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(14, Q11) 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:

177

Career Wins:

Career CEV 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 CEV Best:

2nd (Alanya 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$149,221.63

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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 17th
FIVB 2008	Did not play	Riccardo Lione - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/18/2009	Qualifier 1	Jan Dumek / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (Q22)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:36
Thu, 6/18/2009	Qualifier 2	Jan Schnider / Andreas Sutter, Switzerland (Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:41
Thu, 6/18/2009	Qualifier 3	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (Q30)	Won 23-21 Retired	0:34
Fri, 6/19/2009	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (3)	Lost 12-21, 24-26	0:43
Fri, 6/19/2009	Contender 1	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (11)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 20-18	1:09
Fri, 6/19/2009	Contender 2	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (9)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:45
Sat, 6/20/2009	Contender 3	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (5)	Won 21-16, 21-23, 15-12	1:04
Sat, 6/20/2009	Contender 4	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (2)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:40

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	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
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	0	$757,912.50	Total	57	0	3	0	2	7	17	16	3	0	$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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,100.00	4	2	66.7 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,600.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,100.00	4	2	66.7 %
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
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
											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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age
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
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
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
16	2	1	1	0	2	3	4	2	1	$14,800.00	Total	Total	62	0	4	1	2	10	22	12	2	9	$127,437.50

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	7	58.3%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	7-6	53.8%	3-2	60.0%	1	0	11-8	57.9%
2008-2009	7	58.3%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	7-6	53.8%	3-2	60.0%	1	0	11-8	57.9%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	10-8	55.6%	4-2	66.7%	1	0	8-5	61.5%

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 11-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	3	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	21-12, 26-24	0:43
Series tied with # 4 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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 9 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 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 # 11 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Erdmann/Matysik	11	21-19, 15-21, 20-18	1:09
Lead the series against # 12, Q4 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 2-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Boersma/Paulides	24	21-16, 21-19	0:41
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Nicolai/Varnier	15, Q10	Boersma/Paulides	Q2	21-17, 24-22	0:52
Trail the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 Schnider/Sutter, Switzerland 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Schnider/Sutter	Q6	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # Q12 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 # Q22 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Dumek/Tichy	Q22	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q30 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