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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2013

(13) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Gianluca Casadei - 25th
2011	Andrea Tomatis - 41st	Matteo Martino - 17th
2012	Paolo Nicolai - 3rd	Daniele Lupo - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	9	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	1	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	12	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	3	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	4	9th	400	US$5,500.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool D	Ryan Doherty / Todd Rogers, United States (20)	Lost 23-25, 21-13, 13-15	0:48
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool D	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (29, Q8)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Fri, 7/12/2013	Pool D	Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal, United States (4)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-12
Fri, 7/12/2013	Winner 1	Philip Gabathuler / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (1)	Won 21-13, 28-26	0:41
Sat, 7/13/2013	Winner 2	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:39

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	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$63,700.00	26	11	70.3 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	2	2	1	2	2	8	0	3	2	1	$197,100.00	80	44	64.5 %

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
7	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$31,850.00	2013	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$31,850.00
31	0	2	2	1	5	11	3	2	5	$100,950.00	Total	Total	51	2	3	2	1	5	12	15	7	4	$146,875.00

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	59	67.8%	16	18.4%	12	13.8%	75-12	86.2%	24	32.0%	13	17.3%	38	50.7%	24-51	32.0%	118-74	61.5%	80-50	61.5%	1	0	100-62	61.7%

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 35-27 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Gabathuler/Weingart	1	21-13, 28-26	0:41
Lead the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 2-1
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	22-20, 21-15	0:39
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Schmidt/Solberg	4	21-13, 23-21	0:38
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Schmidt/Solberg	3	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Series tied with # 4 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	4	18-21, 21-19, 15-12
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-18, 24-22	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-8
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lupo/Nicolai	12	22-20, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool A	Cerutti/Rego	1	Lupo/Nicolai	13	26-24, 21-18	0:43
7/8/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	21-12, 21-13	0:31
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-18, 21-15	0:34
5/13/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Cerutti/Rego	5	21-16, 21-13	0:31
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
Trail the series against # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	5	Lupo/Nicolai	12	19-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:47
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Patterson	7	Lupo/Nicolai	3	19-21, 22-20, 17-15	0:55
Lead the series against # 9 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-1
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Erdmann/Matysik	5	17-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:52
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
Series tied with # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-2
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Fijalek/Prudel	6	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
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
Lead the series against # 11 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-1
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	21-16, 21-17	0:34
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 # 12 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 # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 3-3
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:49
8/6/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Lupo/Nicolai	13	21-16, 21-18	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 Huber/Seidl, Austria 3-0
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Huber/Seidl	16	24-22, 22-20	0:44
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 # 18 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 # 20 Doherty/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Doherty/Rogers	20	Lupo/Nicolai	13	25-23, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Peda/Plavins, Latvia 2-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Peda/Plavins	21	21-19, 21-14	0:35
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 # 23, Q3 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool I	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Saxton/Schalk	40	10-21, 21-18, 15-13
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	21-15, 17-21, 16-14	0:44
Trail the series against # 24 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	30	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 27, Q6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	44	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-16	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 3-0
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Hernandez/Villafane	29, Q8	21-15, 21-15	0:33
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Hernandez/Villafane	32	22-20, 21-19	0:37
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Lupo/Nicolai	Q11	Hernandez/Villafane	Q22	21-17, 21-8	0:31
Lead the series against # Q12 Hyden/Lucena, United States 1-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool I	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Hyden/Lucena	33	21-17, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q14 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