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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
June 6 - 11, 2011

(26) Laura Giombini/Valeria Rosso, Italy

Laura Giombini
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1989 (36 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

Valeria Rosso
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 24, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Biella

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Phuket 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$31,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	US$15,950.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,200.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	US$17,150.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	24, Q6	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	28	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB C&S	9/27-10/2/2010	Chennai Challenger	6	7th	40	US$1,200.00

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2011	Pool G	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)	Lost 20-22, 7-21	0:41
Wed, 6/8/2011	Pool G	Vivian Cunha / Taiana Lima, Brazil (10)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 10-15	0:52
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool G	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (23)	Lost 17-21, 24-26	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$9,050.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	$17,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Giombini												Valeria Rosso
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,050.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	5	0	$18,312.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	$22,725.00
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
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	24	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	7	0	$31,075.00

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
2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$12,550.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$12,550.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Giombini													Valeria Rosso
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
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	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	5	$20,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$6,275.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$6,275.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	4	$6,875.00	Total	Total	23	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	7	10	$29,375.00

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	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6	66.7%	0-9	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	1-6	14.3%	0	0	5-12	29.4%
2010-2011	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6	66.7%	0-9	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	1-6	14.3%	0	0	5-12	29.4%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0.0%	3	37.5%	5	62.5%	0-8	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	2-12	14.3%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14

Head to Head Results
Giombini/Rosso trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	Giombini/Rosso	28	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Giombini/Rosso	26	22-20, 21-7	0:41
Trail the series against # 9 Huang/Yue, China 0-1
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Huang/Yue	9	Giombini/Rosso	24, Q6	21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 10 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Cunha/Lima	10	Giombini/Rosso	26	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	5	Giombini/Rosso	28	21-19, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 14 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Giombini/Rosso	19	14-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:48
Series tied with # 23 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Hansel/Montagnolli	23	Giombini/Rosso	26	21-17, 26-24	0:44
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Giombini/Rosso	24, Q6	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	21-11, 24-26, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 25, Q8 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Giombini/Rosso	28	Gioria/Momoli	21, Q4	21-19, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 27, Q19 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-0
9/30/10	FIVB C&S	Chennai Challenger	Contender 3	Giombini/Rosso	6	Borger/Buthe	17, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # Q3 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	Giombini/Rosso	24, Q6	21-17, 16-21, 15-6	0:53
Trail the series against # Q15 Dampney/Mullin, England 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Dampney/Mullin	30, Q16	Giombini/Rosso	19	11-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # Q17 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 0-1
9/29/10	FIVB C&S	Chennai Challenger	Winner 2	Bansley/Maloney	11	Giombini/Rosso	6	12-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # Q18 Marciniak/Urban, Poland 1-0
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Giombini/Rosso	24, Q6	Marciniak/Urban	Q11	21-12, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q29 MacTavish/Rodrigue, Canada 1-0
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Giombini/Rosso	24, Q6	MacTavish/Rodrigue	Q27	21-16, 21-12	0:36