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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam
June 21 - 25, 2006

(Q22) Fabio Galli/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy

Fabio Galli
Italy

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1969 (56 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$37,287.81

Andrea Raffaelli
Italy

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 19, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Benedetto del Tronto

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$105,575.71

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	27	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$16,725.24
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	US$12,500.00
Overall	30	0	0	3	1	2	2	6	0	5	1	0	1	1	1	6	1	US$32,225.24

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Maurizio Pimponi - 17th
2002	Riccardo Fenili - 41st	Maurizio Pimponi - 33rd
2003	Did not play	Maurizio Pimponi - 41st
2004	Riccardo Fenili - 33rd	Did not play
2005	Andrea Raffaelli - 41st	Fabio Galli - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters		17th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q16	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	9	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	2	5th	48	US$1,500.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	13	9th	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	3	5th	20	US$1,000.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
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

Switzerland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/21/2006	Qualifier 2	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (Q11)	Lost 15-21, 11-21	0:32

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	4	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$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
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	22	0	0	2	1	2	2	4	0	3	0	8	$19,500.00

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	2	$3,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	8	$10,100.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	30	$7,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	29	27	$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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$6,950.00
65	1	1	2	1	8	7	6	2	37	$24,855.00	Total	127	0	1	2	2	10	18	26	31	37	$93,270.00

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 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
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 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$2,450.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	$3,000.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	9	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$10,800.00	26	17	60.5 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	$9,950.00	10	10	50.0 %

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	1	0	0	$168.75	1999	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,962.50
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,025.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$675.00
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
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00
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
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
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
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,625.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,250.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,225.00	2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,225.00
58	1	1	4	1	7	7	6	2	29	$27,048.75	Total	Total	126	0	2	3	2	10	18	25	31	35	$96,857.50

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-0		0	0	1-3	25.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	1	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	12	14	0	1	2	1	0	0	36	35

Head to Head Results
Galli/Raffaelli trail the series against the field 6-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 12 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Lione/Varnier	8	Galli/Raffaelli	13	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 19 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Horrem/Pettersen	12	Galli/Raffaelli		21-16, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 24 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Galli/Raffaelli		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-19, 21-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 29 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 # 31, Q10 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 # Q8 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 # Q11 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-2
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	Q11	Galli/Raffaelli	Q22	21-15, 21-11	0:32
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q15	Galli/Raffaelli	Q18	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q14 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
9/9/04	CEV	Spanish Open		Galli/Raffaelli		Pedrosa/Rosas		21-14, 11-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # Q18 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-2
5/11/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 1	Ces/Dugrip		Galli/Raffaelli		21-17, 21-17	0:46
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 # Q29 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 # Q37 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 1	Galli/Raffaelli		Sutter/Weingart		21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:50