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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 HP Beach Open
August 23 - 28, 2011

(7) Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Daniele Lupo
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

127

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$545,237.50

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	33	Money
FIVB	92	3	9	10	4	20	2	25	0	14	4	1	US$993,675.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Francesco Montinaro - 9th	Did not play
2009	Did not play	Matteo Ingrosso - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	13	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	16, Q14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	28, Q11	7th	300	US$7,600.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 1	Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (26)	Won 14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 2	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (10)	Lost 25-23, 16-21, 9-15	0:51
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 2	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (24, Q8)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:31
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 3	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (18, Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:36
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 4	Rhooney Ferramenta / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (13)	Won 21-9, 21-19	0:31
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 5	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (1)	Won 9-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:38
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 6	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (6)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:35

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$)
Olympic Games	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$43,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$121,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	1	4	5	2	4	0	20	0	7	3	0	$619,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	2	3	3	1	11	2	4	0	3	1	0	$197,875.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00
Total	92	3	9	10	4	20	2	25	0	14	4	0	$993,675.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Daniele Lupo												Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$34,900.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00
5	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	$60,500.00	World Tour Finals	8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00
59	1	4	5	2	5	24	11	4	0	$325,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
45	3	3	3	2	15	8	5	2	0	$117,937.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
127	4	9	10	5	26	38	21	6	0	$545,237.50	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
2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	$40,300.00	24	11	68.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	$40,300.00	24	11	68.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Daniele Lupo													Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$16,725.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$13,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
9	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	4	$22,550.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	3	$30,750.00
14	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	5	$22,550.00	Total	Total	34	2	1	0	0	4	6	12	5	4	$68,475.00

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	191	67.5%	56	19.8%	36	12.7%	247-36	87.3%	60	33.3%	34	18.9%	86	47.8%	60-120	33.3%	191-86	69.0%	116-70	62.4%	4	1	311-157	66.5%
2010-2011	15	78.9%	2	10.5%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	7	38.9%	2	11.1%	9	50.0%	7-11	38.9%	15-9	62.5%	9-4	69.2%	0	0	24-13	64.9%
Against the Field	54	76.1%	12	16.9%	5	7.0%	66-5	93.0%	14	30.4%	12	26.1%	20	43.5%	14-32	30.4%	108-40	73.0%	52-34	60.5%	0	0	80-37	68.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	7
World Championships	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	12	13
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	96	37	0	0	43	31	5	7	5	2	1	4	152	81
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	46	10	0	0	35	22	5	4	3	1	2	3	111	46
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	10	5
Total	0	0	6	1	169	61	2	0	93	63	12	14	10	4	3	9	311	157

Head to Head Results
Lupo/Nicolai lead the series against the field 16-7 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Fijalek/Prudel	1	9-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:38
8/20/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 5	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Lupo/Nicolai	13	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 2 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 1-0
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Cunha/Santos	4	23-21, 23-21	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	5	Lupo/Nicolai	13	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Benes/Kubala	6	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	21-17, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	Lupo/Nicolai	7	23-25, 21-16, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 11 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-18, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 13 Ferramenta/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Ferramenta/Solberg	13	21-9, 21-19	0:31
Trail the series against # 14 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Laciga/Weingart	24, Q6	Lupo/Nicolai	Q11	21-12, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 18, Q6 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	18, Q6	21-19, 21-19	0:36
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	20	21-19, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q8	21-11, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 26 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 2-0
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Boersma/Spijkers	26	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	21-8, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	30	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	14, Q2	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	23-21, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q3 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 4	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	21-16, 26-28, 15-9	1:02
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Huber/Seidl	32	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q41 Hromadko/Salava, Czech Republic 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Lupo/Nicolai	Q11	Hromadko/Salava	Q54	21-13, 21-19	0:34