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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Grand Slam Moscow 2009 presented by SEAT
July 14 - 19, 2009

(17) 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:

175

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$788,117.89

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 (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$148,854.51

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	21	25	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	US$7,531.31
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	US$33,900.00
Overall	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	5	2	1	US$41,431.31

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2005	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 7th
CEV 2007	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 13th
2008	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	32	17th	200	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	14, Q11	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	Q10	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	9	5th	360	US$9,100.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	15, Q10	13th	180	€ 800.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/16/2009	Pool A	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (16)	Won 22-20, 13-21, 15-9	0:57
Thu, 7/16/2009	Pool A	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (1)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:46
Fri, 7/17/2009	Pool A	Roman Arkaev / Alexander Likholetov, Russia (32)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 7/17/2009	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (13)	Lost 21-15, 13-7 Retired	0:36

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	$35,650.00

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	1	$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	2	$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	1	$134,337.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	2	5	11	7	2	8	$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	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
14	3	0	1	3	1	4	1	1	0	$52,875.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$4,375.00
168	9	13	14	9	32	47	30	10	4	$757,912.50	Total	57	0	3	0	2	7	17	16	3	9	$126,925.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$21,200.00	8	6	57.1 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,600.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$21,200.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,600.00	10	5	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
											2005	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	$6,162.50
											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
											2006	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,550.00
											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
											2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,625.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$900.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$10,600.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$10,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,800.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,800.00
17	2	1	0	0	2	3	6	2	1	$20,850.00	Total	Total	62	0	4	1	2	9	21	14	2	9	$133,237.50

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	6-10	37.5%	4-0	100.0%	0	2	5-7	41.7%

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	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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17

Head to Head Results
Nicolai/Varnier lead the series against the field 9-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Nicolai/Varnier	17	21-18, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
6/20/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 4	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	21-17, 21-13	0:40
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 5	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-17, 23-21	0:54
Series tied with # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 4	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Gavira/Herrera	11	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Gavira/Herrera	10	Nicolai/Varnier	15, Q10	27-25, 21-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
6/20/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	21-16, 21-23, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Nicolai/Varnier	17	21-15, 13-7 Retired	0:36
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	3	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	21-12, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Nicolai/Varnier	17	Lochhead/Pitman	16	22-20, 13-21, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 22, Q8 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Redmann/VanHuizen	37	Nicolai/Varnier	32	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 24, Q14 Benes/Kubala, Czechia 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Benes/Kubala	9	21-19, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Nicolai/Varnier	15, Q10	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	Q7	24-22, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 32 Arkaev/Likholetov, Russia 1-0
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Nicolai/Varnier	17	Arkaev/Likholetov	32	21-15, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q3 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 3	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q30	23-21 Retired	0:34
Trail the series against # Q13 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 0-1
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q7	Nicolai/Varnier	Q10	16-21, 21-15, 24-22	1:00
Lead the series against # Q15 Dumek/Tichy, Czechia 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Dumek/Tichy	Q22	21-15, 21-12	0:36