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

(9) Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy

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

Matteo Varnier
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sanremo

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$122,550.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012
Best Offensive Player 2014
Best Blocker 2016

Awards

Top Rookie 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	US$33,900.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Rome Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 1	Emiel Boersma / Joppe Paulides, Netherlands (24)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:41
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 2	Jonathan Erdmann / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (8, Q5)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Fri, 5/15/2009	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:37
Fri, 5/15/2009	Contender 4	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (11)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Sat, 5/16/2009	Contender 5	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (5)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:54
Sat, 5/16/2009	Contender 6	Pedro Cunha / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:43

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	$16,700.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	$33,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paolo Nicolai												Matteo Varnier
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00	World Tour Finals
77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	1	0	$38,375.00
50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	2	5	11	7	2	0	$73,275.00
3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
154	6	13	13	6	31	43	29	9	0	$705,037.50	Total	53	0	3	0	2	6	15	15	3	0	$122,550.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,100.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,100.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paolo Nicolai													Matteo Varnier
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	$13,625.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00
											2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	$33,775.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
											2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	2	1	$30,650.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$22,550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,550.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,550.00
10	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	$12,100.00	Total	Total	46	0	3	0	2	6	15	10	2	8	$110,150.00

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	5	45.5%	5	45.5%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	10	83.3%	1-11	8.3%	5-10	33.3%	6-2	75.0%	0	3	11-15	42.3%
2008-2009	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	3-6	33.3%	5-1	83.3%	0	1	8-8	50.0%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	10-8	55.6%	6-0	100.0%	0	2	8-6	57.1%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8
Total	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	15

Head to Head Results
Nicolai/Varnier lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Marques	1	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-16, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	2	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 5	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-17, 23-21	0:54
Lead the series against # 8, Q5 Erdmann/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Erdmann/Windscheif	8, Q5	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 4	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Gavira/Herrera	11	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 24 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Boersma/Paulides	24	21-16, 21-19	0:41