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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 18 - 23, 2010

(10) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Matteo Varnier - 5th	Paolo Nicolai - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	24	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	23	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	20	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	32	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/19/2010	Pool P	Karl Jaani / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (23)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 16-14	0:48
Thu, 5/20/2010	Pool P	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (26)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:44
Fri, 5/21/2010	Pool P	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (7)	Lost 13-11 Retired	0:21
Fri, 5/21/2010	Winner 1	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (13)	Lost By Forfeit

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	$23,200.00	8	8	50.0 %
2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,700.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	$33,900.00	11	15	42.3 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$16,725.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$11,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$5,350.00	2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$5,350.00
18	2	1	0	0	1	3	7	3	1	$29,625.00	Total	Total	52	0	3	0	2	6	15	15	3	8	$122,550.00

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%
2009-2010	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%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	10	83.3%	1-11	8.3%	6-14	30.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	3	7-11	38.9%

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 trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Nicolai/Varnier	32	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 7 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool P	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Nicolai/Varnier	10	13-11 Retired	0:21
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 5	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-17, 23-21	0:54
Trail the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Laciga	10	Nicolai/Varnier	23	28-26, 21-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 13 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	13	Nicolai/Varnier	10	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 14 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Nicolai/Varnier	20	21-14, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Nicolai/Varnier	23	22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 18 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Nicolai/Varnier	17	21-15, 13-7 Retired	0:36
Lead the series against # 23 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool P	Nicolai/Varnier	10	Jaani/Vesik	23	21-13, 18-21, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against # 24, Q4 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 # 25, Q10 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
Trail the series against # 26 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool P	Wu/Xu	26	Nicolai/Varnier	10	21-16, 21-19	0:44
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	10	Nicolai/Varnier	24	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q5 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Nicolai/Varnier	23	Dugrip/Salvetti	26, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # Q20 Gao/Li, China 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gao/Li	9	Nicolai/Varnier	24	21-16, 29-27	0:50