andrea Raffaelli - 4th	Fabio Galli - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	2	5th	48	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	3	5th	20	US$1,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	1	7th	30	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00
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

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/6/2006	Country Quota	Ivan Francescato / Mirco Guidolin, Italy	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:49
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Florian Huth / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (Q49)	Lost 23-25, 15-21	0:44

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	3	6	33.3 %
2005	FIVB C&S	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	$6,900.00	13	13	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$3,000.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	9	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$10,800.00	26	17	60.5 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,500.00
7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$4,200.00	2005	FIVB C&S	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$3,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
47	1	1	2	1	7	5	2	2	26	$19,505.00	Total	Total	112	0	1	2	2	9	14	22	31	31	$85,470.00

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%
2005-2006	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	2-8	20.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-8	33.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	0-0		0	0	2-4	33.3%

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 lead the series against the field 9-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 10 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Galli/Raffaelli	3	21-10, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	Galli/Raffaelli	3	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against Domingo/Goss, Canada 2-0
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Contender 3	Galli/Raffaelli	6	Domingo/Goss	13, Q5	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:06
8/21/04	FIVB C&S	Corsica Satellite	Contender 4	Galli/Raffaelli	5	Domingo/Goss	13	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against Francescato/Guidolin, Italy 1-0
6/6/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Galli/Raffaelli	Q16	Francescato/Guidolin		21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 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
Trail the series against # Q5 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
Series tied with # Q9 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 4	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	24-22, 16-21, 15-8	1:01
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q18	Galli/Raffaelli	Q15	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q23 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Galli/Raffaelli	4	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	5	22-20, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # Q30 Caravano/Damez, France 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Caravano/Damez	18, Q7	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	1:13
Lead the series against # Q32 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 2	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Biza/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # Q36 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 1	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Dvorsky/Litva	16, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # Q37 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Galli/Raffaelli	1	19-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:15
Trail the series against # Q43 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 5	Benes/Benes	23	Galli/Raffaelli	2	21-14, 24-22	0:47
Trail the series against # Q49 Huth/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Huth/Uhmann	Q49	Galli/Raffaelli	Q16	25-23, 21-15	0:44