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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Foro Italico Open presented by Skipper
May 12 - 17, 2009

(Q30) Sandro Cordovana/Mauro Mercanti, Italy

Sandro Cordovana
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

41st (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$575.00

Mauro Mercanti
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$325.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	57	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Rome Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/12/2009	Country Quota	Alberto Casadei / Gianluca Casadei, Italy	Won 21-9, 21-19	0:33
Wed, 5/13/2009	Qualifier 1	Guido Mopman / Sven Vismans, Netherlands (Q35)	Lost 13-21, 22-24	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sandro Cordovana												Mauro Mercanti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$325.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$575.00	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$325.00

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sandro Cordovana													Mauro Mercanti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1999	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	FIVB
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	$575.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$325.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
2008-2009	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Casadei/Casadei, Italy 1-0
5/12/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Country Quota	Cordovana/Mercanti	Q30	Casadei/Casadei		21-9, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # Q35 Mopman/Vismans, Netherlands 0-1
5/13/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Qualifier 1	Mopman/Vismans	Q35	Cordovana/Mercanti	Q30	21-13, 24-22	0:44