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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 PAF Open
August 18 - 23, 2009

(25) Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Matteo Ingrosso
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Puerto Vallarta 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$135,445.28

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$705,037.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012
Best Offensive Player 2014
Best Blocker 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	US$18,150.00

Previous Åland Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2009	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (8)	Lost 17-21, 6-21	0:37
Thu, 8/20/2009	Contender 1	Timo Haavisto / Toni Vahela, Finland (9)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 8/21/2009	Contender 2	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (26)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
Fri, 8/21/2009	Contender 3	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (18, Q6)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:40
Fri, 8/21/2009	Contender 4	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (12)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:41

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$13,050.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$18,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matteo Ingrosso												Paolo Nicolai
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	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00
											World Tour Finals	8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00
36	0	0	0	1	1	3	11	10	0	$81,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
37	0	1	0	0	5	10	9	6	0	$50,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger
4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
82	0	1	2	1	9	15	20	16	0	$135,375.00	Total	154	6	13	13	6	31	43	29	9	0	$705,037.50

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matteo Ingrosso													Paolo Nicolai
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2007	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$2,500.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$4,000.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$14,600.00
15	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	6	$6,950.00	Total	Total	14	2	1	0	0	1	2	4	3	1	$22,150.00

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	3	42.9%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	3-7	30.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	7-9	43.8%
2008-2009	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%

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	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Total	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9

Head to Head Results
Ingrosso/Nicolai lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	8	Ingrosso/Nicolai	25	21-17, 21-6	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 Haavisto/Vahela, Finland 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Ingrosso/Nicolai	25	Haavisto/Vahela	9	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	12	Ingrosso/Nicolai	25	21-13, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 18, Q6 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Ingrosso/Nicolai	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	21-13, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 26 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Ingrosso/Nicolai	25	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:59