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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(23) Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Francesco Giontella
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Dubai 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$7,550.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	US$15,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	US$15,100.00

Previous Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	9/3-7/2008	Under 21 World Championships	2	1st	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	23	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	32, Q20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	32	25th	60	US$1,800.00

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (10)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:39
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 1	Pavel Karpukhin / Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia (26, Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 2	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (24, Q2)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:51
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 3	Benjamin Insfran / Hevaldo Moreira, Brazil (17)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$10,000.00
U21 World Championships	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$15,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francesco Giontella												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
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$7,550.00	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
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	1	88.9 %
2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$13,300.00	6	9	40.0 %
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$13,300.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	21	2	91.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francesco Giontella													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	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$6,650.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$6,650.00
1	1	0	0	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
8	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$6,650.00	Total	Total	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$6,650.00

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	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
2007-2008	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%

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	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	13	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
Total	0	0	4	0	9	3	0	0	7	5	3	0	0	0	2	1	27	13

Head to Head Results
Giontella/Nicolai lead the series against the field 5-2 (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 # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	10	Giontella/Nicolai	23	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Insfran/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Moreira	17	Giontella/Nicolai	23	21-16, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 22, Q7 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 3-0
9/8/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Giontella/Nicolai	6	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	1	21-13, 21-16	0:39
9/9/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	12	21-14, 21-10	0:34
9/8/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool A	Giontella/Nicolai	24, Q5	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	12	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Giontella/Nicolai	23	Hernandez/Villafane	24, Q2	21-19, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 26, Q8 Karpukhin/Romashkin, Russia 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 1	Giontella/Nicolai	23	Karpukhin/Romashkin	26, Q8	21-17, 21-16	0:36