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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Xiamen Grand Slam
October 23 - 27, 2013

(17) Laura Giombini/Daniela Gioria, Italy

Laura Giombini
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perugia

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Shepparton 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$60,462.50

Daniela Gioria
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Borgomanero

Height:

183 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Vasto 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Marseille 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$164,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	3	5	US$58,100.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	21	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	22	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	36	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	8	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	27, Q11	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	24, Q7	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	25, Q6	25th	150	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/23-28/2012	Bangsaen Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Xiamen Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/24/2013	Pool A	Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug, Argentina (16)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:36
Thu, 10/24/2013	Pool A	Xinyi Xia / Chen Xue, China (1)	Lost 12-21, 19-21	0:35
Fri, 10/25/2013	Pool A	Olga Motrich / Daria Rudykh, Russia (32, Q12)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:46
Fri, 10/25/2013	Winner 1	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (20)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:36

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	$41,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$9,800.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	3	0	$58,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Giombini												Daniela Gioria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	0	$30,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	0	0	0	1	6	13	10	0	$79,650.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	5	0	$18,312.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	57	0	0	0	0	1	15	12	14	0	$71,550.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$2,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$600.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
											Satellite	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
73	0	0	1	0	4	9	20	10	0	$60,462.50	Total	109	0	0	1	1	2	23	27	24	0	$164,400.00

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	1	2	33.3 %
2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	$28,800.00	12	24	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	3	$31,600.00	13	26	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Giombini													Daniela Gioria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00
											2006	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	9	$7,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
											2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	$8,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											2008	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	2	7	$23,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	0	$29,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	0	$20,975.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$8,975.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	2	$24,775.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	$7,100.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$19,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	$14,400.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	$14,400.00
36	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	8	15	$31,075.00	Total	Total	99	0	0	1	1	2	22	22	24	27	$151,150.00

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	16	59.3%	4	14.8%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	8	18.2%	9	20.5%	27	61.4%	8-36	18.2%	16-27	37.2%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	28-43	39.4%
2012-2013	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	6	19.4%	6	19.4%	19	61.3%	6-25	19.4%	7-19	26.9%	7-10	41.2%	0	0	14-29	32.6%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	5	22.7%	6	27.3%	11	50.0%	5-17	22.7%	16-22	42.1%	16-14	53.3%	0	0	16-18	47.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	5	12	15	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	4	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13
Total	0	0	10	5	17	25	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	43

Head to Head Results
Giombini/Gioria trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Xia/Xue, China 0-1
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool A	Xia/Xue	1	Giombini/Gioria	17	21-12, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-1
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	9	Giombini/Gioria	25, Q6	21-10, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 3 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Salgado/Salgado	9, Q1	Giombini/Gioria	8	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Giombini/Gioria	21	21-15, 18-21, 20-18	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Ma/Yue, China 0-1
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Ma/Yue	8	Giombini/Gioria	25, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 11 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-1
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Nestarcova/Pridalova	12	Giombini/Gioria	21	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 1-0
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Giombini/Gioria	22	Bawden/Clancy	11	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 16 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-1
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool A	Giombini/Gioria	17	Gallay/Klug	16	21-18, 21-14	0:36
7/9/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gallay/Klug	30, Q11	Giombini/Gioria	Q6	24-22, 17-21, 28-26	1:11
Series tied with # 20 Broder/May, Canada 1-1
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 1	Broder/May	20	Giombini/Gioria	17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
6/11/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Giombini/Gioria	27, Q11	Broder/May	Q6	15-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 23 Iatika/Pata, Vanuatu 1-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool L	Giombini/Gioria	36	Iatika/Pata	37	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Mizoe/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Giombini/Gioria	25, Q6	Mizoe/Nishibori	Q11	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 32, Q12 Motrich/Rudykh, Russia 1-0
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool A	Giombini/Gioria	17	Motrich/Rudykh	32, Q12	17-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 1-0
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Giombini/Gioria	21	Radarong/Udomchavee	28, Q6	21-16, 20-22, 15-8	0:51
Trail the series against # Q9 Adelin/Longuet, France 0-1
10/8/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Adelin/Longuet	32, Q14	Giombini/Gioria	Q3	21-19, 21-15	0:37