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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Shanghai Grand Slam presented by Jinshan Xinchen
May 1 - 6, 2012

(15) Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Daniele Lupo
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1991 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

143

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$613,082.20

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

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
CEV	11	3	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	US$108,590.95
FIVB	92	3	9	10	4	20	2	25	0	14	4	1	US$993,675.00
Overall	103	6	9	11	6	21	2	27	0	15	5	1	US$1,102,265.95

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Matteo Varnier - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	12	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	7	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	13	7th	300	US$7,600.00
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	19	25th	80	€ 500.00
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

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/3/2012	Pool K	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (18)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
Thu, 5/3/2012	Pool K	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (31, Q21)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 5/4/2012	Pool K	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:35
Fri, 5/4/2012	Winner 1	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (24)	Won 21-15, 21-11	0:33
Sat, 5/5/2012	Winner 2	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 8-15	0:53

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	1	$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
Confederation Championship	10	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$87,500.00
Total	102	6	9	11	5	21	2	27	0	15	5	1	$1,081,175.00

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	1	$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	3	$325,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	2	$423,700.00
45	3	3	3	2	15	8	5	2	4	$117,937.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	1	$134,337.50
6	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$6,700.00	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	1	$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
12	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	$44,500.00	Confederation Championship	14	3	0	1	3	1	4	1	1	0	$52,875.00
141	7	9	11	6	29	40	23	8	8	$590,187.50	Total	168	9	13	14	9	32	47	30	10	4	$757,912.50

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	$42,300.00	24	13	64.9 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,000.00	10	7	58.8 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	$64,300.00	34	20	63.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %

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
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$900.00
											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
											2009	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$2,675.00
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
10	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	4	$23,550.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	3	$31,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$11,000.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$11,000.00
20	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	2	5	$35,050.00	Total	Total	46	2	1	0	1	5	10	16	7	4	$84,300.00

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%
2011-2012	37	84.1%	5	11.4%	2	4.5%	42-2	95.5%	11	26.8%	8	19.5%	22	53.7%	11-30	26.8%	37-22	62.7%	16-10	61.5%	1	1	54-33	62.1%
Against the Field	58	79.5%	9	12.3%	6	8.2%	67-6	91.8%	18	26.9%	12	17.9%	37	55.2%	18-49	26.9%	116-70	62.4%	54-36	60.0%	1	1	86-54	61.4%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	19	9	0	0	14	4	3	2	1	1	3	0	40	16
Total	0	0	6	1	188	70	2	0	107	67	15	16	11	5	6	9	351	173

Head to Head Results
Lupo/Nicolai lead the series against the field 23-18 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-4
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-19, 21-13	0:35
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Cerutti/Rego	1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	21-13, 25-23	0:38
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	1	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-17, 21-18	0:32
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Rego	5	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	21-13, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-0
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 6	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	21-14, 21-15	0:29
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	21-17, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 4 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 1-1
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Santos	1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-16, 20-22, 19-17	0:59
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Cunha/Santos	4	23-21, 23-21	0:45
Series tied with # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
4/29/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-16, 21-11	0:34
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Gavira/Herrera	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Wu/Xu	8	21-16, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 11 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool L	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Lupo/Nicolai	19	22-24, 21-13, 18-16	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Benes/Kubala, Czechia 0-1
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Benes/Kubala	6	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-18, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	Lupo/Nicolai	7	23-25, 21-16, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 16 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool L	Klemperer/Koreng	14	Lupo/Nicolai	19	21-18, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-0
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-11, 21-15	0:30
Series tied with # 20 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	21	Lupo/Nicolai	12	24-22, 9-21, 15-9	0:48
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 # 21 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Chevallier/Heyer	20	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 23 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 3-0
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 2	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Boersma/Spijkers	22	21-15, 21-12	0:33
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 # 24 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24	21-15, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 25, Q19 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q15 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-19, 14-21, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 31, Q21 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q21	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q5 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-1
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q2	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-16, 21-18	0:34
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 # Q7 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 5	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Doppler/Horst	28, Q4	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 4	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Ces/Ces	24, Q5	22-20, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # Q11 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Lario/Mesa	24, Q2	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q12 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