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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Shanghai Grand Slam
April 30 - May 4, 2013

(4) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Matteo Varnier - 17th
2012	Paolo Nicolai - 9th	Daniele Lupo - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	4	2nd	450	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/9/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	13	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/1/2013	Pool D	Isaac Kapa / Christopher McHugh, Australia (29, Q13)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:35
Wed, 5/1/2013	Pool D	Janis Peda / Martins Plavins, Latvia (20)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:38
Thu, 5/2/2013	Pool D	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (13)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:35
Fri, 5/3/2013	Winner 1	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (28, Q12)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:33
Fri, 5/3/2013	Winner 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (7)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:43

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	9	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$91,100.00	30	20	60.0 %
2013	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,500.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	2	1	1	2	2	5	0	2	2	1	$154,900.00	63	36	63.6 %

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
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
9	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,750.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,750.00
26	0	2	1	1	5	8	2	2	5	$79,850.00	Total	Total	46	2	3	1	1	5	9	14	7	4	$125,775.00

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%
2012-2013	53	74.6%	11	15.5%	7	9.9%	64-7	90.1%	11	27.5%	9	22.5%	20	50.0%	11-29	27.5%	53-20	72.6%	22-16	57.9%	2	1	77-37	67.5%
Against the Field	55	67.9%	17	21.0%	9	11.1%	72-9	88.9%	19	35.8%	11	20.8%	23	43.4%	19-34	35.8%	110-44	71.4%	72-40	64.3%	1	0	92-42	68.7%

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 22-9 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-18, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 3 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Schmidt/Solberg	3	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Series tied with # 5 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 # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-2
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-18, 23-21	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 3-0
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 13 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 15, Q2 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-1
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool A	Doppler/Horst	24	Lupo/Nicolai	13	21-18, 21-17	0:41
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 # 16 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 # 20 Peda/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Peda/Plavins	20	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Garcia/Gavira, Spain 1-0
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Garcia/Gavira	20	21-14, 25-23	0:37
Lead the series against # 25, Q8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-0
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	21-16, 23-21	0:39
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 # 28, Q12 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 4-0
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	28, Q12	21-14, 21-18	0:33
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	29, Q12	21-18, 21-19	0:36
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 # 29, Q13 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Kapa/McHugh	29, Q13	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q15 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