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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Xiamen Grand Slam
October 22 - 26, 2013

(11) Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Daniele Lupo
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1991 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$545,237.50

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

153

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$701,287.50

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 Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	11	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	10	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	10	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	6	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	13	9th	400	US$5,500.00
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

Xiamen Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/23/2013	Pool F	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (22)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:42
Wed, 10/23/2013	Pool F	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (27)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 10/24/2013	Pool F	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (6)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:31
Fri, 10/25/2013	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (4)	Won 24-22, 25-23	0:45
Fri, 10/25/2013	Winner 3	Evandro Goncalves / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (7)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:31
Sat, 10/26/2013	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Vitor Felipe, Brazil (10)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:38
Sat, 10/26/2013	Bronze Medal	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (20)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:39

Head to Head Results
Lupo/Nicolai lead the series against the field 33-11 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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
Lead the series against # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 2-1
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	24-22, 25-23	0:45
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:50
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	14	Lupo/Nicolai	6	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
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
Series tied with # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 2-2
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Gibb/Patterson	6	21-14, 21-17	0:31
7/27/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Gibb/Patterson	1	21-16, 21-13	0:37
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 # 7 Goncalves/Rego, Brazil 1-0
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Goncalves/Rego	7	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 4-1
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	18-21, 21-15, 20-18	0:57
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	13-21, 21-9, 15-9	0:41
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
Series tied with # 10 Cerutti/Felipe, Brazil 1-1
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Felipe	10	Lupo/Nicolai	11	21-18, 21-17	0:38
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Cerutti/Felipe	7	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 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
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
Trail the series against # 18, Q1 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q4	Lupo/Nicolai	11	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 20 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-1
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	22-20, 21-19	0:39
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Lupo/Nicolai	10	25-27, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
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 # 21 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Eithun/Horrem	22	25-23, 21-8	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Ontiveros/Virgen	22	21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Chevallier/Strasser	24, Q1	21-17, 18-21, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 27 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 5-0
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	27	21-16, 21-15	0:36
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 # Q2 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 2-0
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Hatch/Redmann	26, Q7	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Hatch/Redmann	22	21-15, 21-17	0:31