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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by ERGO
July 17 - 22, 2012

(11) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Francesco Giontella - 17th
2011	Paolo Nicolai - 9th	Daniele Lupo - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	13	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	14	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool O	Martin Laciga / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (22)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool O	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (27, Q7)	Won 10-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:46
Fri, 7/20/2012	Pool O	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (6)	Lost 20-22, 23-21, 11-15	0:59
Fri, 7/20/2012	Winner 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (5)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 7/21/2012	Winner 2	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)	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$)
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	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	$42,300.00	24	13	64.9 %
2012	FIVB	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	$91,100.00	27	17	61.4 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	0	2	2	1	$133,400.00	51	30	63.0 %

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
											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
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
8	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00
23	0	1	1	1	4	7	2	2	5	$69,100.00	Total	Total	43	2	2	1	1	4	8	14	7	4	$115,025.00

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	52	78.8%	9	13.6%	5	7.6%	61-5	92.4%	15	31.3%	12	25.0%	21	43.8%	15-33	31.3%	104-38	73.2%	48-34	58.5%	1	1	77-37	67.5%

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
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 37-18 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 4 Series, 7 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 2-2
7/21/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lupo/Nicolai	11	By Forfeit
7/8/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-19, 21-18	0:36
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-16, 23-21	0:35
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:53
Series tied with # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Insfran/Schmidt	6	23-21, 21-23, 15-10	1:02
Lead the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 3-1
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-16, 21-17	0:39
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	21-16, 21-17	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-18, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Brink/Reckermann	6	Lupo/Nicolai	11	22-20, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Brink/Reckermann	3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-14, 21-11	0:33
Series tied with # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-2
5/13/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-11, 21-16	0:31
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool L	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-15, 21-13	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Doppler/Horst	29	27-25, 21-19	0:40
4/28/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 5	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Doppler/Horst	28, Q4	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Series tied with # 12 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-1
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Lupo/Nicolai	9	24-22, 22-20	0:44
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Erdmann/Matysik	12	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14 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
Series tied with # 15 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 # 16 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 2-1
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-17, 21-15	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 17 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool L	Dollinger/Windscheif	19, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-17, 27-25	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19, Q1 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-0
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	17	21-12, 22-20	0:36
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 # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 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
Series tied with # 22 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 1-1
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Laciga/Weingart	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
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 # 23 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Chevallier/Heyer	25	By Forfeit
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Chevallier/Heyer	20	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 26, Q4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
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 # 27, Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 4-1
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q7	10-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:46
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:37
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 # 28, 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
Lead the series against Felipe/Santos, Brazil 1-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Felipe/Santos	5	21-15, 18-21, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # Q10 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